Preliminary Program subject to change
05002 Lean Product Development and Lean Manufacturing
OverviewLean is a philosophy that shortens the time between product ideation or the customer order and the product shipment by eliminating sources of waste. Capitalizing on lean improvement opportunities requires broad technical skills and solid experience. At this session, Lean experts will share their experience in the necessary ingredients to building a lean culture for product development as well as manufacturing.
Primary SponsorManagement Division (05)

Chair

Charles J. Brez
Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing
NineSigma, Inc.
23825 Commerce Park Dr., Suite A-1
Cleveland, OH 44122-5837
Phone Number: 216-295-4805
Fax Number: 216-295-4825
Email: brez@ninesigma.com

CoChair

David Barbieri
Atofina Chemicals, Inc.
2000 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone Number: 215-419-7848
Fax Number: 215-419-7575
Email: david.barbieri@atofina.com
Lean Innovation – the Application of Lean Thinking to New Product Development
Mark Adkins, Turnkey Marketing, Cincinnati, OH 45237
Lean beyond Manufacturing - Competitive Advantage for the Process Industries
Norm Stewart, RWD Technologies, 5440 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Troy, MI 48098
Business Continuity and Lean Operations – Synergies and Conflicts
John R. Battler, Independent Consultant, 1117 Hawser Avenue, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
The People Side of Process Improvement
Ed Eppley, Dale Carnegie Training of Ohio, 6029 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH 43231 and Sherry Graber Roth, Dale Carnegie Training of Ohio, 3801 Sharon Park Lane, Suite 175, Cincinnati, OH 45241
Management of Supplies and Movements of Tank Containers in Chemical Logistics
I.A. Karimi, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore, Moosa Sharafali, Department of Management, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia and Arul Sundaramoorthy, The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Singapore

Management Division