Symposium Agenda


Thursday August 19

Aliso Hall

 

9:00a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

 

Registration/Check-in

 

9:00a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

 

Exhibits Open

 

9:00a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

 

Continental Breakfast/Networking

 

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.

 

Welcome
Scott F. Jensen, CPI Symposiums Executive Director
William Cordeiro, PhD, Director,
Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics
California State University Channel Islands

 

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

 

General Session - News
News - Continuous Improvement Development
James Holt, PhD, Professor of Engineering MGMT
Washington State University

 

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

 

General Session – Case Experience Presentation
Importance of Continuous Improvement!

Transforming Our Plant, with Toyota's Help
Bill Webb, Autoliv - Automotive Safety Products

 

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.

 

Break

 

11:15 - 12:00 p.m.

 

General Session – Results Presentation
ToC/Lean/Six Sigma(TLS) - The Results Speak
Russ Pirasteh, PhD, iTLS Group

 

12:00 - 12:45 p.m.

 

Lunch/Networking (Box Lunch included)

 

12:45 - 1:45 p.m.

 

General Session – Learning Workshop
Where to Start?
Creating a Strategic Plan For Improvement
(Why is Throughput king!)
Robert E. Fox, Viable Visions LLC

 

1:45 - 2:00 p.m.

 

Break

 

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

 

Concurrent Session Track 1-A 
TOS Part II
Robert E. Fox, Viable Visions LLC 

       
 

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

 

Concurrent Session Track 1-B
Where to Start? – Implementing for Results

The iTLS 7-Step Approach
Russ Pirasteh

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

 
Concurrent Session Track 2-A
Surviving In Tough Times–Sale Process Engineering
Justin Roff-Marsh
       
 
 

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

 

Concurrent Session Track 2-B
Medical / Military
Managing Projects with Short Task Durations
Robert Richards, PhD, Stottler Henke

 

4:00 - 4:15 p.m.

Break

 
 

4:15 - 5:15 p.m.

General Session
Velocity-Using Lean, Six Sigma, TOC (NavAIR)
Dee Jacob, AGI-Goldratt Institute

 

5:15 - 5:30 p.m.

 

Break

 
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
 

Case Study - B
New Product Development
Kenneth Hays, Eli lilly & Company

Case Study - A
Driving Operations Improvement / Medical Device
Kevin Fox

Case Study - C
Process Improvement In Health Care
David Belson, PHD, University of Southern California


Friday, August 20

9:00a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Registration/Check-in

9:00a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Exhibits Open

9:00a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Continental Breakfast/Networking

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Welcome
Richard Gunther, PhD, Prof, CSUN
William Jennings, PhD, Dean,
School of Business and Economics
California State University Northridge

9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

General Session
Critical Chain Project Management – A huge Leap
Lawrence P. Leach, Advanced Projects

10:45 - 11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00 - 12:00 p.m.




12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Concurrent Session Track 1-A (Project Mgmt )
Project Management Implementation

CCPM/Lean Project Management Case Studies
Lawrence P. Leach, Advanced Projects

Concurrent Session Track 1-B (Project Mgmt)
Getting Things Done: Visual Project Management
James Holt, PhD, Washington State University

        12:00 - 12:30 p.m.          Lunch/Networking (Box Lunch included)

11:00 - 12:00 p.m.

 

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Concurrent Session Track 2-A (Repetitive Systems)
Software's Role in Operations Improvement
Hezi Korn, Inherent Simplicity

Concurrent Session Track 2-B (Repetitive Systems)
Synchonizing Methods with Computer Simulation

Process Improvement Case Study
Terry Weiner/Eric Smith, CMTC/ProModel

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Break

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Case Study A (Healthcare)
Process Improvements in a Surgical Center

Dr. Gary Wadhwa, MD, DDS

Case Study B (Aerospace / Military)
Areospace
-The Aggressive Pursuit of Lean+
Kevin Naya, Boeing

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.


3:45 - 4:45 p.m.

Awards Presentation
Scott Jensen, CPI Symposiums
Fox Awards Review Board
Joel Barker – Personal Remarks

4:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Break
5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion (Fox, Pirasteh, Holt, Leach)
6:15 - 6:30 p.m.
Drawings for Door Prizes