Events Archives

Below is a list of archived events, including webinars and conference presentations, and we believe you would find value in learning more about each of them.

Closing The Gap Between Breakthrough Objectives and Continuous Improvement Efforts Webinar
Date: Dec 20, 2011 - Dec 20, 2011
Location: Online at 2pm EST

An IndustryWeek Webinar Invitation

Most companies have a continuous improvement (CI) program, but only a few companies align CI activities to achieve their most critical breakthrough objectives. During this free IndustryWeek webinar on Dec. 20, learn how you can close the gap between goals and actual performance.

A new IndustryWeek research study found a large gap between growth goals and operational excellence performance -- even among companies with mature and enterprise-wide continuous improvement cultures.

During this free IW webinar, learn where the biggest gaps are -- and how to address them. You'll also find out how to realign your continuous improvement efforts to be more growth-focused.

Supply Chain and Logistics Summit
Date: Dec 06, 2011 - Dec 07, 2011
Location: Dallas, TX

The Supply Chain and Logistics 2011 summit will focus on strategic planning and performance initiatives with leading supply chain experts sharing their insights on game-changing innovations in distribution, execution, sourcing, visibility, and risk management. Klaus Gross, Chief Operating Officer for WIKA Corporation and Ken Koenemann, Vice President for TBM Consulting Group will speak about using demand segmentation to take inventory management to the next level. Learn how WIKA utilized the discipline of demand segmentation to create a laser-focused approach for improving inventory turns, reducing working capital and improving service levels for a low-volume, high-variety business.

Intelligent Growth Webinar
Date: Nov 22, 2011 - Nov 22, 2011
Location: at 3:00pm EST, Online

Join Anand Sharma for an overview of global economic trends and how they impact the way executives are thinking about growth today. Gain an understanding of how manufacturing and continuous improvement teams can help the organization achieve its breakthrough growth objectives and learn how organizations align their CI initiatives to key performance indicators that drive significant improvements in long term value creation.

American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2011
Date: Nov 07, 2011 - Nov 08, 2011
Location: Chicago, IL

The American Manufacturing and Strategies 2011 summit provides manufacturing leaders with an opportunity to interact with subject matter experts in several areas including:

  • insourcing / outsourcing impact on profits
  • transforming change management communications and improving employee engagement in new strategies
  • advancing operations excellence and continuous improvement programs
  • exploring best practice examples of value-added technology innovations.

Join TBM for a working session on the morning of September 7th to learn more about best practices for aligning your continuous improvement activities to your key performance measures.

Industry Week Online Webinar Conference
Date: Oct 19, 2011 - Oct 19, 2011
Location: Online

Vermeer Corporation: Leveraging Lean for Growth & Connecting Improvements to Business Performance

In a recent study, nearly 50 percent of executives said that their continuous improvement initiatives failed to meet corporate objectives. Today, approximately 70 percent of manufacturing companies have some sort of continuous improvement initiative in place. As operations management professionals and continuous improvement leaders, we have a collective responsibility to ensure that we clearly align improvements to measurable, sustainable business results. Learn about the concept of lean progression and understand what types of business results you should expect as you embed operational excellence throughout the enterprise. Hear directly from Vermeer Corporation, an 11-year lean organization that has a strong lean culture with impressive results. Understand what they believe to be the critical elements of success, some key challenges they faced on their journey, and how they've overcome plateaus along the way.

Divide and Conquer - Value Stream Segmentation Drives Better Profits Webinar
Date: Oct 04, 2011 - Oct 04, 2011
Location: Online Web Event
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Key Learnings of this Webinar:

  • The benefit of using a value stream segmentation approach
  • The organizational implications of segmented value chains
  • Learn how to differentiate and outperform your competition

Join Ken Koenemann, TBM Vice President and value chain expert, to learn how organizations are embracing customer-centric, value stream segmentation to outperform competitors, optimize internal performance and better understand cutomer needs.
LeanSigma Global Summit
Date: Sep 21, 2011 - Sep 22, 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV

Our premier international networking and benchmarking conference for lean and six sigma practitioners, operations managers and business leaders. The conference includes valuable content for organizations looking to build the foundational framework of a lean operating system that delivers value creation for shareholders and stakeholders alike. With tracks for increasing profitability and cash flow, driving culture change, supporting growth initiatives, and mastering best practices for lean applications beyond the basics, the LeanSigma Global Summit provides attendees with critical strategies and insight for leading and managing in a continuous improvement environment.

Industry Week Best Plants Conference 2011
Date: Apr 04, 2011 - Apr 06, 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA

TBM is the title sponsor for the Industry Week Best Plants Conference. Visit our booth, learn about Dploy Solutions, our proprietary web-based software designed to support management process for strategy deployment, metrics tracking and sharing best practices. Participate in breakout sessions led by TBM and client executives. Tour TBM Perfect Engine Award Winner, WIKA Instrument Corporation and learn how they leverage lean as a strategic platform for growth.

One Size Doesn't Fit All Customers - Using Value Stream Management to Deliver Market-Based Strategy WEBINAR
Date: Mar 29, 2011 - Mar 29, 2011
Location: Online

A customer-centric, value stream management approach is the best way to connect execution with strategy. When we think in value streams we get closer to our customers and better understand their needs. By aligning the supply chain strategy to specific value streams, we create satisfied customers and eliminate waste at the same time. Join Ken Koenemann, TBM Managing Director and value chain expert, to learn how organizations are embracing value stream management to outperform competitors and optimize internal performance. He will highlight best practices, appropriate metrics, and success stories to help you think about what operating structure is needed to make it a success.

Successful cultural change and sustainable lean transformation
Date: Mar 01, 2011 - Mar 01, 2011
Location: Online Webinar

Start Time: 14:15 GMT (9:15 am eastern)

Co-presented by Richard Holland, Managing Director, TBM EMEA and Ian Rice, Operations Director and Interim MD for Draka, UK Ltd. Hear from Draka on how to overcome cultural barriers and build a new business process that paves the way for unparalleled customer satisfaction and continuous improvement. Get insights into the role of senior management in leading a successful physical and cultural transformation that engages hearts and minds.

Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning Conference
Date: Feb 26, 2011 - Mar 01, 2011
Location: Orlando, FL

TBM Consulting Group and Franklin Electric are speaking at this event on the following topic: “Material Replenishment: Making Material Flow from the Supplier to the Factory Floor” Presented by: Jeremy Hendrix, Lean Operations Project Leader, Franklin Electric Company and Kenneth G. Koenemann, Managing Director, Lean Value Chain and Consumer Products Practices.

How do you make material flow smoothly from the supplier to the factory floor? Experience how Franklin Electric chose to address the inbound material flow for various types of components and different demand patterns. Learn how they used demand segmentation to establish the most effective replenishment method using vendor managed inventory and pull systems. Understand how they implemented milk runs in tandem with replenishment methods to drive a 25 percent reduction in raw material inventory.

Improving Shareholder Value: Marrying the Lean Journey to the Strategic Vision - ARCHIVED VERSION
Date: Jan 24, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011
Location: Online

Over 70 percent of manufacturing companies are engaged in lean or continuous improvement activities yet nearly half of executives are concerned that their programs are not helping to achieve their operational and market objectives. Join Bill Schwartz for an informative webinar session and learn what business results you should expect at different stages of your lean progress.

This one-hour session will cover the following subjects:

  • Key manufacturing trends
  • How lean fits into the business performance equation
  • Are you getting the results you need?
  • How to marry the lean journey to the strategic vision
  • Case example
  • Interactive Q&A session

Individuals or teams welcome. Perfect for business leaders in any manufacturing sector including Vice President or Director of Operations, Finance, Product Development, and Continuous Improvement.

Speaker: Bill Schwartz, Executive Vice President, TBM Consulting Group, Inc.

IQPC Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit 2011
Date: Jan 18, 2011 - Jan 18, 2011
Location: Orlando, FL

“Lean Six Sigma and business Results for Mid-Life Deployments”
Executive Vice President, Bill Schwartz to discuss business results for companies in mid-life lean deployments.  Kathy Million, director of client services, will demonstrate Dploy Solutions, our web-based suite of tools for managing the strategy deployment process, tracking key performance metrics and sharing best practices.

American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2010
Date: Nov 11, 2010 - Nov 12, 2010
Location: Chicago, IL

The leading event in North America for manufacturing strategies and process delivery.

Executive Vice President, Bill Schwartz will discuss the following.

Improving Shareholder Value: Marrying the Lean Journey to the Strategic Vision

Bill Schwartz will lead an interactive discussion about how to translate lean benefits directly to the P&L. Schwartz starts with a brief discussion about the three key steps of translating kaizen into monetary gains:1) eliminate the waste, 2) physically free up the resources and 3) take the appropriate management actions to demonstrate return on assets / convert the resources into dollars. In order to create true enterprise value, you must make certain that your lean projects align directly with your business needs. He will discuss how lean can support long term objectives and how to marry strategy and vision to the lean journey. The discussion challenges us to migrate away from “just tools” and “drive-by kaizen” and instead learn how to work on the activities that increase revenue, reduce costs, reduce working capital and minimize the need for capital investment.

MPO Symposium
Date: Nov 04, 2010 - Nov 04, 2010
Location: Waltham, MA

“The New Productivity Paradigm: Where Do Lean and Six Sigma Fit into Your Operations?”
Medical Product Outsourcing presents a highly targeted, content driven symposium that introduces the challenges of outsourcing to senior-level executives in the medical device industry.  The conference offer relevant information on solving critical business issues that foster interaction with OEMs and contract manufacturers.  TBM Senior Management Consultant, Jonathan Chong, will present.

MedTech 2010
Date: Oct 05, 2010 - Oct 05, 2010
Location: Skaneateles, NY (Near Syracuse)

The bioscience industry’s premier leadership conference and technology showcase for upstate New York’s bioscience community.  Joe Panebianco, Consultant and Director for the Lean Sigma Institute, will discuss the role of standard work in helping medical products manufacturers to define what people should do and how to ensure they’re doing the right things.  He will focus on the importance of leader standard work and the role it plays in a continuous improvement environment.

CLICK HERE to access a PDF of the presentation.

2010 Business Beyond Boundaries - Achieving Operational Excellence
Date: Sep 23, 2010 - Sep 23, 2010
Location: Virtual Conference

In today’s world, the phrase “business as usual” takes on a whole new meaning. Companies are no longer solely focused on survival; many are also finding new ways to thrive as we continue to see more and more positive signs of the upturn.

To achieve operational excellence, companies must find a new way of thinking beyond any pre-existing boundaries. Business Beyond Boundaries will give you the opportunity to learn from game-changing leaders who will share new methodologies and perspectives for your organization to achieve operational excellence – and ways to immediately apply them to your business.

Attend Business Beyond Boundaries from the convenience of your office or home. At this unique virtual conference you can:

  • Attend webinars presented by operational excellence leaders and authors
  • Listen to case studies on how other organizations in your industry are achieving operational excellence
  • Build your professional network with other attendees and presenters
  • Learn about new products and services in the virtual exhibit hall
WEBINAR: Effective Execution of a Business Process Kaizen
Date: Aug 19, 2010 - Aug 19, 2010
Location: Online

Effective Execution of a Business Process Kaizen

Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Effective execution of a business process kaizen is essential to a successful lean transformation. Once manufacturing lead times have been significantly reduced, business processes may account for the majority of lead time for any given process. Focusing on waste elimination in your business processes will significantly improve your speed and give you a competitive edge to grow your business and profit margins.

Join Gary Rascoe, Senior Management Consultant with TBM Consulting Group and Douglas Shuff, Director of Finance – Strategic Projects for Harsco Corporation as they discuss best practices for business process kaizen and lessons learned from Harsco Corporation’s business process kaizen initiative.

WEBINAR: Strategy Deployment: Best Practices and Leadership Behaviors that Deliver Breakthrough Results
Date: Aug 13, 2010 - Aug 13, 2010
Location: Online Webinar at 10am EDT

Pactiv Corporation committed to continuous improvement over three years ago but their management team decided it needed to step-up the pace by building a better process for bridging the gap between planning and execution. Learn how they utilize Policy Deployment (otherwise known as goal deployment, strategy deployment, or Hoshin Kanri) to align people, plans, process and performance. Gain insight to a management process that translates 3-5 year goals for market share growth, profitability, cash flow and innovation and creates focus on annual objectives, business processes and measurable targets that unite and align the entire organization.

Not just for manufacturing.  Lean applies to all processes across the value stream.
Date: Jun 14, 2010 - Jun 14, 2010
Location: Sante Fe, New Mexico

Ken Koenemann will address women in the National Association of Electrical Distributors and provide an overview of best practices and case examples of companies who are utilizing a lean management system to improve customer service, manage product portfolios and inventory levels, and to optimize their supply base.

IQPC Business Process Excellence for Pharmaceuticals, Biotech and Medical Devices
Date: Apr 28, 2010 - Apr 30, 2010
Location: Chelsea Football Club, London, United Kingdom

TBM will host a master class session for executives at the forefront of a Lean Sigma deployment entitled “Implementing a Lean Management System for Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Devices”.  Led by TBM executives:  Bill Schwartz, Mike Serena and Richard Holland.

Chief Executive Magazine Webinar - Giving Your Company the Edge through Effective Strategy Deployment
Date: Apr 20, 2010 - Apr 20, 2010
Location: Online Event

Many companies implement change in their organizations including the use of a Lean Sigma improvement approach but few sustain the benefits.  Many formulate excellent strategies but few execute them with intended results.  Join an online presentation about business strategy, sustainable results and getting your organization to become a higher value-adding entity with a sustainable approach to effective execution.  This concise overview will give you a unique take-away value to improve your company performance.  You will also see real bottom-line benefits achieve of several Fortune 500 companies.

This webinar session is perfect for senior leaders who are involved in steering their organizations to become high value-adding entitles and are looking for a systematic approach for their leadership to achieve and sustain breakthrough results.

Gary Hourselt, TBM principal, previously served as CEO of Huck Fasteners where he doubled revenues and grew pretax income by a factor of seven.  He also led the acquisition and integration of four businesses in four years through a systematic approach to effective strategy implementation.  Gary leads TBM’s Global Strategy Deployment, Growth and International practice areas.  He brings many years of broad and practical experience in lean business strategy development and deployment.  Gary is co-author of The Antidote, How to Transform Your Business for the Extreme Challenges of the 21st Century.

Industry Week Best Plants Conference
Date: Apr 19, 2010 - Apr 21, 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH

View PDFs of Breakout sessions hosted by TBM and co-presented with our clients: Strategy Deployment with Kevin Quinn from Pactiv and Demand Segmentation with Carlisle Tire and Wheel.

IQPC 6th Annual Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit
Date: Feb 22, 2010 - Feb 24, 2010
Location: Toronto, Canada

Save 20% off All Access pricing, be sure to mention code LSSCTBM when registering.

 

TBM will host a roundtable session entitled, “Creating Superior Execution of Strategy and Sustaining the Benefits of Change in a LeanSigma Environment.”  Session moderated by Gary Hourselt, TBM Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Stop by our exhibit area to learn more about Dploy™ Solutions, our web-based suite of products that help organizations focused on continuous improvement to effectively measure and sustain results driven by strategy deployment, metrics tracking and sharing best practices.

 

The High Performance Enterprise Webinar - Archived Version
Date: Feb 17, 2010 - Feb 17, 2010
Location: Online Web Event

An overview of the Brady Business Performance System and their use of Strategy Deployment to Achieve Breakthrough Results. Free webinar, click to see the archived version.