[Iefac.list] Upcoming IIE Virtual Conference on Best Practices in Continuous Improvement - November 20, 2013

[Farris, Jennifer]

Dear faculty,

IIE is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Best Practices in Continuous Improvement Virtual Conference on Wednesday November 20, 2013.

A single registration gives you year-long access to the speaker recordings, which can also be shown in your classes, so this is a great opportunity for your students to learn from some of the industry and academic experts in the field through "virtual guest speakers."

See below for more details on the conference agenda and please let me or the conference co-organizer, Geert Letens (geertletens at yahoo.com<mailto:geertletens at yahoo.com>) know if you have any questions.   Please also feel free to pass on this announcement to any other contacts you feel would be interested.

Best and thanks,
Jennifer

Jennifer A. Farris, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
Box 43061
Lubbock, TX 79409-3061
Phone: 806-742-3543
Fax: 806-742-3411

Conference Announcement:


How do experts manage continuous improvement at their organizations? Find out at the Best Practices in Managing Continuous Improvement virtual conference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.iienet.org/ManagingCI&k=dsHy%2FVymniCD0osh6tze%2Fw%3D%3D%0A&r=7q2cHqx%2BW%2B%2B6HnTvaHsFr05Bbg1yiK1VW0o3zTbDwxMXte1XzZgflBmATW6rW1u1%0A&m=EpKhLNXKuV%2FVDBxTDTaeSO9wtFP4VvYEqvEG4JgNM2o%3D%0A&s=5ffc4e61342250ee121e38c41aad6ed29d497785c548526169d4d1bc7ea225ce>. You don't need to travel to learn how you can apply continuous improvement initiatives at your company. Presenters include:

  *   Michael Ballé, best-selling author and executive lean coach, who will focus on a lean leadership model that helps practitioners question and develop their practice.
  *   Dr. Patricia A. Gabow, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who will provide a roadmap for using lean in healthcare.
  *   Lt. Col. Geert Letens, military materials engineer for the Royal Military Academy, Belgium, who will show how identification of best practices of various improvement methodologies supported transformational change.
  *   Srikanth, Sankaran, manager of the Continuous Improvement and Enterprise Optimization Group at United Airlines, who will talk about the collaboration between industrial engineers and experts in continuous improvement and operations research at United.
  *   Scott Sink, Ohio State University professor and director of the Integrated Leansigma Certification Program, who will share a case study about the design, development and deployment of an operational excellence program at a global life sciences company.
  *    Kurt Verweire, Vlerick Business School professor and partner, who will discuss why launching multiple initiatives at the functional level without a coherent business strategy results in efforts that compete with each other.



Limited space is available in the virtual conference. Register today<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.iienet.org/ManagingCI&k=dsHy%2FVymniCD0osh6tze%2Fw%3D%3D%0A&r=7q2cHqx%2BW%2B%2B6HnTvaHsFr05Bbg1yiK1VW0o3zTbDwxMXte1XzZgflBmATW6rW1u1%0A&m=EpKhLNXKuV%2FVDBxTDTaeSO9wtFP4VvYEqvEG4JgNM2o%3D%0A&s=5ffc4e61342250ee121e38c41aad6ed29d497785c548526169d4d1bc7ea225ce>.

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