The Manufacturer - May Edition

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Three inspirational days that could transform your business www.themanufacturer.com May 2009 Vol 12 Issue 4

The UK/US Shingo Summit provides operational and enterprise leaders with three days of hands-on workshops, best practice factory tours, hard-hitting presentations and inspirational speakers from both sides of the Atlantic. Whether you are lean enlightened or a lean beginner, you will witness the ʻhowʼ and ʻwhyʼ of those making exceptional gains in operational excellence – businesses that are turning todayʼs economic challenges into productivity and profit.

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Discover how to take lean beyond the shop-floor and into the whole enterprise – from the boardroom to the back office. Learn about the underlying principles behind The Shingo Prize philosophy and approach, regarded as ʻThe Nobel Prizeʼ for operational excellence and internationally recognised as the blueprint for lean transformation.

Steven Spear, Ph.D.

Max Brown

Author of ‘Chasing the Rabbit’ and ’Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System’

Speaker ‘Carrot Philosophy’

Norman Bodek

John Bicheno

Author of numerous lean books and articles on the Toyota Production System

Author of ‘The New Lean Toolbox’

Robert D. Miller

Drew Locher

Senior Lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Director O.C. Tanner Company

President PCS Inc.

Can renewables energize British industry?

Senior Research Fellow Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff Business School

Executive Director, The Shingo Prize, Utah State University

Principal Change Management Associates Author of ‘The Complete Lean Enterprise – Value Stream Mapping for Office and Administratice Processes’

Jerry M. Wright, P.E.

Professor Peter Hines

Vice President, Lean and Enterprise Excellence DJO, LLC

Chairman Lean Enterprise Research Centre Author of ‘Staying Lean’

Lead story

Shingo Prize recipient

Green economy needs green skills

Design and innovation University links with industry

Supply chain

Freight forwarding economics

www.themanufacturer.com May 2009 Vol 12 Issue 4

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Interview

Melanie Leech Director General, Food and Drink Federation

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