The synergies of lean and quality in improving any type of an organization’s processes and products are the focus of an upcoming conference.

Quality Drives Lean, to be held Oct. 30 and 31 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel in Atlanta, is designed to demonstrate to attendees how to match their current quality improvement programs with the quality improvement systems of the future. Educational tracks include aviation, corporate culture, communications, defense, health care, manufacturing, and methodologies and case studies, among others. The event is being sponsored by the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the American Society for Quality.

James A. Tompkins, Tompkins Associates president, will deliver a keynote address titled “Seven Habits of Highly Successful Supply Chains.” Tompkins points out that best practices have evolved from being about pure metrics to becoming ideal. The attributes of a highly successful supply chain, according to Tompkins, are:

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