[Iefac.list] JobshopLean2010 Conference to be held at The Ohio State University on September 7-9, 2010

[Shahrukh A. Irani]

JobshopLean2010 Conference

Lean and Flexibility Are Both Essential for High-Mix Low-Volume
Manufacturing

 

I am pleased to announce that the JobshopLean2010 Conference will be held on
September 7-9, 2010, at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.  This niche
conference is focused on adapting and extending Lean as an overarching
strategy specifically targeting high-mix low-volume small-to-medium
manufacturers.  “JobshopLean” recognizes that, while Waste Elimination must
serve as a foundation, a successful manufacturing strategy for a jobshop
requires a different mindset, new methods and computer-aided tools to design
a production system that is Flexible, Agile, Reconfigurable and Adaptable to
business and operational conditions that an OEM like Toyota never has to
deal with.  

 

JobshopLean recognizes that it is the combination of PEOPLE, PROCESSES,
SYSTEMS, STRATEGY and MANAGEMENT that makes any organization successful.
Therefore, at this unique conference, you will:

¨       Observe (maybe participate in?) a unique interactive JobshopLean
Simulation that teaches the nuts-and-bolts of various JobshopLean strategies
that have been successfully implemented in jobshops by students and faculty
at The Ohio State University 

¨       Network with like-minded peers from academia and industry who have
experiences to share, advice to give and questions that you may also want to
have answered

¨       Hear from speakers who are themselves owners of jobshops and have
successfully implemented Lean to thrive during the recession

¨       Learn from fellow high-mix low-volume manufacturers about successful
strategies, pitfalls and surprises that they encountered on their company’s
“Lean Journey”

¨       Attend a special presentation that describes an ongoing project to
identify part families in the product mix of a jobshop, then leverage that
knowledge to “See The Whole” and determine system-wide, not local,
improvement opportunities

¨       Attend a session featuring presentations on “Technology Enablers for
Jobshop Management”

¨       Attend a session devoted to “Leadership and Workforce Development in
Small and Medium Enterprises”

¨       Attend a special presentation on “Scientific Management of a
Jobshop” by a jobshop owner

¨       Watch the Toast Kaizen video and learn how to integrate “Lean Tools”
with the powerful diagnostic charts and scheduling techniques that
Industrial Engineers use for process improvement through waste elimination

¨       Participate in a closing 2-hour Open Forum discussion involving the
entire group of conference attendees

 

Conference Homepage:

http://www.ise.osu.edu/ISEFaculty/irani/jobshoplean.htm

 

Conference Agenda:
http://www.ise.osu.edu/ISEFaculty/irani/jobshoplean_files/schedule.htm

 

Speaker Bios:
http://www.ise.osu.edu/ISEFaculty/irani/jobshoplean_files/biographies.htm

 

Attendee Comments for JobshopLean2009 Conference:
http://www.ise.osu.edu/ISEFaculty/irani/jobshoplean_files/attendee_comments.
htm

 

Not interested in attending the conference this year?

Still, you may still want to check out the “treasure trove” of information
on JobshopLean that is posted at the conference website.  Just click on the
links provided below:

Why JobshopLean?

http://www.ise.osu.edu/ISEFaculty/irani/jobshoplean_files/jobshoplean.htm

 

How JobshopLean?

http://www.ise.osu.edu/ISEFaculty/irani/jobshoplean_files/howjobshoplean.htm

 

The Registration Fee is $450 per attendee for this 3-day conference.  This
fee entitles each attendee to all meals and refreshments, a copy of the CD
containing all conference presentations released by the speakers for public
dissemination and, of course, our wonderful Buckeye hospitality.  So don’t
let the economy discourage you from attending this conference.  It will
easily give you ideas on how to earn X50, maybe X100 times, the cost of the
trip! J

 

Thank you.

 

Best regards,

Shahrukh Irani

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Shahrukh A. Irani

Associate Professor

Department of Integrated Systems Engineering

The Ohio State University

294 Baker Systems Engineering

1971 Neil Avenue

Columbus, OH 43210

Phone: (614) 688-4685 Fax: (614) 292-7852

URL:  <http://ise.osu.edu/biosketch_SIrani.cfm>
http://ise.osu.edu/biosketch_SIrani.cfm 

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