KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Keynote speakers scheduled for the Engineering Lean & Six Sigma Conference 2012 include:

• Glenn Uminger, Toyota Executive in Residence, University of Kentucky; Director, Lean Systems, Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing NA
• Mark Shirkness, General Manager – Distribution, GE Appliances, GE Consumer and Industrial
• Tejas Gandhi, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Management Engineering & Lean, Virtua Health
• Brent Stucker, Ph.D., Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

ENGINEERING LEAN AND SIX SIGMA explores the application and theory of lean and Six Sigma from its historical development to its current application. This three-day conference brings together the practitioners and the researchers to share the successes and identify the opportunities for applying proven tools and methods.

Lean and Six Sigma have their roots in industrial engineering. Lean tools are traditionally developed by industrial engineers to improve productivity and eliminate wastes while Six Sigma tools are originally used by engineering to improve quality, reliability and defect level of products and services. Many problem solving tools used in Six Sigma and lean are also basic IE tools: 5S, theory of constraints, structured brainstorming, cause-and-effect, process mapping, preventive control and error proofing.

Come early and attend one of the interactive pre-conference workshops: VSM 2.0 - Using Mistake Proofing to Take Value Stream Mapping to the Next Level or Building a Dream Culture.

The conference will be filled with a variety of activities:

• Attend multidisciplinary educational sessions and case studies on all experience levels
• Eighteen 50-minute industry presentations
• Eighteen 20-minute academic/research presentations
• Informative and knowledgeable Keynote Speakers
• Pre-conference Workshops
• Facility Tours
• Exhibits
• Networking Opportunities
• Earn Continuing Education Units (1.4 CEUs) and Professional Development Hours (14 PDHs)