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| Jul. 2010 |
Using A3 and Storyboards |
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| Jun. 2010 |
Tour of Clipper Tubine Works |
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| May 2010 |
Aligning Your Organization To Support Lean Engagement
Join Mercy Hospital staff as they take you on their journey through Lean. They will discuss lessons learned from the initial rollout, how Lean helps them address economic challenges, education and empowering front line staff, and a Lean Roadmap for prioritization, support and overall structure.
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| Apr. 2010 |
Process Mapping in Various Forms
Join Pat O'Connor and Jeff Hoefer as they share the Alliant Energy process of fuel handling as done for an electric power generating station. They have captured this process in Value Stream Map, Process Map and Spaghetti Diagram forms to identify opportunities for improvement. The process captures inventories, bottlenecks and movement of material & operators. There is some complexity to the process as things happen in parallel, the process has branches and the flow of material is continous vs in discrete units. They will also lead participants in a discussion on the pros and cons of the various forms of mapping. |
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| Mar. 2010 |
Leading Lean
To be a successful continuous improvement organization, application of the tools is not enough. Culture and leadership style must also adapt to the new way of working. In this session, we will discuss how leadership and the relationship with co-workers changes as continuous improvement is brought to an organization. Dean Bliss will facilitate.
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| Feb. 2010 |
Six Deadly Diseases
A blast from the past is presented by Dr Deming as we watch his video and discuss the deadly diseases. Steve Miller will facilitate a discussion on the six diseases of management:
- Lack of constancy of purpose
- Emphasis on short term profits
- Evaluation of performance
- Mobility of management
- Using visible numbers without considering the unknown and unknowable
- Excessive medical costs
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| Jan. 2010 |
5S Your Workplace
Workplace organization is one of the key elements of efficiency and the ability to improve. The technique known as 5S is a systematic way to organize a work area. Through presentation, discussion, and a video, we will describe how 5S works, and how it can be applied to any workplace. |
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| Oct. 2009 |
Picturing Your Problem With Data
Learn how to interpret any problem through numbers and data! Facilitated interactive learning!! |
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| Sept. 2009 |
Interpreting Quality Data
This discussion will be led by Teresa Cox and Tom Neff of Aegon. |
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| Aug. 2009 |
Development and Deployment of a Strategic Plan
This discussion was led by Chris Yockey of Clipper Windpower. |
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| Jul. 2009 |
Process for Facilitating Kaizen Events
This discussion was led by Dean Bliss of Iowa Health System. |
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| Jun. 2009 |
LEANs Impact on the Economy
This discussion was led by Bob Loyd of Clipper Windpower.
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| May 2009 |
Where and What is Quality (ASQ Futures Study)
In 2008 ASQ updated its Future of Quality Study. This study identified the key forces that are most likely to shape the future of quality and investigated how those forces might impact the quality field. This discussion will be led by Mike Langridge of the Iowa Quality Center.
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| Apr. 2009 |
Focused Improvement/Kaizen Event
Brian White, General Mills, will lead the discussion on the outcomes of a Focused Improvement/Kaizen Event that was conducted with a supplier.
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| Mar. 2009 |
Value Stream Mapping
This discussion will be led by Larry Heckert of Alliant.
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| Feb. 2009 |
The Personal Side of Process Improvement
No matter what type of process improvement approach or tools you use it still comes down to people working well together to make things happen. During this meeting you will experience a framework for self-understanding and development. Research suggests that a good understanding of self, both strengths and development areas, enables individuals to build effective strategies for interactions, and can help individuals better respond to the demands of their environment – both personally and professionally. |
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| Dec. 2008 |
Continuous Improvement at Van Meter Industrial and Werner Electric
Learn about Van Meter Industrial and Werner Electric’s approach to creating a continuous improvement culture. They will be sharing a summary of their awareness training and company-wide continuous improvement roll-out efforts, including the implementation of a Quick Kaizen Program.” |
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| Nov. 2008 |
Lean and Six Sigma at Rockwell Collins
Join employees of Rockwell Collins as they share their stories, and take your questions about how Lean and Six Sigma quality initiatives are implemented. |
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| Oct. 2008 |
Aligning Six Sigma and Lean |
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| Sept. 2008 |
Value Stream Mapping
Value Stream Mapping is one of the most powerful tools in the Lean toolbox. The maps can create a roadmap for significant improvement in any process. During the session, we will cover the basics of value stream mapping, the benefits of mapping, and how the tool can be used. We will also do a hands-on exercise to show how a mapping event is conducted, and how the information on the map can be used to identify improvement opportunities. |
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| Aug. 2008 |
Organizational Change |
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| Jul. 2008 |
Individual and Organizational Change |
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| Jun. 2008 |
The Application of Process Improvement Tools
Learn and share your tools of lean and six sigma. Representatives from Quaker Oats will share some of their processes for managing the TPM program. This is a great opportunity to bring some of your unique improvement tools to the group for best practice sharing. |
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| May 2008 |
The Tools of Process Improvement
What is the purpose of lean, six sigma, Baldrige, TPM, TQM, theory of constraints, and other programs of quality and how do they align with each other to offer a competitive environment of growth and sustainability. This group discussion will assist in your learning and answer many of your questions. |
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| Apr. 2008 |
Intercompany Sharing
The April agenda will include discussion from companies that are involved in Lean and six sigma as well as those that may need assistance in the implementation of these programs or just beginning. The group will look at the organizational needs in areas such as: LSS project execution, LSS tool usage, LSS training, Maintenance practices, Safety practices, Benchmarking, Etc. The outcome of the meeting is to design a system where we can share our approaches as well as offer opportunities for people to visit and learn some of the implementation differences between organizations. Those attending will have a voice in how this resource offering will be designed. |
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| Mar. 2008 |
Lean at the Executive Level
The lean six sigma network meeting March 12, 2008 will offer a unique opportunity to hear from 4 key leaders in our community. Jim Prosser, City Manager on Cedar Rapids, Tim Charles, President Mercy Hospital, Dr Jim Levett, Chief Medical Officer at PCI, and Jay Marino, CR Schools Associate superintendent will join the attendees to discuss their perspective on the role of leaders in organizational change. Is there significant difference in a leader’s role when inside of health care, government, or education? This will be a lively discussion! |
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| Feb. 2008 |
Lean Lessons Learned
Presenters from Quaker Oats, St Luke’s Hospital, Pindar Set and Alliant Energy will focus on how their organization began their lean initiatives and how they are organized for performance improvement. Presentations will be 15 minutes with discussion time scheduled to provide learning for those organizations interested in the concepts of lean and the lessons learned in the journey. |
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| Jan. 2008 |
Learning Exchange
Knowledge Management is about to become a reality within the Lean/6 Sigma network!! One of the most valuable parts of our network meetings is the opportunity to learn from one another. Members of the network have mentioned in the recent past that they would welcome the opportunity to observe other organizations when they are conducting some type of improvement event (Kaizen, Value Stream, etc.). Therefore, the first meeting of 2008 for the Lean/6Sigma network will be a Design Session working on designing a system where members of the network would be able to attend and benchmark one another’s improvement events. For example, let’s say St. Lukes’s has a Lean event coming up in March….they have room in the event for 3 observers. They would post this opportunity for network members to attend and register to attend. Plan now to attend and participate in designing this “system”. |
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| Dec. 2007 |
Where is your pain?
While we are striving to improve the workplace for others with our quality improvement programs (Lean, Six Sigma, ISO or Baldrige), what about us as practitioners? Let’s make this session what one attendee called a “therapy session” to talk about our current challenges as we look forward to the new year. As Red Green says…..”we’re all in this together”. |
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| Nov. 2007 |
Continuous Improvement at General Mills
For the November meeting, General Mills will be presenting a brief overview of their Continuous Improvement journey and will also share a Case Study of a DMAIC project as an example of classical Six Sigma. Plan now to attend this meeting and bring along a colleague or friend. Hope to see you there! |
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| Oct. 2007 |
Sharing of “Toolkit” Ideas
If you work in a Quality Management of any type (i.e. ISO, Lean, 6Sigma, etc.), you have specific tools that you have adopted (and many times adapted) from conferences or experts that assist you in your improvement efforts. This month bring along those examples to share with others – templates for meetings, templates for report-outs – anything you are willing to share with other members of the group. The best type of learning comes from our peers….plan now to attend and share your tips and tricks of the field. |
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| Sept. 2007 |
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Tour
It is time for another road trip!!! If you have any type of Quality Management program whether it is Lean, 6 Sigma, a mix of the two, TPM, TOC, or ISO….you realize that you can always learn from the best practices of others. For our September meeting, the Lean/6Sigma Learning Network has been invited to tour a couple of different areas within the University of Iowa Hospital for our September 12th meeting. Because it is helpful to our tour hosts to know how many people are coming on the tour, we will ask that you RSVP by Friday Sept. 7th to deb@iowaqc.org if you are planning to attend. If you care to carpool to the meeting with others, meet at 6:45 am in the Iowa Quality Center parking lot. |
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| Aug. 2007 |
Working Within Toyota’s Production System
If you know anything about Lean, you are aware that Lean’s history is deeply embedded in the Toyota Production System (TPS). For the August program, we are delighted to host Ami Adams-Brecht of Toyota who is based right here in Cedar Rapids. Ami will share with us Toyota’s history and philosophy and her experience working within this very successful organization. |
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| Jun. 2007 |
How to Prevent Lean Implementation Failures
Join the June network meeting to share your experiences as we explore the content of the book “How to Prevent Lean Implementation Failures – 10 Reasons Why Failures Occur” by Larry Rubrich. So many of these reasons are valid whether your chosen continuous improvement methodology includes Lean, 6 Sigma, ISO or any other quality management ideology. As awareness is raised on what causes failure in these efforts, how can these concerns be prevented or addressed? |
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| Apr. 2007 |
Exploring the Use of the SIPOC Model in Continuous Improvement
Whether you are using Lean, Six Sigma or ISO to guide your continuous improvement program, the SIPOC, which depicts a systems view of a process, is a useful tool to assure that you are looking at the “big picture” of the process rather than focusing on just one piece of the puzzle. Plan now to join this discussion group to understand the tool in more depth and to experience first hand how to develop a high-level process map using the SIPOC for a process within your organization. |
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| Mar. 2007 |
What are your challenges in managing quality?
This month’s session will be an open forum discussion of What are your challenges in managing quality? – whether your organization utilizes tools such as ISO, Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, TPM, we all have our challenges that we face in managing the quality of our products and services. Plan now to attend and share your challenges and also your experience in assisting others to meet their challenges. |
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| Feb. 2007 |
Gemba Walk: Follow-up to Mr. Imai’s visit
Mr. Imai of Japan, known as the Lean Guru in continuous improvement circles, is in Cedar Rapids on Feb 2 doing a Gemba Walk at Cedar River Paper. If you attended the workshop or even if you didn’t, let’s get together at the Lean network this week to talk about the ideas presented and what it could mean for your organization. The session will also include brainstorming for future program topics. |
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| Jan. 2007 |
Lean Tools to Improve Patient Safety
Please join us as we tour St. Luke’s Hospital to show how application of the Lean tools is improving patient services. We will spend time in the Emergency Room and the Lab, and we will talk to some of the people involved to see how the changes are not only helping the patients, but the staff and physicians as well. We will conclude with some general discussion about how Lean is helping St. Luke’s improve in all areas. |
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