http://leangurus.com/blog The place for all of you Lean Gurus out there. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:52:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I will be hosting a demo of Proplanner's Flow Planner, Workplace Planner, and ProBalance software programs on Sept 11th. 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:  Leangurus "See a ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2008/08/26/proplanner-demo-sept-11-2008/ At the WCBF Six Sigma conference in Chicago I met Karim Houry who is the VP, Business Reengineering and Quality at the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation in New York, NY.  Karim sponsors a quarterly lean meeting called the "Financial Services Business Transformation Roundtable." Attendees meet in person, but remote ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2008/07/06/financial-services-lean-roundtable/ I have put together an outline of topics that are included in my continous process improvement course. To view or download the outline click on the link below: Course Syllabus (25k Word Document) This course is designed to be completed in four 1 1/2 hour segments in a classroom or over the web. I ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2008/05/04/process-improvement-help/ 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 ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2008/05/04/six-sigma-presentation/ 4th Annual Lean Six Sigma Summit in Chicago,April 29 thru May 2 2008. The WCBF sponsored event: "4th Annual Six Sigma Summit" for leading experts and senior executives across industry passionate about quality and process excellence. I will be presenting at 1pm on Thursday May 1st, 2008. My presentation is in ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2007/12/01/annual-lean-six-sigma-summit-chicago/ 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 ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2007/09/07/lean-ie-presentation/ Share your lean success with other lean gurus. The best way to learn lean is to share your successes with others. We have brought many companies together within the service industry to share their lean journeys. The dialog between companies during lean benchmarking exchanges has been mutually beneficial for all ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2007/05/22/lean-benchmark-service-companies/ April 30 – May 2, 2007, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. The ASQ sponsored event: "World Conference on Quality and Improvement" is designed for all levels of quality practitioners. I will be co-presenting during session W17 at 9:30am on Wednesday, May 2nd with Bill Casey from Quest ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2007/04/27/world-conference-on-quality-and-improvement/ I had the opportunity to attend a two day training course put on by the Lean Enterprise Institute. This course was held at the Wells Fargo Imaging Production Facility in Eagan, MN in February 2007. The course highlighted the importance of being able to manage work and create standard ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2007/03/05/lean-institute-training-standard-work/ February 27th - March 1, 2007, Orlando, Florida. The 2007 INTERNATIONAL LEAN & SIX SIGMA CONFERENCE is for intermediate to expert knowledge levels of Lean and Six Sigma. Many presentations will require a sound understanding of Six Sigma. I will be presenting during Session 3 at 1:30pm on Wed, ... http://leangurus.com/blog/2007/01/26/2007-international-lean-six-sigma-conference/