ASQ Dinner Meeting: Creating Sustainable Lean Initiatives

In the last 20 years Scott L. Milligan has been part of many Lean Manufacturing Initiatives. Some were successful and some not so much. Research indicates that from 50% to 90% of these initiatives fail to sustain improvements or continue to deliver results.Scott will share his experience and observations as well as those of many of todays Lean Experts to identify what goes wrong and what can be done to avoid it happening in your organization. There will be time for open discussion so please bring your ideas and experiences to share. EVENT SCHEDULE: 5:30pm - Pre-Meeting Clinic: Roundtable Discussion hosted by Patrick Dolan "Without standard work, there can be no improvement."  This value statement is from Toyota.  Leader Standard Work (LSW) can help your organization not only sustain your improvement effort, but can make it flourish.  LSW has several parts that only your organization's Leaders can supply.  This workshop will help you discover the "why"s and how to's" to LSW. _IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION, PLEASE ADD A TICKET FOR THE PRE-MEETING CLINIC TO YOUR ORDER._ 6:00pm - Networking 6:30pm - Buffet-style Dinner served: MAIN ENTREES  * _Baked Chicken_ * _Tenderloin Tips & Noodles_ SIDE DISHES * _Oven Roasted Red Potatoes_ * _Mostaccioli with Tomato Sauce_ * _Vegetable Rice Medley_ * _Whipped Potatoes with Brown Gravy_ 7:20pm - Presentation followed by Q&A with Scott L Milligan ABOUT THE PRESENTERS__ _Scott L. Milligan is a Manufacturing Quality Process Specialist at CNH in Racine Wisconsin. With over 40 years of experience in manufacturing and service. Scott’s involvement in quality management encompasses positions from the technician level to the director level. Most of his experience has been with automotive quality systems but he has worked with appliance, heavy machinery, metal fabrication and printing industries implementing ISO 9000, TS 16949, and Baldrige based quality systems. He is also skilled in the use of teams to solve problems, lean manufacturing techniques, the use of large group technology, and performance management systems such as the balanced scorecard._ _Scott is certified by the American Society for Quality as a Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, and Manager of Quality and Operational Excellence and spent six years as a member of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, the last two as a senior examiner. He graduated from Concordia University with a B.A. in Management & Communications and serves as an Adjunct for Gateway Technical College and Milwaukee Area Technical College where he has taught Statistical Process Control (SPC), project management, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Six Sigma Green Belt and Total Quality Management (TQM)._ _Patrick Dolan is the Founder and "Virtual Black Belt" from Lean Cultures.  Lean Cultures assists organizations into true cultures of improvement using today's technology. Most of Pat's career has been as  a Manufacturing Leader for various companies.  Pat is a former Instructor from Waukesha County Technical College's Corporate and Community Training Center in the area of Lean Six Sigma and various Leadership courses to instill accountability to your change initiatives._ _ _   FAQS   DO I HAVE TO BRING MY PRINTED TICKET TO THE EVENT? No. Please just check in at the registration table when you arrive. CAN I UPDATE MY REGISTRATION INFORMATION? Yes, please e-mail res@asqmilwaukee.org with any needed changes to your registration.