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Click here to return to this month's Article Index The Cutting Edge™ August 2005Manufacturing StrategiesValue Stream Mapping Workshop - September 15 & 16, Grand RapidsWMMA members are invited to attend this is a hands-on, two-day course that teaches how to document and quantify material and information flow within your organization, using a reliable method known as "Value Stream Mapping." It is hosted within the WMMA member plants of Carter Products and Alexander Dodds. The method, originally developed at Toyota, has helped manufacturers large and small to reduce inventories by half, slash lead-times and double productivity. The shop-floor workshop, presented by Shingo Prize examiner Bruce Hamilton, teaches by example using the work flows of host members Carter Products and Alexander Dodds as examples. It explains how to capture and document the current material and information flows for a process, and provides guidance on how to envision, map and plan for improvements to the current flows. Presenter: ,i>Bruce Hamilton, President of GBMP. Bruce brings to every workshop his hands-on experiences as General Manager of United Electric Controls, and his abilities to address the technical side of continuous improvement, while engaging and inspiring employees and managers. While with United Electric, Bruce led their transformation from a traditional batch factory to a single piece follow environment that has become an international showcase. Based at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership is a non-profit corporation that has worked with hundreds of companies, providing suggestions and solutions - solutions resulting in millions in cost savings and increased sales. Each year the Partnership trains over 7,000 people on Continuous Improvement principles in customized, on-site classroom and shop-floor training sessions and educates over 1,000 more people in public workshops, plant tours and the Manufacturing Roundtable. GBMP is the WMMA partner in working with WMMA members to continuously improve their plant performance. Lean manufacturing is helping manufacturers survive. However, their continued survival may depend on their ability to extend their newfound competitiveness to the way they take their products to market, through the supply chain and ultimately to the customer. Often, this means an extension of CI initiatives. CI is now more than an initiative - it's a way of doing business. Bring your customers and seek means to not only survive but thrive in 2005 Day, Time, Location: Carter Products Co., Inc. (Day 1) 2871 Northbridge Drive NW Grand Rapids, MI 49544 AND Alexander Dodds Company (Day 2) 3000 Walkent Drive NW Grand Rapids, MI 49544 (Carter Products Co. and Alexander Dodds companies are located close to one another and 15 miles from the Gerald Ford Grand Rapids International Airport - Directions provided at time of registration.) Cost: WMMA has negotiated a group workshop rate and is passing on the savings to all WMMA members and their guests. The cost to members is only $350.00. All workshops include lunch and a continental breakfast each day. WMMA members: Bring a client and he/she participates at the WMMA rate. ACCOMMODATIONS: The following hotel quoted a rate of $94. Their information is below: HOW TO REGISTER: Complete this Workshop Registration Form and return it with payment to: NOTE: Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis, up to 20 people, so you must act quickly. Payment will not be processed until we have a minimum of 8 persons registered. If we do not meet our minimum of 8 registrants all registration fees will be refunded in full. WMMA reserves the right to cancel the workshops without recourse. For further information on the workshop series, contact: Table of Contents
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