To Win the Race, Harness the Power of Quality and Lean – “Quality Drives Lean”
Want to know what’s new and what’s next in quality, Lean and Six Sigma? Attend the Quality and Lean Conference and Exposition 2006, “Quality Drives Lean,” October 30 & 31 in Atlanta, Georgia. Features pre- and post-conferences, 50 educational sessions, keynote speakers, facility tours and exhibits. www.iieleanasq.org
(PRWEB) September 21, 2006 -- It feels like you are in a race every day to continually improve, lean the processes, outpace the competition, swerve past the slow pokes and then, right before you reach what looks like the “finish line”, another race starts. Well, this conference is going to help you manage and maneuver whatever is “now” and whatever is “next” in quality and Lean.
The Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Atlanta Southeast Quality Conference jointly present a Quality and Lean Conference and Exposition 2006, “Quality Drives Lean,” October 30 and 31 with more than 50 educational sessions focused on solutions and results, motivating keynote speakers, world-class presenters teaching real-world tools and techniques, pre- and post-conferences, facility tours and exhibits.
The conference includes educational tracks in Aviation, Communications, Corporate Culture, Defense, Health Care, Lean Enterprise and The Integrated Supply Chain, Lean Services, Lean Tools, Methodologies and Case Studies, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Quality Systems, Six Sigma, Software and special Vendor Presentations.
Facility tours include United Parcel Service (UPS) and Applied Technical services (ATS).
The featured Keynote Speakers and their topics are Patrick Stamm, Vice President of Operations, Golden Rule Insurance Company, “Higher Quality and Lower Cost --The Ever Present Business Challenge;” Craig Estep, Vice President of Operations, Cessna Aircraft Company, “Lean Enterprise: Sustaining the Gains;” Tom Guthrie, Vice President of Operations, Cox Communications, “Practical Application of Six Sigma in Information Technology Group;” and James A. Tompkins, Ph.D., President of Tompkins Associates, “Seven Habits of Highly Successful Supply Chains.”
James A. Tompkins, Ph.D., will be signing his book, “Logistics and Manufacturing Outsourcing: Harness Your Core Competencies” at 10:00 a.m. October 31 at the conference.
Pre-conference workshops are on “Rate-Based Planning Simulation-The Secret to Building a Lean Supply Chain;” “Does Your Company Culture Support High Performance?” and “Leading Enterprise Change.”
Post-conference workshops are “WhiteCollar Kaizen, Rapid Improvement for Service, Administrative and Knowledge-Worker Environments;” “Measurement System Analysis (MSA)” and “Value stream Mapping.” The Value Stream Mapping workshop is a hands-on, two-day session held at EMS Wireless, a division of EMS Technologies, Inc. The participants will assess processes at EMS and present back to the EMS management team.
Registration is open to the public. IIE and ASQ members get a member discount.
See www.iieleanasq.org or call 770-449-0460 x 102 for information. $645 before Oct. 20; $745 after Oct. 20.
IIE is the world’s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and other individuals involved with improving quality, processes and productivity in all industry segments. Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, non-profit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial engineering processes and tools.
ASQ
Established in 1946, the Greater Atlanta Section is a local society of members dedicated to the ongoing development, advancement, and promotion of quality concepts, principles, and techniques.
The Greater Atlanta Section is not just for quality engineers or auditors. We offer products, services, and -- most of all -- information to help people address issues like total quality management, benchmarking, productivity, and more.
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