ASQ/IIE Conference 2007 - "Partners in Excellence"
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7:15-8:00
Registration and Networking Begin - Visit the Exhibitors all day!
8:00-9:00
Welcome: Opening address: Kenneth R. Christie, Transforming Boeing Commercial Aircraft to Lean & Moving Assembly Lines
Topic
Excellence in Lean Practices
Excellence in Leadership and Culture
Excellence in Health Care
Excellence in Lean Six Sigma
Excellence in Lean Application
9:10-10:20

1

Quick, Repeatable Setups.
You mean we need both?

Thomas F. Warda
Eastman Kodak Company

5

Leadership in Compression

Doc Hall
Proffesor Emeritus
Indiana University

9

Effective Value Stream Mapping in the Emergency Department

Sue Kozlowski
St. John Health

13

Data Analysis Tips and Techniques (Fun with Excel Pivot Tables and Minitab)

Eric Alden
Xerox

17

Delivering Results through Lean Sigma

Donald S. Doody and Mark Talmadge
IEC Electronics

10:20-10:40
Break: Coffee and Tea served, Visit Exhibitors
10:40-11:50

2

Creating a Lean Culture: Process Focus and Leader Standard Work  

David Mann
Steelcase  

6

Latino vs. Hispanic: What’s in a Name!

Dr. Carlos Ortiz
Thompson Heath

10

Lessons from “Quantum Improvers”: Strategies for Effective Goal Setting that Get Results.

Greg Butler
Chip Caldwell & Associates

14

Lean Six Sigma

Dave Wallace, Julie M. Cooke and Franklin I. Allen
Highland Hospital

18

Achieving Lasting Results: Lessons for Organizations and Individuals

Ed and Jeremy Biernat
Consulting With Impact, Ltd, Tall Trainer Fitness Systems

11:50-12:10
Visit Exhibitors!
12:10-1:35
Lunch and Keynote Address: Mark Spearman, To Pull Or Not to Pull—What is the Question?
Topic
Excellence in Lean Practices
Excellence in Leadership and Culture
Excellence in Health Care
Excellence in Lean Six Sigma
Excellence in Lean Application
1:45-2:45

3

TWI – The Foundation of Lean Thinking

Don Dinero
Round Pond Consulting

7

Policy Deployment – A Path for Lean Success

John Gould
Simpler Consulting

11

Integration of Clinical and Operational/Service Results to Enhance Knowledge

Sharon M. Pepper
and Kathy Grimes
Thompson Health

15

Lean Six Sigma in Sales and Marketing

Brent Wahba and Rob Perrilleon
Strategy Science Inc.
Element K

19

Agile Software Management

Dr. Kishore
SUNY Buffalo

2:55-3:55

4

Implementing standard work and the human side of lean in a repetitive, manufacturing environment

Dean Mingo
Genie Industries

8

Lean for ISO and IT Now What?

Jim Benz and
Carol B. Wright
Enterprise Solutions Inc.

12

“Lean = Lean?” Let’s Explore the Possibilities

Pat Kelly Lee
Management Consultant

16

Cut Through the Organizational Fog and Discover the Magic of Vision

Bill Gormont
Eastman Kodak Company

20

Business & Competitive Intelligence, Techniques, and Research using the web.

Ellen Reen
Insyte Consulting

4:05-4:40
Closing Address: Michael Bremer, How to address the “missing links” in most performance improvement initiatives
4:40-4:55
Survey Completion & Raffle Prize Drawings (Must be present to win!)