Shaping the Future of manufacturing - Program

November 7-8, 2007

Nashville Airport Marriott, Nashville, TN

Main Program | Wednesday Agenda | Thursday Agenda

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Keynote Sessions

Bob Booker, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.

Shingo Competition at DENSO [PDF]

Breakout Sessions - November 7

Planning for Transformations - Keith Groves

Manufacturers nationwide are in a constant struggle to satisfy their customers’ ever-increasing quality, cost, and delivery demands. A transformed business is designed around the customer and has structured improvement mechanisms to meet current and future customer needs. This presentation will provide an overview of the transformation process, what it can do for your company and what you must do in order to successfully achieve transformation.

Four Phases to Approach Zero Time Equipment Stoppages - John Kravontka

Presentation [PDF]

Every year, more than $180 billion are wasted on unnecessary maintenance on equipment that is, at best, 50 percent productive. During this interactive session, you will learn how to minimize equipment stoppages at your facility by measuring your equipment productivity and improving it by sustainable amounts. You’ll also learn about adding “zero equipment stoppages” to your standard goals by implementing TPM and RCM. And, you’ll learn about the four phases of reducing equipment stoppages: 1) stabilizing failure intervals, 2) improving equipment productivity, 3) maintenance excellence and 4) predicting equipment life.

Achieving Supply Chain Optimization Guiding Your Organization’s Improvement Journey - Dale Pinnekamp Presentation [PDF]

For most products, the majority of “cash-to-cash” cycle time involves supply chain activities. Therefore, it only makes sense that every organization should strive to optimize its supply chain. This session explores supply chain optimization and how you can renew your focus on supply chain activities. Supply chain optimization has an established track record for enhancing profitability, and it can be implemented in every organization.

Leveraging Your Internal R&D Activities with SBIR/STTR Funding - Tab Wilkins

Presentation [PDF] Spreadsheet [PDF]

Is your company looking to grow but concerned about internal funding levels? Do you fear getting a low internal rate of return on R&D expenditures? Learn how established manufacturers leverage federal SBIR/STTR funding to support million-dollar R&D efforts plus strategies and methods that can increase your award chances by 25 percent. This is a great opportunity to learn the ropes from NIST MEP, which has worked with more than 130 Phase II awardees in the last two years, most of which are established manufacturers.

Energy Management for Manufacturing - Ken Currie, P.E., Ph.D.

Presentation [PDF]

Are you missing out on cost savings from smarter energy management? This session is an overview of the DOE-funded Tennessee 3-Star Industrial Assessment Center, which provides free energy assessments for small- and medium-sized manufacturers in Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and portions of North Carolina, West Virginia, and Virginia. In addition, the Industrial Technology Outreach Program, sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development – Energy Division, will be featured. The remainder of the presentation will concentrate on an emerging official standard for energy management called ANSI/MSE 2000:2005. It ensures that savings from energy projects are sustained over time, that energy efficiency & control are continually improving, and that there is a management framework to: Lower energy costs; Reduce environmental impact; Align actions with organizational strategies & goals; Sustain productivity and savings improvements; & Encourage continual improvement.

Lean Office - Bryan Lane

Lean is a discipline devoted to identifying and eliminating industrial waste in all its forms. But, lean principles can also be applied to non-manufacturing areas, such as the office work space, and address issues such as accounts payable and receivable, purchasing, sales, and many more. This presentation provides useful tips on how to improve performance in the office by eliminating wasteful practices and cutting non-value-added steps from office work processes. Spend some time with us and learn how you can translate the same principles engineers are using on the plant floor to your
office work environment.

Selecting Improvement Initiatives that Impact Earnings - Jason Martin

Presentation [PDF]

The ultimate scorecard for improvement activities is increased earnings. Higher productivity, less scrap, and increased velocity should result in increased profitability, but some organizations struggle to quantify those activities. This session introduces tools that help executives select and measure improvement projects that impact the bottom line.

State of Manufacturing in Tennessee - Matt Murray

Presentation [PDF]

This session explores global and local forces that affect manufacturing competitiveness, key strengths and weaknesses of different manufacturing sectors in Tennessee, and the outlook for the state’s manufacturing sector over the next 10 years.

Language and Culture in the Workplace - Ellen O’Bryant

Presentation [PDF]

Can your company handle a diverse workforce? It is vital that employees are efficient, generate high quality products, and maintain safety standards. Immigrants and refugees make up a growing percentage of the labor pool in Tennessee and the Southeast; they are an excellent resource to fill manufacturing jobs. Unfortunately, language and cultural differences create issues in the critical areas of productivity, quality, and safety. This session will give you the knowledge you need to proactively identify risks and reveals the practical strategies and tools your company can use to succeed with this new workforce.

Eureka Ranch Testimonials (Manufacturing) - Keith Groves

All businesses have a life cycle and are either growing, at a plateau, or in decline. Your company’s products and services must be either refreshed and renewed or replaced for you to remain competitive. This session follows Doug Hall’s luncheon keynote address and will allow you to hear directly from actual companies who have already benefited from a Eureka Ranch experience. Come learn more about how you can change idle assets or declining market share into a growth opportunity. This session manufacturing businesses.

Eureka! Ranch Testimonials (Non-manufacturing) - Albert Tieche

All businesses have a life cycle and are either growing, at a plateau, or in decline. Your company’s products and services must be either refreshed and renewed or replaced for you to remain competitive. This session follows Doug Hall’s luncheon keynote address and will allow you to hear directly from actual companies who have already benefited from a Eureka Ranch experience. Come learn more about how you can change idle assets or declining market share into a growth opportunity. This session is for non-manufacturing and service companies.

What Would Deming Say? - Mike Micklewright

Mr. Micklewright brings W. Edwards Deming to life in his later years when he became popular in the U.S. As Deming, Micklewright will discuss quality and productivity issues such as lean manufacturing, single piece flow, the combination of lean and Six Sigma, management’s responsibility and commitment, ISO 9001, Out of the Crisis, outsourcing to China and India, lean accounting, the red bead experiment, KISS, his 14 imperatives, obstacles and diseases, and much more. The last 15 minutes of the presentation is opened-up to the floor for questions to Mr. Deming.

Lean Sigma - Dr. Rupy Sawhney

Presentation [PDF]

Learn from one of the pioneers of integrating lean and Six Sigma concepts. Dr. Rupy Sawhney will discuss the techniques necessary to integrate the two approaches: lean’s relentless focus on eliminating waste and Six Sigma’s rigorous approach to eliminating variation. Learn concepts that will help reduce your company’s learning curve in implementing this two-pronged approach, saving you time and money while bringing you optimal impacts.

Managing Among Multiple Generations - Dr. Deb Tobey

Presentation - Abbreviated Version [PDF] Presentation - Extended Version [PDF]

Right now, in 2007, there are four generations of Americans working together in the workplace. This has become a hot issue because this is the first time in recent history that this many dissimilar generational groups are working together, and each generation has its individual characteristics and needs. This session explores who each generation is, why they are the way they are, where the biggest clashes occur in the workplace, and how you can productively manage, train, and communicate with these disparate groups.

Defense Industrial Bid Boards (DIBBS) - Eleanor Holland

Presentation [PDF]

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is DoD’s largest combat support agency, providing worldwide logistics support in to peacetime and wartime to the military services as well as several civilian agencies and foreign countries. If America’s forces eat it, wear it, maintain equipment with it, or burn it as fuel, DLA probably provides it. This session discuss how to get started selling to the government, responding to solicitations and quoting, provide helpful information on the Defense Industrial Bid Boards (DIBBs), and how to obtain required technical drawings and specifications.

Veterans Doing Business with the Federal Government - Scott F. Denniston

Presentation [PDF]

The Center for Veterans Business Enterprise was created to assist veteran entrepreneurs who want to start and expand their businesses in the Federal and private marketplace. This program will provide information on how to utilize the many services of this agency.

Federal Small Business Issues - David Ralston

Introduction to Federal Contracting: The Basics of Life with the Government [PDF]

Federal Small Business Contracting Issues [PDF]

This presentation will provide an overview of the federal small business contracting process from the initial set-aside decision, through award, to SBA size protests. Mr. Ralston will also discuss related issues important to small business such federal subcontracting, domestic content requirements, bid protests and liability under the civil False Claims Act.

In-Depth Breakout Sessions - November 8

Business Transformation (Half-day session) - Keith Groves & Harry Kitchens

A transformed business is designed around the customer so that at all levels of the organization it understands what must be done in order to satisfy the current and future needs of the customer. Lean methods and tools can eventually get you there but may take years, even if applied systematically. Let us show you another way that can compress that time into 18 months or less. STOP WASTING TIME and let us show you how to get it done. This half-day workshop which includes a hands-on simulation will demonstrate what can happen when there is a plan for the change and it is totally supported by top management.

Supply Chain Logistics (All-day session) - Bill Nusbaum & Matt Lanius

The Supply Chain Logistics simulation models an entire supply chain in one room, featuring suppliers, manufacturers at multiple plant locations, warehousing, customers, and multiple truck lines. Learn the importance of information flow, materials flow, and how Lean concepts can be best implemented throughout the supply chain rather than just within the four walls of a facility. Participants in this course will actually participate in a functioning supply chain and be able to see the differences between Push and Pull. Space is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is required.

Lean Sigma - Dr. Rupy Sawhney

Learn from one of the pioneers of integrating Lean and Six Sigma concepts. Dr. Rupy Sawhney will discuss the techniques necessary to integrate the two approaches – Lean’s relentless focus on the elimination of waste, and Six Sigma’s rigorous approach to eliminating variation. Learn concepts that will help reduce your company’s learning curve in implementing this two-pronged approach, saving you time and money while bringing you optimal impacts.

Thank you. If you have any questions, please contact Becky Peterson at (615) 532-4906, becky.peterson@tennessee.edu or Donna Bridges at (888) 763-7439, donna.bridges@tennessee.edu