Lean Tools for Optimizing Print Production

Nov. 3 - Nov. 6, 2008

(Event Code: G1361108)

This unique Lean Manufacturing workshop focuses Lean Manufacturing on the shop floor by identifying and eliminating all forms of waste and non-value-added activities. Lean goals include: decreasing production costs, reducing lead time, improving financial performance, and achieving rapid response to customer needs. This workshop by the PIA/GATF Center for Lean Practices will provide hands-on Lean tools applied to print production areas. Participants will benefit from a series real-life examples and take part in printing-specific Lean simulations and hands-on exercises.

You Will Learn

• Eight sources of waste in the ?Printers Hidden Factory?
• Hands-on applying Lean tools utilized in the search for and elimination of waste
• Learn techniques and methods to implement Lean in your print production processes

Primary Training Sessions

Focuses lecture and hands-on exercises on the Lean tools for eliminating waste

Value Stream Mapping Quick Changeover                   

5S                                            Total Production Maintenance                                      

Kaizen                                      Visual Management

Kanban                                    Quality-at-the-Source      

Who Should Attend

• Operations managers
• Production managers
• Quality managers
• Lean Team Leaders

Workshop Leaders

Ken Rizzo, PIA/GATF?s director of consulting, has been a practitioner of Lean thinking for over 20 years, before the term ?Lean? became popular in American industry. An experienced process improvement specialist, certified in Six Sigma, ISO 9000 and Lean Manufacturing, Rizzo has over three decades of commercial, label, and folding carton industry experience, including offset press operator and various production management roles. He has led numerous 5S, setup reduction, and total productive maintenance Kaizen Event projects.

Rhonda Huskins is a full-time Lean Manufacturing consultant with the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership. She has over 20 years of manufacturing and senior engineering expertise in printing and other industries, including recently serving as director of continual improvement for Wikoff Color Corporation, a manufacturer of printing inks and coatings.

Event Fees

Standard Rate: $1695

Member Rate: $1195