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• Lean Coffee Chat Houghton

  • When
    Wednesday, June 20, 2018
  •  
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931
  • Spaces left
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    10 registrants

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  Do you love coffee (or tea)? Do you love networking, sharing lean best practices and solving lean problems together? If yes, we are rolling out a new informal program called Lean Coffee Chats! We will have 60-90 minute sessions in different locations around Michigan.

  What are the benefits?

  • Leverage our membership knowledge base
    
  • Focus on implementation of lean tools
    
  • Opportunity to network
    
  • Share best practices
    
  • Stay connected with other MLC members
    
  • ALL FOR FREE for members (+ you can bring a non-member guest for FREE too!)
    

  What a typical agenda will look like:

  • Meet and greet
    
  • Lean implementation topic and brainstorm - bring a topic suggestion or come ready to ask for help with a lean issue you are encountering
    
  • Learn about MLC and upcoming events
    
  • Networking

  This lean coffee chat will be facilitated by members of the Michigan Tech Lean Development Board Members. Michigan Tech has a three-member board to advise the Office of Continuous Improvement on Lean facilitator training, development, certification, and deployment.

  
  

  Margo O’Brien

  
  

  Laurie Stark

  The location of the coffee chat will be in the East Reading Room of the J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library on the Michigan Tech campus.  

  Visitor parking is available at any open meters and in lot 27.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• State of Michigan Energy Center Tour

  • When
    Friday, June 22, 2018
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    7432 Parson's Drive Dimondale, MI 48821 State Secondary Complex
  • Spaces left
    54
  • Registered
    6 registrants

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  A tour of the State of Michigan Secondary Complex Energy Center with a Q & A session afterword. 
  

  The State of Michigan Secondary Complex in Dimondale is a 13-building campus comprised of the state's police academy, police post, test and research labs, office space, warehouses, vehicle maintenance service garages and more. The facility's original energy center was constructed in 1975 and featured electric chillers and gas-fired boilers. Since the original installation of the energy center, buildings within the complex have undergone renovations, additions and changes in functions, greatly improving the efficiency of heating and cooling operations. Energy consumption used for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) was identified as a significant part of the complex's operating budget.

  This Gemba Walk through the Energy Center shows the results of the 2012 renovation and includes a Q&A session with facility supervisor, Scott Davis. Don’t miss this opportunity!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Speakers: 

  Scott Davis has more than 20 years of experience in construction and facility maintenance and operations and is Building Operator Certified. He has worked for the State of Michigan Building Operations Division since 2002. Currently, he is the Facilities Supervisor over six facilities at the State Secondary Complex, including the Energy Center which generates chilled water, electricity and steam and distributes these along with domestic water to the entire complex of 13 facilities totaling 2.5 million square feet. Scott oversees a team of skilled trades, half of whom take the raw materials and produce the usable energy that is distributed to the facilities while the other half focus on maintaining safe and efficient environments, ensuring a high level of customer service to tenants.

  Heath Miller is the Building Trades Supervisor over the Energy Center and tunnel distribution systems covering more than two miles at the State of Michigan secondary Complex. Heath worked in the private sector for several years and joined the Building Operations Division in 2011. He maintains a mechanical license, a refrigeration license and a Building Operator Certification and has over 15 years of experience in the HVAC field. He leads innovative programs and has a skilled crew of mechanics, power plant operators, and one electrician to guarantee the complex’s on-site energy generation is flexible and functioning at peak efficiency, mitigating our operating costs and maximizing returns.

  Energy Center: 

  Visitor and ADA accessible parking is available at the northwest building entrance.

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  • 24 hours in advance - DTMB-0132 DTMB Meeting Attendance Clearance

  
  

  
  

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• Lean Coffee Chat at the Horse Farm in Fenton

  • When
    Thursday, June 28, 2018
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    7601 E Allen Road, Fenton, MI 48430
  • Spaces left
    14
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Do you love coffee (or tea)? Do you love networking, sharing lean best practices and solving lean problems together? If yes, we are rolling out a new informal program called Lean Coffee Chats! We will have 60-90 minute sessions in different locations around Michigan.

  What are the benefits?

  • Leverage our membership knowledge base
    
  • Focus on implementation of lean tools
    
  • Opportunity to network
    
  • Share best practices
    
  • Stay connected with other MLC members
    
  • ALL FOR FREE for members (+ you can bring a non-member guest for FREE too!)
    

  What a typical agenda will look like:

  • Meet and greet
    
  • Lean implementation topic and brainstorm - bring a topic suggestion or come ready to ask for help with a lean issue you are encountering
    
  • Learn about MLC and upcoming events
    
  • Networking

  Facilitated by Kathy Malone

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• Webinar: “Prioritizing lean projects at the State of Michigan: Going from FIFO to Strategic Prioritization”

  • When
    Thursday, July 19, 2018
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    TBD
  • Spaces left
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  • Registered
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  As CEO of Allovance and founder of Pyramid Consulting International, Sherif Farghal has been recognized internationally as a thought leader, helping organizations make big decisions on what projects to pursue that best align with strategic priorities and achieve long term growth and sustainability.

  His work in removing bias from decision making has been leveraged by clients in multiple industries.

  With a PhD in Civil Engineering and Construction Management from the University of Michigan, Sherif has been working with clients for over 20 years while refining his algorithms and methodology, bringing discipline and science to the art of decision making.

  It will be a joint webinar with Holly Grandy-Miller and Francine Wresinski from the Office of Performance and Transformation at the State of Michigan.

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• 8th Annual Conference - LEAN: Learn, Educate and Network

  • Start
    Wednesday, August 08, 2018
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    Friday, August 10, 2018
  •  
    4:45 PM
  • Location
    Hagerty Center at Northwestern Michigan College 715 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686
  • Spaces left
    190
  • Registered
    Nobody

  
  

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