AMERICAN MANUFACTURING SUMMIT 2019
MARCH 26–27, 2019
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER • LOMBARD, IL
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Driving Business performance through process and technological innovation
PROGRAM
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REGISTRATION & GROUP BREAKFAST
CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
OPENING KEYNOTE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING 4.0: LEADING THROUGH A COMPLETE COMPANY TRANSFORMATION
• Case Study: A look at Harley Davidson over the years
• Drive success globally through standardization for manufacturing 4.0
• Maintain built-quality and just in time inventory management with continuous improvement efforts
• Examining your complete work flow: lean tools for success
• 5S
• Total productive maintenance
• standard work and kaizen
• value stream mapping
• Process problem solving and error proofing
PLENARY UNCOVERING THE BEAUTY OF MANUFACTURING
• Drive operational excellence with a high performing team through leadership
• It's more then a priority, it's our reason for being: achieving consumer satisfaction through products manufactured with the highest quality
• Target excellence: an overview of one structured system that can be applied worldwide
• Harnessing technological advances to enhance quality to stay competitive
6:15 am – 7:15 am
7:15 am – 7:20 am
7:15 am – 7:55 am
7:55 am – 8:35 am
PROGRAM DAY ONE
MICHELLE KUMBIER
COO
CARLOS RUIZ
SVP, Operations, Head Manufacturing and Engineering
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION CHAIR PEOPLE CHAIR INNOVATION CHAIR
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PLENARY RESKILLING YOUR TEAM FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
• Key strategies for reskilling your team across all corporate levels
• Prepare for the talent shortage through cultivating an agile IT organization: empower your team through cross-training
• A look at how digitization and technological innovation are changing the role of the CIO
• Balance volume and velocity within your organization by optimizing internal resources
8:35 am – 9:15 am
SIMON YEUNG
SVP, R&D
9:15 am – 9:55 am
INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR MANUFACTURERS: INDUSTRY 4.0
• Driving the evolution of the industrial world through digital transformation
• Empower your team to work more productively through streamlining processes
• Generate new revenue streams by increasing competitiveness and customer value through fostering a culture of innovation
• Achieve global collaboration goals with creating an agile, always- connected work environment to improve business
MICHAEL WALTON
Director, Industry Solutions Executive (Discrete Manufacturing)
PEOPLE DRIVING COMPETITIVE SUCCESS THROUGH
MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE AND CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION-WIDE
• Examining key strategies to drive growth and
efficiencies while reducing costs
• Creating a continuous improvement plan that
addresses the entire business while integrating
data and analytics
• Create a culture that strives for operational
discipline and maintains lean inventories
INNOVATION HOW TO ENSURE HOLISTIC PRODUCT AND PROCESS
INNOVATION IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
• What techniques and toolkits can help to deliver
core operational and technological
improvements?
• Operating in a bi-modal eco-system by
leveraging legacy technology and digital
transformation toolsets
• Working across departments to align on strategy
and build confidence in the ability to execute on
a plan
• Focusing on big picture transformation vs. siloed
efforts
• Creating streamlined processes and building
high performing teams
• Leveraging IoT, Big Data and Robotics Process
Automation
• What's next?: Measuring success and
continuously looking for areas of improvement
RANDAL NEWTON
VP, Enterprise Engineering
BART TALLOEN
VP, Product Supply Strategy &
Deployment
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION AN OUTLINE OF KEY FACTORS AFFECTING THE
OPTIMIZATION OF COMPLEX MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS
• Optimize your bottom line through examining
and monitoring key factors that affect your
business goals of growing revenue and cutting
cost
• Increased competition from emerging
markets
• Complex supply chains
• A larger scope of compliance
requirements
• Volatile costs of raw materials
• Innovate production processes to surface errors
in the supply chain and distribution channels
• Minimize cost and maximize flexibility by finding
the harmony in value stream complexity
10:00 pm – 10:35 pm
NIRAJ KRISHNA
VP, Product and Process Inno-
vation
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10:40 pm – 12:20 pm
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO REALIZE THE
4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
• Unpack the thematic pillars of the 4th Industrial
revolution and asses individual impact on
improving production metrics
• DataProphet has created an Artificial Intelligence
system called OMNI that has been installed in
many industrial sites around the globe
• Realize substantial improvements in production
yield and manufacturing efficiency
• Exploring the requirements to integrate a
system with your production data service and
how benefits are surfaced alongside your
existing workforce
PEOPLE AN EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION ON EXCEPTIONAL
MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE & QUALITY
• Using a system-based performance
management methodology to move past
compliance to assurance
• Discerning between popular trends and the real
tools that will define the next jump in
manufacturing productivity
• Cascading the business strategy into financial &
operational results
INNOVATION BE PREPARED FOR INDUSTRY 4.0 THROUGH SMART
PRODUCTION
• Robots as a key component to industry 4.0
• Address and mitigate shortage of
resources
• Prepare your company for the talent
gap with alternative solutions
• Utilize digitally networked processes to
manufacture at a low costs through agility,
efficiency, resource saving and customization
• A look at how cloud computing and big data will
drive process efficiency PHIL MCINTYRE
Senior Director, Business Devel-
opment
PRE-ARRANGED ONE-TO-ONE NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS
12:25 pm – 1:00 pm
TBA
FRANS CRONJE
Managing Director and Co-
Founder
WORKSHOP BUSINESS BOOTCAMP – DRIVING GREATER
EXECUTION, ENGAGEMENT, AND ULTIMATELY
EARNINGS!
• Learn how to drive business acumen at a tactical
level
• Move accountability from a concept to a practice
and elevate expectations of engagement
• Eliminate hours of meetings each week by
recalibrating intent
• Moving from abstract OPEX tools to business
tical necessities
• What are the eight essential elements of
21stcentury leaders?
WORKSHOP HOW A "PRODUCTION QUALITY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM” CAN PROVIDE THE RIGHT INFORMATION
FOR OPERATORS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND
DRAMATICALLY LESSEN DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
GOING TO THE CUSTOMER
• A combined effort by the Production and Quality
departments can protect against defects going
to the customer in a maximum yield setting
• TPT will create and train on standardized
communication, dual ownership of presentation
and problem solving on shop floor and auditing
programs for long-term sustainability
• TPT will create PQMS physical communication
boards and employee training specific to plant
needs based on this system
WORKSHOP OUTLINING THE BENEFITS OF INTEGRATING
AUTOMATION WITH YOUR CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES
• Maximize your flexibility through adapting your
production lines to compensate for potential
frequent product changes
• A look at how automation can generate the best
ROI through reducing manufacturing costs,
improving product quality, increasing
productivity and reducing downtimes
• Drive organizational success through operational
standards that ensure the safety of your
workforce, simplify equipment maintenance and
meet implementation deadlines
SHANE YOUNT
Principal/ Author
1:05 pm – 1:40 pm
TBA
TBA
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CASE STUDY HOW THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY IS UTILIZING IOT AND THE CLOUD TO HELP MEASURE AND MONITOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
• Discussing the need to monitor temperature regulation in products to ensure product standards and production EHS
• Examining initiatives and steps created by production and IT teams to streamline data collection and management
• Utilizing IoT and Cloud technology to increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Enhancing visualization and advanced simulation: Simulation and the Digital Twin
• Lessons learned in creating a digital process and utilizing new IT systems for production management
• What's next: Exploring the next steps to enhance manufacturing through digital teams at Scotts Miracle-Gro
LUNCH & LEARN ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS
2:50 pm – 3:30 pm
INDUSTRY 4.0: THE SOURCE OF THE NEXT HORIZON
OF PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
SUCCESSION PLANNING : SUPPORT, PROMOTE AND
INSPIRE WOMEN IN MANUFACTURING
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
CHERYL THOMPSON
Director, Prototype
ALLISON GREALIS
Founder & President
THE UPSIDE OF TARIFFS: EXAMINING YOUR SUPPLY
CHAIN TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIC OPPORTUNIT
CHAVIS FERGUSON
VP, Global Operations
THE END OF THE FACTORY FLOOR IS ONLY THE
BEGINNING OF MANUFACTURING
PRIORITIZING YOUR TEAM ON THE PLANT FLOOR:
IMPROVING SAFETY WITH INNOVATION
DRIVING CHANGE WITH THE TOYOTA PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
GREATER EFFICIENCY, PROFITABILITY AND
PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH MANUFACTURING
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
EXECUTING IN CONSTANTLY CHANGING TIMES:
APPLYING STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT TECHNIQUES TO
ENHANCE YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL FACTORIES: AUTOMATE
EVERYTHING
MARK SIMS
CIO and VP, Business Transformation
3:35 pm – 4:10 pm
MIKE MADSEN
CIO
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION UNLOCK THE VALUE OF MANUFACTURING DATA
FROM THE SHOP FLOOR TO THE TOP FLOOR WITH
IIOT
• Increase productivity of engineers and analysts
• Leverage advanced analytic capabilities and
machine learning for root cause analysis and
forecasting
• Improve quality and reduce cost with predictive
maintenance
• Drive better investment decisions
PEOPLE DRIVE EFFICIENCIES IN YOUR OPERATIONAL
PROCESSES THROUGH OPTIMIZING YOUR
WORKFORCE STRATEGIES
• Achieve your continuous improvement goals
though organizing and managing your team
effectively
• Reduce costs through your team ensuring
optimal use of your workforce for performance
and compliance with complex regulations
• Make the right technological investment to
improve quality: automate processes to mitigate
risk and manage large, complex workforce's
INNOVATION DELIVERING ADVANTAGES: THE CASE FOR
DATADRIVEN MANUFACTURING
• Learn about the value proposition behind
DataDriven Manufacturing
• Hear why experts say Data-Driven
Manufacturing is shifting from a competitive
advantage to a must-have capability
• Note the efficiency improvements achieved by
companies that adopted Data-Driven
Manufacturing practices
• Comprehend how Data-Driven Manufacturing
helps tighten supply chain integration
TBA
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5:35 pm – 6:10 pm
PLENARY THE FUTURE OF LEAN: COGNITIVE ENABLED AND DIGITIZED
• Lean manufacturing in the digital era
• Manufacturing 4.0
• How artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming lean practices
• Why is it important to get started now?
4:10 pm – 5:30 pm
PRE-ARRANGED ONE-TO-ONE NETTWORKING & REFRESHMENTS
6:10 pm – 6:50 pm
PEOPLE TALENT ACQUISITION IN THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
• Avoid the impact the skills gap will have on
company performance through implementing
customized workforce strategies and retraining
existing employees
• Preparing your company for the upcoming
trends: what does the future of talent look like
and what timelines should management
consider
• How to select the right talent acquisition strategy
that will help your company succeed
• Utilizing an external recruiter partner as a viable
option
INNOVATION EXECUTING IN CONSTANTLY CHANGING TIMES:
IMPLEMENTING A DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PLAN
TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE
• Realize your digitization vision by implementing
Strategy Deployment techniques
• Make your organization more flexible and adept
at reorganizing in “real-time”
• Understand how to leverage information to
quickly adapt your strategy and gain competitive
advantage
KEN BANAS
VP, Advanced Manufacturing
and Corporate Excellence Pro-
grams
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING TRANSFORMING
YOUR COMPANY WITH AUTOMATED PRODUCTION
• Value lies in "end-to-end" optimization of the
digital thread: make better use of Industry 4.0
and the digitization of the manufacturing
landscape information not captured/ made
available/ used today
• Low cost automation strategies to improve
process efficiency and decrease labor cost
• How to stay ahead of the curve through the
installation of collaborative robots to ensure
maximum production quality
• 100 years of innovation and progress, the next
"digitized" 100 years are coming and we will
shape the future together
SHANE EDDY
SVP, Operations
ROB WILLY
Executive Director of Advanced
Manufacturing
TBA
LUCA MIGNINI
COO
6:50 pm – 7:30 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE NAVIGATING GLOBAL PARADOXES TO ENABLE HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS
• Operating in global, local marketplace
• Creating a culture of continuous improvement for sustainable growth
• A leader’s role translating paradox into opportunity
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CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
7:30 pm – 7:35 pm
7:35 pm – 8:35 pm
NETOWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
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CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
7:00 am – 7:50 am
7:55 am – 8:00 am
PROGRAM DAY TWO
GENA LOVETT
VP, Operations Boeing Defense, Space and Security
KEYNOTE INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND EMBRACING INNOVATION TO MANAGE CHANGE
• Establish a vision and common system to guide your organization, and build in a way to measure progress
• Empower people to lead and innovate
• Disrupt yourself before being disrupted
LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES AND HELPING CUSTOMERS WIN THROUGH OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
• Defining your enterprise strategy
• Manufacturing’s critical role in the economy and future
• Helping customers win through operational excellence
8:00 am – 8:40 am
8:40 am – 9:20 am
TIM FROSELL
VP, Global Manufacturing
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION CHAIR PEOPLE CHAIR INNOVATION CHAIR
NETWORKING BREAKFAST WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE
Enjoy breakfast refreshments and informal networking in the Exhibition Hall. We also invite our attendees to network at a Women in Leadership Roundtable with
discussion from inspirational leaders in manufacturing, operations, engineering, and supply chain. Seating is limited, so please sign up early.
DONEEN MCDOWELL
Executive Director, Manufacturing
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9:25 am – 10:00 am
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION TURNING PASSION INTO PROFIT: THE
TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY THAT CAN SAVE YOUR
BUSINESS
• Establishing a vision of change that drives
innovation and allows breakthrough
performance
• Creating a culture of operational excellence that
generates cost savings and boosts productivity
• How diversification can unleash the potential of
your business
PEOPLE THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY IS WORTH $44
BILLION: KEY SUCCESS FACTORS TO ACHIEVE YOUR
OPERATIONAL GOALS
• Creativity is rapidly emerging as the most valued
skill by business leaders today.
• Creativity is also at the forefront of key
strategies: the 4 C’s of essential 21st century
skills: communication, collaboration, critical
thinking and creativity
• What does creativity look like in business today?
• Not everyone works at Google, Apple,
a leading-edge start-up or even in a
creative development role, yet,
creativity is still a key success factor
• Case Study: A collection of interviews
on business leaders from creative
output and non-creative output
companies
• What fosters creative environments?
• Trust as a major driver of creativity---
along with freedom, openness, and
safety
INNOVATION TRANSITION FROM TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING
TO SMART FACTORY: OPTIMIZE YOUR PRODUCTION
VALUE CHAIN TO IMPROVE YOUR BOTTOM LINE
• Connectivity, internet, computing and AI: how
does breakthrough technology impact the
factory of tomorrow
• The smart factory; what is it?
• A factory of the future – a case study
• Meet customer expectations through digitizing
production processes and creating a more
flexible production chain
• Reduce costs by implementing digital processes
to achieve targets at every stage of production
• Technology as a tool to support people: increase
workplace safety and efficiency
JAMIE GALLAGHER
CEO
SALVADOR MONTES
VP, Manufacturing Operations
MARIAN FUTRELL
Sr. Director, NA Supply Chain
Operations- Core Consumers
WORKSHOP UNLOCK PRODUCTIVITY GAINS: ANALYZING YOUR
VALUE STREAM MAP TO REVEAL COST REDUCTION
OPPORTUNITIES
• Factory automation as a strategy to reduce the
impact of labor cost inflation, to increase
product quality consistency and reliability
• Reduce costs through models of collaboration
leveraging data across product development,
sales and operations
• Increase speed in operations and improve
flexibility and customization through utilizing
digitization
11:10 am – 11:45 am
WORKSHOP INNOVATIVE WAYS TO BUILD A CULTURE THAT
ATTRACTS EMPLOYEES TO MANUFACTURING JOBS
• Create an environment where recognizing others
happens naturally
• Eliminate counterproductive buzzword phrases
from leader speak
• Embrace change that increases productivity,
supports personal and company growth and
makes work easier
• Achieve genuine alignment between
manufacturing practices and company values
• Obsess about employee survey results
WORKSHOP DRIVING QUALITY WHILE MAINTAINING A STRONG
WORKFORCE IN A RAPIDLY GROWING COMPANY
• Driving quality while maintaining an innovation
culture through education reform and
improvements through industry based
certifications
• Utilizing technology to add value and reduce cost
• Automate, integrate and power analytics to
optimize efficiency and empower employees
• Improve functionality through lean initiatives
and avoid workforce disruptions
• The best survival strategy to avoid disrupters
TBA
10:05 am – 11:05 am
PRE-ARRANGED ONE-TO-ONE NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS
TBA
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11:50 pm – 12:25 am
WORKSHOP BENEFITS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR
ORGANIZATION
• Figuring out the major steps to take and
elements to include in a successful CI
deployment
• Understanding the root causes of why some CI
initiatives fail to produce sustainable results
• Key components of establishing a CI culture of
innovation
WORKSHOP ADAPTING TO THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION:
WORKFORCE CONCERNS, RECRUITING, AND
RETENTION STRATEGIES
• Understanding the Millennial world view and the
underlying factors that have shaped them and
society's perception of them
• Leveraging your Lean Operating System to
implement effective recruiting and retention
strategies
• Effectively managing the loss of corporate
knowledge being brought about by changing
workforce compositions
WORKSHOP MANUFACTURING SALES 4.0: LEVERAGING 3D AND
AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) TECHNOLOGIES TO
ACCELERATE MANUFACTURING SALES
• Understanding why sales belongs in the Industry
4.0 conversation
• Connected sales channels--leveraging sales data
to close the loop from customer production
(Data Democratization)
• Interactive and Immersive selling
• Engineering-driven 3D applications empowering
the next generation of manufacturing
salespeople
• How Augmented Reality technology is already
changing manufacturing sales
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
DRIVEN COLLABORATION YIELDS SUPERIOR
FACILITY DESIGN: OPTIMIZING PLANNING,
PROCUREMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
MANAGEMENT
HOW TO DRIVE SUCCESS WITH YOUR
MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN TEAM THROUGH
SPEEDING UP PRODUCTION AND INCREASING
INNOVATION
TOTAL BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION: FROM DIGITAL
STRATEGY DESIGN TO CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION
PDMP’S METHODOLOGIES AND DELIVERABLE'S:
IMPROVE QUALITY, INCREASE OEE AND POSITIVELY
IMPACT YOUR MONTHLY P&L'S
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SHAPES THE FACTORY
OF THE FUTURE
DIGITIZE TO THRIVE: BRILLIANT MANUFACTURING
AS A BETTER WAY FORWARD
LUNCH & LEARN
IMPROVED PRODUCTION SCHEDULING AS A
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
DUSTIN GERSTENSCHLAGER
Director of Industrial Engineer-
ing
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
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MIKE GENTILE
VP, Operations
1:35 pm – 2:10 pm
PROCESS OPTIMIZATION OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE SUSTAINABILITY – A
PRESENTATION FROM THE SHINGO INSTITUTE
• A brief overview of the Shingo Institute, home of
the Shingo Prize
• Insights into building sustainable cultures of
excellence
• An overview of the Shingo Model™
• Three Insights of Enterprise Excellence
• Exposing gaps in behavior and performance
• Participants will look at their own organization
through a different set of lenses
PEOPLE 21ST CENTURY MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION -
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW - HOW TO FIX A BROKEN
MANUFACTURING CULTURE
• A comparison of two practices: A look at what
worked in the past and the current situation
• Create a faster learning curve culture and
increase proficiency with focusing on total
process thinking
• Innovating your culture with an eye toward
industry 4.0
• Increase operational excellence through
developing your current talent and maturing
their leadership
INNOVATION DRIVING IMPROVED PROFITABILITY THROUGH
REDUCING SUPPLY CHAIN AND MANUFACTURING
COST
• Optimize business processes by leveraging
digital technology and data analysis to embrace
strategic change through a rapidly evolving
manufacturing landscape
• Continuing to improve the alignment between
the costs of raw materials and selling prices to
customers
• Gain perspective on your Supply chain to
improve the speed of supplier delivery times
allowing for greater flexibility in input buying
and stock holdings
• Globalizing best practices to improve quality,
increase productivity, and control operational
costs
SHAUN BARKER
Director, Operations & Assess-
ments
MIKE BREWSTER
Chief Production Officer
INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT RESKILLING YOUR TEAM FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
• Key strategies for reskilling your team across all corporate levels
• Prepare for the talent shortage through cultivating an agile IT organization: empower your team through cross-training
• A look at how digitization and technological innovation are changing the role of the CIO
• Balance volume and velocity within your organization by optimizing internal resources
2:15 pm – 2:55 pm
NAFTA PANEL DISCUSSION PREPARING FOR THE IMPACT OF NAFTA ON U.S. MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLY CHAINS
• How much has NAFTA meant for increased economic activity?
• Identifying who benefits from NAFTA and who does not, an open discussion on the pros and cons
• Exploring how NAFTA has affected the U.S. manufacturing employment rate
• A look at how NAFTA may alter existing partnerships
SUDHI BANGALORE
VP, Industry 4.0
HARRY MOSER
Founder & President
2:55 pm – 3:35 pm
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4:15 pm – 4:20 pm
CHAIR’S CONCLUDING REMARKS & CLOSE OF SUMMIT
3:35 pm – 4:15 pm
LIVE CASE PANEL THE NEXT 10 YEARS, 3.4 MILLION JOBS AVAILABLE: AVOID THE SKILLS SHORTAGE AND ATTRACT TOP TALENT
• Preparing for the next 10 years: does manufacturing need re-branding?
• Synchronizing the needs of individuals, the company, and its value chain to achieve the full benefits of your initiative
• Ensuring that the right people are in the right place to avoid backsliding or a lack of ability to sustain change
• Developing a Continuous Improvement mindset to provide the basis for a successful Lean initiative