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• 7th Annual Conference - Achieving True North: Lead-Engage-Accelerate-Now

  • Start
    Wednesday, August 02, 2017
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    Thursday, August 03, 2017
  •  
    4:45 PM
  • Location
    Hagerty Center at Northwestern Michigan College 715 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686
  • Spaces left
    83
  • Registered
    177 registrants

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  The Keynote Speaker Line-up

  Tentative Agenda 
  

  Optional Pre-Conference Networking Brewery Event Information 

  Optional Sailing Charter Networking Event Information - Limit 55 people

  Hotel Information - BOOK NOW!

  Stay in the NMC dorms for cheap!

  Map of the Hagerty Center

  Sponsor the Conference!

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  How to register:

  1. Log in as a MLC member and click the appropriate member type (if you are a member)

   2. Select the active learning sessions you would like to attend (NOTE: if you choose to attend the new LEADERSHIP TRACK, DO NOT SELECT ANY OF THE ACTIVE LEARNING sessions.) 

  3. Select the optional sessions you’d like to attend (Tues. night, Wed. night, Friday morning) 

  4. Register guests if needed

  5. Pay online or email Lauren at coordinator@michiganlean.org if you are sending a check.

  Active Learning Session Options #1 - Select only one session when registering (Click each session for the description of the session and speaker bio):

  1. Enabling Organizational Improvement Through Effective Change Management - Kevin Britton
  

  2. They Call it Facilitation, but I Call it Fun! - Laura Kempf FULL

  3. Rapid Lasting Change Begins with Strong Leaders - Sara Miller

  4. Linking Your Vision, Plan and People - Darrell Rogers

  5. Roadmap to True North Case Study - Laurie Stark and Annelise Doll

  6. Lean for Sale - Tony DeCaria

  Active Learning Sessions Options #2 - Select only one session when registering (Click each session for the description of the session and speaker bio):

  1. Lean Product Development - Matt Albin

  2. Continuous Improvement Through Transformation Goal Alignment - Jeff Downs FULL

  3. Business Engag. in Lean Fac. Through Participation Centered Learning - Anne Engler & Mark Krebs

  4. Creating New Business Processes - Patricia Malone

  5. Is Your Compass Broken? - Amy Sequeira and Trina Poston

  Active Learning Sessions Options #3 - Select only one session when registering (Click each session for the description of the session and speaker bio):

  1. True North Secret Sauce - Larry Frydrych
  2. A Journey into the Inward Life - Art Hoekstra
  3. Kaizen 101 - Amy Long and Christine Muscat
  4. Building a Knowledge Org. through TWI and Lean - Jaime Portillo
  

  Optional Workshop on Friday- Select only one session when registering (Click each session for the description of the session and speaker bio):

  1. A System of Leadership - Dennis Sergent and Rob Pease

  2. The 7 Quality Tools for Steering to True North - Ruth Archer

  NEW Optional Leadership Track Program - Only room for 20 people! Click for details.

  If you register for this Leadership Track, please DO NOT SELECT ANY ADDITIONAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS OR WORKSHOPS.
  
  Includes:
  Pre-conference Assessment
  3 Breakout Sessions at the conference
  1 Friday Workshop at the conference
  Post-conference Assessment

  If you have any issues with payment or registration, please email Lauren at coordinator@michiganlean.org.

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• Lean Story at Hayes Manufacturing

  • When
    Friday, September 22, 2017
  •  
    8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Hayes Manufacturing, Inc. 6875 U.S. Highway 131 Fife Lake, MI 49633
  • Spaces left
    18
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  • Quick introduction / overview of their company and the history of their lean journey
  • Tour of the plant and office so people can observe the 5s and Kanban, poke-yoke and visual management
  • Back to the conference room for plusses and deltas and Q and As!

  Speaker Bio: 

  Jeff Miller has worked for Hayes Manufacturing since 2008 and has been the Quality Manager since 2009. He is an integral part of a team focused on expanding upon the company’s success in the power transmission component market.

  Jeff was the driving force behind the implementation of Lean practices throughout the company. He championed the lean approach to address multiple problems the company was experiencing: excessive WIP/inventory/batching, long setup times, late deliveries, customer complaints, scrap and inefficiency. In 2013, Jeff was trained as a Lean “Champion” and started working with Management to change the culture of the company.

  Jeff was an early proponent of transiting to cellular, one-piece flow manufacturing. By using Lean analysis tools, he was able to demonstrate to Management that it would be possible to take one of the product lines from an 18-day lead time to five days. Because of his insight and the company’s drive for continual improvement, the same product is currently manufactured in five hours.

  Today, lean principles can be observed throughout the company. There are many examples of vertical and visual scheduling and metrics, Kanban, 5S and Poke Yoke. By deploying Lean, Hayes Manufacturing has been able to thrive in a very competitive world-wide market.

  
  

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• Lean Application

  • When
    Friday, September 22, 2017
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Sparrow Health Science Pavilion 2900 Hannah Boulevard East Lansing, MI 48823
  • Spaces left
    24
  • Registered
    5 registrants

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  If you have any questions please call Jerry Browne at 517-364-2531.  
  Time for sessions 1-4 is 8:30am – 4:30pm, Testing Day Time TBD. 

  NOTE: Membership fee is $90 and if you become a member today or by the event you only pay the member registration fee of $60 for this event.
  

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• Bronze Prep Exam

  • When
    Friday, November 03, 2017
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Sparrow Health Science Pavilion 2900 Hannah Boulevard East Lansing, MI 48823
  • Spaces left
    27
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  You are responsible for paying for your own test fee. Refer to the SME Bronze webpage for current pricing. Click here. 
  

  Test Time TBD!

  
  

  
  

  If you have any questions please call Jerry Browne at 517-364-2531.  
  

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