On Tuesday, February 9th I will be doing a Proplanner demo for Prof. William Thompson’s facility layout design lab. I will be showing his IE students how the Workplace Planner calculates non value added tasks on a layout. I will also show how FLow Planner diagrams material handling flows on an AutoCAD layout. Both types of spaghetti diagrams help determine how to create a layout that facilitates better material flow and reduces waste. I unfortunately do not get to be at the University of Central Florida in Orlando on Monday, so I will be doing the demo over the web.
I will be hosting another demo of Proplanner’s Flow Planner, Workplace Planner, and ProBalance software programs on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 1pm CT. Once again, Many engineering colleges use these programs in their lean, process improvement courses. Professors, teaching assistants and students are invited to attend. Please visit our “See a Demo” page for more information:
“See a Demo” of Proplanner’s IE Software.
I had a great time presenting at WCBF’s Lean and Six Sigma Summit last week in Chicago. The presentation highlights a project we completed to improve a document sourcing and fulfillment process. If you want to view or download my presentation, please click the link below:
Lean Fulfillment at Financial Company (4.5 MB PPT File)
Thank-you to those that attended my Lean IE webinar yesterday. The topic was a Lean Project I performed at Wells fargo Financial. In addtion to reviewing the project, I demonstrated ProBalance and Workplace Planner. These are two lean software programs I used on the project. You may view or download the slides I showed yesterday using the link below:
Wells Fargo Lean Process Flow Using Proplanner (2 MB PPT File)
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