May 2016
Join us for LEAN activities at the 
IIE Annual Conference and Expo
May 21-24, 2016
Disneyland Resort Hotel
Anaheim, CA
 

Sunday, May 22, 2016

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Lean Division Student Paper Competition
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall J - Fantasy Tower

8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Process Improvement in Lean 3
8:00 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. 
Going Lean While Going Green
8:38 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. 
Inventory Management Improvements at
Central Storage Room of an OR Department
Location: Magic Kingdom Ballroom 3 - Fantasy Tower

11:00 am - 12:15 pm
CI - System Sustainability and Management
Defining the "Managerial Role of the Toyota Production System
The Design Aspects of Role-playing Lean Simulation Games
Use of A3 for ABET Continuous Improvement
How Hospital ER Team is Sustaining Improvements
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall J - Fantasy Tower


12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Project Management in Lean 3
12:30 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
Agile Scrum or Oobeya: Which is Best
1:10 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Increasing Capacity without Capital Expenditures
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall - Fantasy Tower

12:30-1:45 pm
CI - Six Sigma Applications
Application of Lean Six Sigma Methodology in an Outpatient Department in a Private Hospital in Kuwait
Bi-objective Optimization for the Project Portfolio Selection Problem in Six Sigma
Improving the Quality of Pressed Cracklings through Six Sigma
Eliminating Road Transportation Waste: A Case Study
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall J - Fantasy Tower

2:00-3:15
Lessons from Mt. Stupid
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall D - Fantasy Tower

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Process Improvement in Lean 3
3:30 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.
Achieving Autonomous Value Stream Flow in the Office
4:10 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Leveraging Supply Chain Efficiencies to Drive Cost Reduction
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall D - Fantasy Tower
Monday, May 23, 2016

8:00 a.m. - 8:57 a.m.
Process Improvement in Lean 2
8:00 a.m. - 8:35 a.m.
Navigating the Sea of Retirement Choices: A Process Improvement Initiative
8:40 a.m. - 8:57 a.m.
Improving Inventory Management in Latin-America: A Case Study
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall E - Fantasy Tower


8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Continuous Improvement
Teaching Lean Manufacturing Online: Lessons Learned and Challenges Faced
Location: Magic Kingdom Ballroom 4 - Fantasy Tower

11:00 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Lean Division Best Practice Award Competition
11:00 AM-12:15 PM Session 1
Location: Adventure - Adventure Tower
12:30PM-1:45 PM Session 2
Location: Adventure Tower

11:00 am -12:15 pm
Data Analytics in Lean
Industrial Engineering Principles Impacting IIE Conference Planning
Equipment Automatic Time Study in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Evaluation of Healthcare System Designs
Location: Disneyland South Ballroom A - Fantasy Tower

11:00 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. 
A Regional Sales Kaizen Approach to Increasing Business Results and Morale
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall C - Fantasy Tower



LEAN DIVISION TOWN HALL MEETING
Monday, May 23, 2016
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Location: Disneyland South Ballroom A - Fantasy Tower

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Process Improvement in Lean 1
Improving the Hospital Discharge Process using Lean Approach
A TOC-OEE Driven Approach to Increase Order On-Time Delivery
Structured Problem Solving Methodology to Enable Reduced cost for High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) at Intel's Substrate Packaging Organization
Location:  Disneyland South Ballroom A - Fantasy Tower

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Process Improvement in Lean 2
2:00 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. 
Structured Problem Solving Methodology to Enable Reduced Cost for High Volume Manufacturing
2:40 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. 
Diagnosing and Evaluating Performance Opportunities in Product Development
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall - D


2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
CI - Waste Elimination and Cost Management
Decreasing the Cost of Unused Truck Capacity by Reducing Transportation Waste: A Case Study
Overall Material Effectiveness
Location:  Disneyland North Exhibit Hall J - Fantasy Tower

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Student Career Development Panel Discussion
Location:  Disneyland South Ballroom A - Fantasy Tower

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
CI - Quality and Cycle Time in Systems
Adaptive Paradigm Implementation
Academic Room Scheduling Cycle Time Reduction Efforts
Location:  Disneyland North Exhibit Hall J - Fantasy Tower
 
5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Opportunities for Analytics Research in Advanced Manufacturing 
Measuring the Effects of Culture on Lean Production Systems
Location:  Castle B - Fantasy Tower
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

11:00 a.m.  - 12:15 p.m.
A People Based Approach to Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing
Location: Disneyland North Exhibit Hall - D Fantasy Tower

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Systematic Application of a Lean Multi-Tool
Location: Disneyland North Exhibition Hall - D Fantasy Tower
Upcoming Webinars

Safety & Health and Wellness: Enhancing Our Safety Culture Through Collaboration

Presented by AEC GOErgo Conference Committee - OPEN TO ALL
June 2 | 2 p.m. Eastern time 
Presenters: Anthony Banks, Steven Wish and Kim Silbaugh, Lockheed Martin Corporation
As companies work to promote a safer and healthier workforce, ever-emerging evidence is making it clear that work-related risk factors for occupational injury and health factors beyond the workplace may often work in concert to produce many of the safety and health outcomes that confront today's workers and their families. 
Applying the Formula for Change to Sustain LSS Improvement
Presented by ELSS Conference Program Committee - OPEN TO ALL
June 16 | 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: Mark Nestle, global director of productivity, Praxair Corporation
This webinar applies the author's LSS and quality improvement experience that created an adaption to the Gleicher/Dannemiller "Formula for Change". Focus is on its simple elegance and robustness. Starting with the origin and history of the Gleicher/Dannemiller formula. 

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IISE webinars are free*, one-hour presentations which are a benefit of your IISE membership.  They are presented by knowledgeable professionals and experienced volunteers provide deeper insight into topics and issues involving industrial engineers and industrial engineering-related disciplines.


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The IISE Training Center is unsurpassed in meeting the educational goals of professionals in myriad industries. Our instructors are experts in essential topics including Lean and Six Sigma, concepts based on long-standing industrial engineering principles. We ensure that our students attain in-depth levels of understanding and practical knowledge of how to apply strategies t o achieve business and professional excellence.

ABOUT THE DIVISION
The Lean Division collaborates with IISE to support the mission of the institute, provide member value and promote the entire discipline. Members of this division are interested in advancing their knowledge of lean practices across industry domain. Focus areas include healthcare process improvements, non-traditional lean implementations, use of six sigma and value engineering methods as well as critical thought leadership on various strategic, operational and organizational initiatives. 

The division members host the annual lean best practice award, the lean teaching award and the lean student paper competition. The lean division is perceived as the voice of technical specialty by developing, maintaining and disseminating a body of technical knowledge in domain of lean and continuous improvement practices.





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