Live Webinar – March 20th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Sponsored by: PEX – The Process Excellence Network

Manufacturers have known for decades the importance of continually improving processes to improve quality and reduce costs and Lean has been a powerful management tool to achieve these goals.

But Lean, which focuses on delivering value in the eyes of customer, is also an effective way of improving overall business performance when applied to processes outside of the manufacturing arena.

The question is, how can you wield it most effectively in non-traditional areas?

Learn to:

• Recognize the common gaps in the manufacturing process and how you can fill them in
• Understand new and more effective ways that Lean tools can be applied outside of manufacturing all the way to your customer and everything in between (service, distribution, etc.)
• Explore ways that you can apply these concepts to your organization

Presenters:

Bill Waddell (LinkedIn profile, website) is a global supply chain expert regarded as a leading expert in lean manufacturing. Through his consulting practice he has worked with manufacturers of all sizes throughout many continents. He is the author of Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation and Rebirth of American Industry, and many other materials. Bill is also one of the most widely read manufacturing bloggers on the Internet.

Nick Sampson is a Sales Engineer at iDatix Corporation. Armed with his CDIA+Nick wanted to help organizations become more efficient and streamlined so he came on board at iDatix. When he did, he began a deep dive into Process Automation and has helped companies like Lockheed Martin, Goodwill and ClosetMaid improve their processes and increase their profitability.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs
• 8.3 Control Quality

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

Click to register for Secrets of Applying Lean and Process Excellence to Manufacturing and Beyond