Closing Address
Michael Bremer
President
Cumberland Group – Chicago
Abstract: The terms “lean” and “pull” have become cornerstones for improving manufacturing supply chains. Unfortunately, there is little agreement and much confusion as to what these terms actually mean. This talk represents an effort to clear the air and put things on a more quantitative footing.
As Dr. Johnson put it, “That, Sir, is the good of counting. It brings every thing to a certainty, which before floated in the mind indefinitely.”
Bio : Michael Bremer is President of The Cumberland Group – Chicago, a Senior Engagement Manager for Motorola University , CFO for the Association Manufacturing Excellence and lecturer for the University of Chicago & Loyola University. He is a Motorola certified MBB and is teaching lean certification classes for AME/SME.
He has over 25 years experience including director of the information systems group for a Fortune 25 company, and President of several new business start-ups. Early in his career he created a global based continuous improvement process for Beatrice Foods, which was one of the models used to establish the Baldrige Quality Award criteria. Michael initially studied quality improvement with Dr. Deming and Dr. Juran in the early 1980s.
Recently co-authored “The Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook” and is the lead author for “Six Sigma Financial Tracking and Reporting” to be published by McGraw Hill in December, 2005. He is also starting a new book on “Innovation.”
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