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Learn By Doing – Training Within Industry
Don Dinero, Institute Conductor, (Master Trainer)
Round Pond Consulting
Called Training Within Industry (or TWI), this program was once widely used in the U.S. and is said to have influenced the development of the Toyota Production System. Although it largely faded from practice among U.S. manufacturers, it is now enjoying a resurgence among proponents of Lean. In this session, Lean Practitioner and Consultant Don Dinero, will explain how TWI delivers a better-skilled workforce, improved labor and management relations, productivity improvements and a focus on continuous improvement. He is the author of the Shingo Prize winning book, Training Within Industry – The Foundation of Lean. In addition, he has over 40 years of industrial experience, so he can relate to all activities of your organization.
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Food Safety Review and Update
Ed Hitch, Training Director
Food Safety Education
American Institute of Baking
This session will provide a brief history of the food laws in the U.S. and information on the “Modernization of the GMPs.” Ed Hitch will also comment on the Global Food Safety Initiative. This will include the new audit schemes accepted around the world, such as BRC, SQF and ISO 2200. Hitch joined American Institute of Baking (AIB) in 1989 as a field sanitarian. After eight years, he became a private consultant, aiding the industry with food safety and GMP concerns and continues to assist the food industry in the areas of HACCP and GMP compliance, and all other food safety concerns.
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Theory of Constraints: The Real Strategy Behind Lean
Don Guild, Founder
Synchronous Management
Most companies embark on their lean journeys to reduce cost. Their efforts turn out to be tactical at best, and the results are all but impossible to trace to the bottom line. Mature lean companies understand that the goal of the business is not just to reduce cost. They know that the selection and use of lean’s powerful continuous improvement tools must be linked to the true goal of every business - making money! The synergy of the theory of constraints and the lean enterprise provides the key. Participants in this discussion will gain a much-needed perspective on a lean strategy that focuses their lean tactics of improving material flow and removing non-value-adding waste – and taking it to the bottom line! |
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Winning at Life: Winning at Golf
Jerome Green, Vice President of New Business Development
Go Green Learning
This engaging presentation showcases how life, golf, winning and leadership all go together. Using golf as a metaphor for typical work challenges, participants will be shown how to get out of their own sand traps; hit the green in their work; let go of bad holes while preparing for greatness at the next; and embrace their challenges with a sense of winning. Audience members will have an opportunity to work with themselves and others through simulated challenges of a golf course, designed to entertain, inspire and awaken new approaches to old situations. As a result, participants will get a chance to integrate awareness and learning into daily teamwork, communication and productivity.
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