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South Bend Career Pathways was created to assist city residents eager to advance their employment prospects and income levels through career training programs. The program was expanded in 2018 to include on-demand offerings for South Bend employers to advance employees.

“The focus of our business and operations is on efficiency and Lean manufacturing.”

“We’ve focused on Lean manufacturing and improving our efficiency,” Northeast Products President and CEO Peter Luccisano said in an interview Monday. “By doing so, we’ve been able to provide a competitive price. Now, we have the opportunity to bring in more work, do more business and provide more jobs, but you need capital to do those things.”

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019, the Continuous Improvement Conference is the only annual event focused on helping graphic communications-focused manufacturers achieve operational excellence by using the concepts of Lean manufacturing and other management and quality systems.

“We use a combination of building information modeling and Lean manufacturing technology to provide customers with ready-to-install units.”

The expansion and relocation will create more than 25 new jobs and a $3.5 million capital investment.

The company first began their Lean manufacturing journey in 2017 and has enjoyed the tremendous benefits of a full work culture shift ever since.

Presenters from the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center, known as IMEC, gave a luncheon presentation Thursday to tell how inefficiencies can exist in all workplaces.

Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) SMT Processes and Lean Six Sigma certification is intended for manufacturing and process engineers.

She is a Lean Six Sigma Master Blackbelt and has worked for the automobile and electronics industries and has served as a process improvement consultant across the different functions of businesses from the manufacturing and service sectors.

Premier EuroCase has reduced its standard lead time from 10 business days to five.

Utilizing best practices in performance improvement, this series of tools offers hospitals immediate access to Lean and Six Sigma methodologies that can jumpstart their quality improvement efforts.

Students also receive a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification as part of the program.

Earning first place in the Machine Learning-Powered Data Analytics category, QuartzClinical was recognized for its innovative use of big data, advanced machine learning, and proven real-world applications.

“Michelle [Nissen]’s leadership and Six Sigma Black Belt certification will help facilitate the ongoing improvement to our innovation and product development processes,” says Jeff Graby, AmesburyTruth CEO.

Describing the conference content as “high-quality,” HSPI 2019 Conference Chair Eddie Pérez-Ruberté, BayCare Health System, Bradenton, Florida, says that HSPI takeaways cover “everything from simulation and patient throughput improvements to emotional intelligence, change management and leadership.”

Steven Bowen was profiled in the January issue of Consulting Magazine along with other award recipients, with the editors recognizing two of Bowen’s recent milestones: achieving >25% revenue CAGR the past five years, consistently outperforming the market and the publication of his book.

The Company introduces Mr. Chris Nichols as an on-call advisor to Operations Manager, Glenn Nichols, in the design and validation of LeanLife’s full scale production process.

At FPC, Dan Ladrech specialized in recruiting quality, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing and engineering professionals, a practice he will continue at Lucas Group.

He will lead the development and continuous improvement of the quality programs and processes to support the growth and globalization of the company.

AME has confirmed US-based speaker Billy Taylor, who has experience in all areas of operations management and leadership. Taylor leads the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company North American Tire operations and is responsible for engineering, supply chain execution and the drive for operational excellence.

Complementary benefits quickly became evident as the Company started incorporating its Lean manufacturing philosophies across the entire consolidation project, achieving a significant reduction of hidden factory costs, increased capacity and overall waste reduction.

“Our management team is transforming our commercial strategy and implementing Lean manufacturing as our operating approach in North America plants. We are confident these transformations will lead to an improvement in our execution and results.”

Basic Intro to Manufacturing and Productions was offered to people dealing with barriers to employment and introduced foundational concepts that can be applied at one of the many manufacturing plants around the Joplin area.

“Data have shown that by applying Lean methodologies we achieved our target at almost 90% of the time with the average queue time at immigration being 10 minutes for departure and 15 minutes for arrival.”

“To date, 139 Lean initiatives have been identified, of which 90 percent have been implemented.”

In this new role, Brown is responsible for advancing Intervala’s continuous improvement initiatives and programs, including leadership of the company’s quality function.

So far the Lean system has produced significant improvements in all measurable categories, and the team is optimistic that this will continue.

Janelle Farkas specializes in Six Sigma, statistical analysis, continuous improvement strategy, data strategy, design and implementation of operational metrics and Lean enterprise.

By optimizing the manufacturing processes, GE said the Haiphong Brilliant Factory will save up to 50 percent of the product lead time and minimize inventory by about 20pc, while enhancing productivity by up to 20pc.