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Conference

Thursday, September 25, 2008
9:00am - 12:00pm

Session 405 - Ideas to Ignite Success in Your Front Office: An executive overview of mini-Kaizen events, sustainability, and best practices

Robert Burke, Value Innovation Partners, Ltd

This session will cover:

  • 5 ideas to ignite success in your front office
  • Overview of the mini-Kaizen process
  • Value stream mapping – finding your areas of waste
  • Sustainability – best practices for obtaining sustainable results
  • Methodology overview

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About the Speaker:

Mr. Burke has over 25 years experience in many manufacturing environments, which include defense, automotive, pharmaceuticals, packaging goods, electronics, medical device, printed circuit boards, metal converting, railroad, and equipment manufacturers. Bob holds a B.S. in Business Administration, is a certified CPIM from the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, a Certified Lean Sensei and holds an ISO 9000 Assessor certificate. He has held positions ranging from, Materials Director, to Production and Inventory Control Manager, to Master Planner to Machinist.

Bob provides training and implementation methods in areas of Lean Manufacturing, Pharmacovigilance, Supply Chain Management, Kanban, MRPII, Work Cell Development, Synchronous Manufacturing, Flow Manufacturing, Kaizen, Vendor Managed Inventory, Logistics Planning, Supplier Certification, Theory of Constraints, and Quick Changeover (SMED).