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Agenda

� Tuesday - October 14 �

Pre-Conference Workshop

7:00a-8:00a Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:00a-12:00p Pre-Conference Workshop
Product Development for the Lean Enterprise
Instructor:
Michael C. Gnam,
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
12:00p-1:00p Lunch for Workshop Participants

Main Conference - Day One

7:00a-1:00p Conference Registration
1:00p-1:30p Welcoming Remarks & Conference Overview
Gregg Tong,
Management Roundtable
1:30p-2:45a KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Lean Concepts for Rapid Learning, Knowledge Capture and Effective People Engagement,
James Luckman, President, Luckman Consulting, Inc.
2:45p-3:45p CASE STUDY
Creating Lean Transformation in Unconventional Places in Unconventional Ways, Dr. Terence M. Barnhart,
Pfizer Global R&D
3:45p-4:00p Refreshment Break
4:00p-5:00p CASE STUDY
Innovative Lean Development, Mark Swets,
Steelcase
5:00p-6:00p FEATURED SESSION
Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned in Implementing Lean Product Development: How to Successfully Roll Out Lean Concepts

Moderator:

  • Eugene Kania, Founder & Principal, MC2 Solutions

Panelists:

  • Mike Gnam, Executive Director, Lean Product Development Initiative, NCMS
  • Dantar Oosterwal, Knowledge Based Product Development
  • Paul Smith, Engineering Manager, Lean Facilitation & Quality Systems, Caterpillar
  • Perry N. Rea, Manager, New Airplane Product Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
6:00p Conference Day One Concludes
6:00p-7:15p Networking Reception / Exhibits Open

Wednesday - October 15 �

Main Conference - Day Two

7:00a-8:00a Continental Breakfast
8:00a-9:15a KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Second Generation Lean Product Development
Don Reinertsen
, President, Reinertsen & Associates, and author, Managing the Design Factory
9:15a-10:15a  CASE STUDY
Implementing Diverse Lean Methods within Multiple Hardware Groups at Microsoft,
Andrew Flint & Kent Huntsman, Microsoft Corporation
10:15a-10:30a Refreshment Break
 

- TRACK A -
Deploying High Leverage Lean Techniques

- TRACK B -
Lean Product Development
in Healthcare

10:30a-11:30a CASE STUDY
Using Cost of Delay and Lean Economics to Manage Engineering Project Priorities, Judd Clark, Altec Industries, Inc.
CASE STUDY
Reducing Design Verification Lead Time through Lean Six Sigma
, Theresa Garwood, Abbott Diagnostics
11:30a-12:30p CASE STUDY
Integrating Suppliers in Set-Based Design Efforts to Reduce Design Risk and Time to Market, Merle Meyer, Rapid Refill Corp.
CASE STUDY
Achieving Growth and Customer Centricity by Applying Toyota's Lean Thinking to Product Development, Reaz Rasul, GE Healthcare
12:30p-1:30p Lunch
RETURN TO PLENARY SESSION
1:30p-2:45p KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
A Systems Approach to High Performance Product Development in the Auto Industry, Abe Vadhavkar, GPDS Platform Manager,
Ford Motor Company
2:45p-3:30p Application & Implementation Session
Facilitator: Don Reinertsen
3:30p-3:45p

Conference Wrap-Up
Gregg Tong,
Management Roundtable

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