VPMEP presents "High-Impact Lean & Constraints Management Workshop" with live simulation.
This Event is full and registration is closed. For the waiting list sign up please contact Angela Hefner at 434-582-6136 x226 or email ahefner@vpmep.org

When: May 15, 2008; 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; registration begins at 8:00 a.m.

Where: Robert E. Plecker Workforce Center at Blue Ridge Community College; One College Lane, Weyers Cave, VA 24486

Cost: $129 per person; $10 off for 3 or more*

*Registration fee covers continental breakfast, box lunch, materials and certificate of achievement.

Registration:

• To register securely and pay online click on the "Register Now" button below.
• For general information only, call Angela Hefner at (434) 582-6136 x226.

Registration Deadline:

May 8, 2008 - For a refund, cancellations must be received by this date.

About The Workshop:

VPMEP has assisted hundreds of Virginia's industries in improving quality, minimizing manufacturing lead-time, and reducing costs through the implementation of Lean Enterprise techniques. High Impact Lean combines the traditional methodologies of Lean Enterprise with a particular emphasis on Constraints Management. Participants will be provided with a comprehensive presentation on Lean Enterprise, reinforced through a “hands-on” manufacturing simulation. In addition, participants will view and discuss a forty-five minute video presentation of Dr. Eli Goldratt's best selling book focusing on Constraints Management, The Goal.

This program will vividly illustrate how the systematic analysis and improvement of the flow of materials and information in a manufacturing environment will increase productive capacity, customer satisfaction, employee involvement and bottom-line profitability. As participants apply Lean Enterprise principles and Constraints Management concepts to the simulated manufacturing operation, they will see how and why these methods work: knowledge that they can take with them and then apply to their own real world manufacturing issues.

Who Should Attend?

CEOs, presidents, vice presidents, general managers, plant managers, production planners, schedulers, engineers, engineering managers, and operations managers.

Learn How To:

• Leverage Lean Enterprise tactics for maximum benefit
• Develop the measurements that will connect every action to your bottom line
• Set priorities according to bottom line impact
• Align all parts of your organization with company goals
• Focus your efforts with Constraints Management to improve throughput, cycle time, and quality
• Reduce manufacturing cycle time, up to 90%
• Improve on-time shipments, up to 98% on-time
• Reduce work in process, up to 90%
• Improve quality, up to 50%
• Reduce floor space up to 75%