Advanced Manufacturing Forum Focuses On Journey To Lean
Advanced Manufacturing Forum Focuses On Journey To Lean
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (March 24, 2005)—Managers from ArvinMeritor, Kennametal, Rockwell Automation, and United Defense will lead interactive presentations on technological and organizational innovation as part of the 57th Advanced Manufacturing Forum from April 14-15 at the Penn Stater Conference Hotel.
Hosted by the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, the theme of the forum is “The Journey to Lean: From Base Camp to the Summit.” The event is designed to provide attendees with information and insights on lean manufacturing, the process of continuous improvement by means of eliminating waste and enhancing value-added activities. The presentations will be led by:
Mark Frazier, Site Manager, ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems: ArvinMeritor’s Journey to Lean
The company’s Gladstone Plant in Columbus, Indiana manufactures complete exhaust systems and components for leading car makers. Over the past few years, ArvinMeritor has achieved substantial quality and productivity improvements through lean principles, continuous improvement tools, and employee involvement practices.
Bill Kimbro, Corporate Lean Enterprise Manager, Kennametal: Implementing and Sustaining Better Practices
Providing customers with a broad range of technologically advanced tools, tooling systems, and engineering services, Kennametal’s ongoing lean transformation is based on a customer-focused culture globally.
David W. Conrad, Power Lean Manager, Rockwell Automation Power Systems: The Power Lean Solution
A leading industrial automation company, Rockwell Automation has developed an approach called Power Lean, which relies on the power of people to implement lean enterprise principles with the support of six sigma and total productive maintenance.
Marty Paino, Project Manager / Lean Manufacturing, and Bob Koller, Materials Manager, United Defense: War on Waste
A leader in the design, development, and production of combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers, and precision munitions, the company’s operation in York, Pa. has undertaken several initiatives such as benchmarking, visual factory management, and ergonomics and safety on its journey to lean.
For more on the 57th Advanced Manufacturing Forum and to register, visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cmtoc/forum57.html.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
