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News Release from: Institute of Industrial Engineering | Subject: Quality and Lean Conference
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2006
Quality and Lean Conference covers six
sigma
The Institute of Industrial Engineers' and Atlanta's American Society for Quality's "Quality and Lean Conference" will cover six sigma.
A recent article on whether "Uncle Sam should help domestic manufacturers" by James Pethokoukis in "US News and World Report" caused a stir among quality professionals, especially in light of the possible slashing of funds for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Even twenty years after most companies started six sigma quality programs, there is still a need for manufacturers and non-manufacturing companies to step up quality programs, increase lean initiatives and focus on customer value These points will be covered at the Institute of Industrial Engineers' and Atlanta's American Society for Quality's "Quality and Lean Conference", starting October 30 in Atlanta, Georgia, where some of the most innovative companies and thinkers will disclose their best practices to a targeted group of quality, Lean and Six Sigma professionals at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 17 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Keynote speakers are from Cox Communications, Tompkins and Associates, Golden Rule Insurance Company and Cessna Aircraft.
A key element in increasing customer value is to use value stream mapping which will be a two-day focused workshop held at EMS Wireless in Atlanta.
The participants will dig into EMS' various processes and present to the EMS management team ways to lean and improve the processes for increased customer value.
The conference, open to the public, will feature over 60 sessions on quality processes, global logistics, Lean and Six Sigma as applied to defense, healthcare, plastics and other manufacturing and service industries.
A plethora of presenters will cover real-world examples and best practices from Dekalb Medical centre, The Boeing Company (including examples from The Boeing Company's 787 / Dreamliner program), St.
John Health, BMW Manufacturing, Johns Hopkins, Remstar, CreateASoft, Scientific Atlanta, the US Army, Bellsouth Telecommunications, Yale hardware, Goodwill Industries of South Florida, the Tax Commissioner's Office of Gwinnett County, Georgia, UPS, United States Military Academy, American Red Cross, La-Z-Boy, HumanTech (human factor), Lennox International, Georgia Tech - Enterprise Innovation Institute, Mercer University and East Carolina University--- to name just a partial list of representative organisations.
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