[Iefac.list] A conference for high-mix low-volume manufacturers

[shahrukh.irani at hoerbiger.com]

THIRD LEAN AND FLEXIBLE CONFERENCE

Website
http://www.pinnacleprocess.com/third-flean-conference 

Goal
In order to be able to deliver orders by due dates to their many 
customers, high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturers must be:
·       Lean (efficient and waste-free) 
and 
·       Flexible (able to rapidly changeover their machines, work cells 
and support systems to produce a variety of products) 
This conference offers HMLV manufacturers real solutions on how to design 
and operate their to be both Lean and Flexible (FLean). 

Takeaways
·       Attend a tutorial on new approaches for building and operating a 
high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing facility 
·       Attend a 2-hour workshop titled 100% of Lean tools work!  70% of 
Lean implementations fail! on how to facilitate a successful Lean 
implementation
·       Discover how interns who received effective mentoring from 
internal stakeholders helped Hoerbiger Corporation of America (Houston) to 
execute important projects in a single semester
·       Participate in an Open Forum Discussion with like-minded peers 
working in HMLV manufacturing facilities
·       Network with like-minded peers working in HMLV manufacturing 
facilities

Presentations
·       (Keynote Address) Discovering the True North! 
·       (Tutorial) Improving any High-Mix Low-Volume Manufacturing 
Facility without Value Stream Maps
·       (Workshop) 100% of Lean tools work!  70% of Lean implementations 
fail!
·       (Internship Project) Improving Factory Logistics using Lean and IE 
Science 
·       (Internship Project) Machining Process Optimization for Piston 
Rings
·       (Case Study) Sustaining Workforce Engagement through 5S
·       (Open Forum Discussion) Where Do You Go From Here At Your Company?

Date
December 12, 2013

Registration Fee
$150 per person
This fee will entitle each attendee to breakfast, lunch, snacks and 
beverages.

Questions?
Please email them to shahrukh.irani at hoerbiger.com or call (713) 226-2446.

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Dr. Shahrukh A. Irani
Director, Industrial Engineering Research
HOERBIGER Corporation of America, Inc.
1212 Milby Street
Houston, TX 77023
713-224-9015 ext. 2546
713-225-5418 (General Fax)
www.hoerbiger.com
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