University of Michigan Japan Technology Management Program
 
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Pre-Conference Workshop

TRACK 1
Back to Basics: Introduction to Lean Principles

Bob Anderson, independent manufacturing consultant and UM adjunct lecturer

TRACK 2
Developing Lean Leaders

Jay VanderZwaag, lean manufacturing consultant, Jay VanderZwaag and Associates, and Dave Clark, director of manufacturing, Teleflex Energy


Opening Plenary Session

Growing a Lean Culture-Examples from Toyota Group Companies.
Jeff Liker (chair), professor, UM Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Gary Workman, assistant general manager of car assembly operations, Toyota Production Systems (TPS), and productivity planning groups, NUMMI
Mike Brewer, Toyota production system coordinator, NUMMI
Wil James, vice president, Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky
Joe Stich, general manager-production, DENSO Manufacturing Michigan, Inc.



Breakout Workshops

Principles of Lean Product Development
Jim Morgan, director, stamping business unit-engineering, and Art Hyde, manager, lean product development, Ford Motor Company

Launching New Plants, New Products, and a New Culture
Tony Moore, senior manager, lean product development and production advisor, DaimlerChrysler

Lean Logistics: Strategy Development to Operational Implementation
Robert Martichenko, president, LeanCor LLC

Costing the Value Stream-Adding Cost/Benefit Analysis
to Lean

David Arnsdorf, senior researcher, Altarum

The Complete Lean Enterprise: Incorporating Value Stream Mapping in Administrative and Office Processes
Beau Keyte, president, Branson, Inc.

Lean Thinking for Healthcare

John Long, MD, director, Lean Concepts Detroit, LLC

Learning from the Toyota Way
David Meier, president, Lean Associates, Inc. and Jeff Liker, professor, UM Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering

Effective Use of Kaizen Workshops in a Lean Transformation
Keith Leitner, president, Leitner Consulting Group

Plan-Do-Check-Act: Toyota's Kaizen Engine

Lyn Hollis, retired general manager of the prototype development department, Toyota Technical Center, USA

Policy Deployment: Making Knowledge Flow
Erik Hager, partner, Lean Productivity Systems

Applying the Kanban Management System
Jeff Smith, lean practitioner and teacher

Case Study Track 1: Learning from the Toyota Group Experience
Gary Workman, assistant general manager of car assembly operations, Toyota Production Systems (TPS), and productivity planning groups, NUMMI, Mike Brewer, Toyota production system coordinator, NUMMI, Andris Staltmanis, assistant general manager, manufacturing engineering, and Brian Denbrock, DENSO

Case Study Track 2: Growing a Lean Culture in Traditional American Manufacturing
Matt Zayko, global director—continuous improvement, and Derek Whitworth, vice president, manufacturing—process technology division, Pall Corporation and Mike Tomko, director of operations, Hastings Manufacturing Company

Case Study Track 3: Building Lean Culture in a Government Repair Environment
Michael Butler, and Mike Supko, NAVAIR Depot, and Robert Kucner, NAVSEA



Closing Plenary Session

Growing a Lean Culture Outside Toyota

Jeff Liker (chair), professor, UM Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Ann Katterson, Alcoa
Greg Scheessele, vice president, global operations, Pall Corporation
William Blankemeier, president, Peopleflo
Paul Brent, director of lean purchasing operations and global supplier development, Delphi Corporation


 
 
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