WCBF's Global Lean, and Business Improvement Summit in ... http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/six-sigma-news/wcbfs-global-lean-s...

INSIDE QUALITY INSIDER Articles Columns News Forums Videos

WCBF | 06/16/2009

WCBF's Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit in October

BIO Senior-level gathering for those who are passionate about achieving process and business excellence

FEEDBACK RSS SEND ARTICLE PRINT PAST CONTENT

(WCBF: Chicago) -- WCBF's fourth Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit & Industry Awards will take place at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, in Orlando, on October 13–16. You can create The event represents the largest gathering of leading experts and senior executives across various industries who are passionate about achieving content! process and business excellence. Attendees will be able to learn first-hand from exceptional vision, leadership, cutting-edge innovation, and dedication Classifieds to quality for phenomenal organizational results. The agenda will offer more File Share than 25 case studies, eight dedicated tracks, five roundtable discussions, two Forum Topic master classes, numerous networking and information-sharing opportunities, Events and 11 pre- and post-summit interactive workshops to focus in detail on the Links key challenges for quality executives of all levels across all industries. Sign In to get started!

Featured headliners Quality Information Al Switzler, bestselling author and award-winning instructor—In the past 25 years, Al Switzler has helped hundreds of organizations achieve measurable change with his broad knowledge of leadership, teamwork, quality, and communication. Switzler is coauthor of three New York Times bestsellers, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High, and Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior. He has served on the faculty of several universities including the University of Michigan, Brigham Young University, Auburn University, and the University of Kentucky. These institutions have recognized Switzler with awards for innovation and outstanding teaching.

Norman Bodek, president of PCS Inc. - Norman Bodek discovered and Learn Six-Sigma--Free published the works of the truly great Japanese manufacturing Six-Sigma Explained, geniuses: Dr. and Taiichi Ohno, the inventors of the Implemention Plan & now called JIT, and lean manufacturing and More--Free, limited offer. www.ITBusinessEdge.com many others. From his numerous trips to Japan he introduced to the western world the blitz, total productive manufacturing, quality function deployment, hoshin kanri, poka-yoke, visual factory, and other new manufacturing methodologies that have helped companies improve their quality, and productivity. In 1988 he initiated the Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence with Professor Vern Buehler at Utah State University. Most recently, he co-authored a book with Bunji Tozawa titled The Idea Generator - Quick and Easy Kaizen.

1 of 3 6/18/2009 10:44 AM WCBF's Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit in ... http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/six-sigma-news/wcbfs-global-lean-s...

Featured plenaries © 2009 Quality Digest Magazine. All Rights Reserved. Robert Weiner, president and CEO of PAS Technologies Inc., will examine how lean and Six Sigma are key to surviving a downturn.

Lee Campbell, lean Six Sigma deployment director and strategic planning officer of the US Army Military District of Washington, will discuss how lean Six Sigma is the toolbox for accomplishing strategic and operational objectives.

Other speaker panel includes executives from E-Z-GO, which received this year's Enterprise Level Shingo Prize; Intel Corp.; Agilent Technologies Inc.; JP Morgan Chase; The Joint Commision; Aetna; and many more. Click here to view the full speaker panel.

Summit highlights Leadership benchmarking forum

Deployment champion and vice president Six Sigma benchmarking forum

Master Black Belt forum

Global Six Sigma and business improvement awards ceremony

Technology test drives

Universal Studios' Six Sigma challenge

Track topics Interactive forums

Challenges and best practices for continuous improvement

New to Six Sigma

Optimizing operational performance

Sustainability in business transformation

Optimizing lean processes

Quality in health care

Performing in a slow economy

Special master classes Lean Six Sigma deployment: are you achieving return on investment?

Designing and implementing Lean Six Sigma blended learning curricula

Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards ceremony

The Global Six Sigma and Business Improvement Awards are given to the most outstanding organizational achievements through the deployment of business improvement programs. The Global Six Sigma Awards ceremony will be held on Oct. 14 in conjunction with The Global Lean, Six Sigma & Business Improvement Summit, Oct. 13–16th.

The Awards present a great opportunity for organizations to win recognition for the great work that their Six Sigma and business excellence people are

2 of 3 6/18/2009 10:44 AM WCBF's Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit in ... http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/six-sigma-news/wcbfs-global-lean-s...

delivering to customers, shareholders, and other key stakeholders.

For more information on this awards program, the judging panel, and how to enter, please visit www.tgssa.com.

DISCUSS

HIDE COMMENTS ( 0 ) LOGIN TO ADD COMMENT FORUM FEEDBACK ( LOGIN / REGISTER )

ABOUT THE AUTHOR WCBF produces the biggest and the best, most extensively researched high-quality senior-level Lean & Six Sigma events. Each delivers vital, need-to-know business information via best practice case-studies and interactive discussion formats, from leading industry minds within the sectors that are serious about Lean Six Sigma deployment. Visit www.wcbf.com.

Home the Insider Videos Magazine Resources Search Subscribe Advertise About Us

3 of 3 6/18/2009 10:44 AM