2008 Quality Expo Detroit Conference
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Session 101 : Lean Strategies
Instructors: Bob Anderson, University of Michigan; Jim Stoe, Sr., QA Logistics Manager, Ryder Systems/Supply Chain Solutions; Jim Akers, Customer Quality Engineer, Woodward; Nashir Khory, PhD, Design Engineering Training Manager, General Electric Healthcare
9:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Back to Basics – Lean, Quality & Leadership
Topics include:
  • What is lean?
  • Overview of lean principles
  • Implementation
2:00 PM — 2:40 PM
Lean 5+S Deployment
Topics include:
5+S awareness & references for further study
Practical applications
Tools for immediate implementation
2:40 PM — 3:20 PM
Lean for the Quality Professional
Topics include:
  • What does lean really mean?
  • Basics of lean
  • How does lean pertain to quality?
  • The quality practitioners lean BOK
3:20 PM — 4:00 PM
Lean Strategies for Implementing Innovation and
Achieving Zero Defect Manufacturability
Topics include:
  • Essentials of lean production
  • Advanced product quality planning
  • Early supplier involvement in product design and manufacturing
  • Technology fusion
  • Disruptive innovation
  • Outpacing competition
  • Process optimization
  • Managing "new, unique and difficult" components and suppliers
  • Process average testing and statistical yield
  • Analysis defects per unit and process sigma level
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