{"id":428,"date":"2007-09-19T05:40:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T12:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/428\/speaking-at-wcbf-lean-six-sigma-summit-2008"},"modified":"2021-12-22T07:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T12:06:31","slug":"speaking-at-wcbf-lean-six-sigma-summit-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/speaking-at-wcbf-lean-six-sigma-summit-2008\/428\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking at WCBF Six Sigma Summit 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been invited to speak at WCBF&#8217;s 2008 Lean Six Sigma Summit (You can view my presentation on <a title=\"integrating lean and six sigma how it's done at some companies\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/ebay-case-study-integrating-lean-six-sigma\/\">Integrating Lean and Six Sigma<\/a>).\u00a0 It should be a fun event.\u00a0 The confirmed speakers include heavyweights from Johnson &amp; Johnson, Merck, Medtronic, etc.\u00a0 In the grand scheme of things &#8212; okay, fine, outside my immediate family, I&#8217;m really a nobody, but I was invited anyway &#8212; I&#8217;m not sure why, how, or if somebody is playing a practical joke on me.\u00a0 In any event, I&#8217;ll be speaking.\u00a0 Here are some details.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed speakers include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rob Bryant, Vice President Process Improvement (GIS) Computer Sciences Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Laurel LaBauve, Vice President, Merck Sigma, Merck &amp; Co<\/li>\n<li>Martina Kuhlmeyer, Executive Vice President of Six Sigma, Textron Financial<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Bushnell, Global Vice President of Operations, Medtronic Xomed Surgical Products<\/li>\n<li>Craig Long, Vice President of Quality, MILLIKEN<\/li>\n<li>Debra Levantrosser, Executive Director, Lean\/Supply Chain Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My counterpart in Europe and I will co-present and our topic will be &#8220;Synergizing Lean and Six Sigma&#8221;.\u00a0 We will share some history between both Lean and Six Sigma, argue forcefully against the marketing sub-culture that aims to carelessly combine both Lean and Six Sigma into &#8220;Lean Six Sigma&#8221;, but in the end reconcile both and make a case for how Lean and Six Sigma and <a title=\"queueing theory\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/queueing-theory\/\">Queueing Theory<\/a> might actually make sense to be in the same sandbox and play well together, and then a discussion on how that might practically be done with some relevant examples.\u00a0\u00a0 We will discuss a little on infrastructure, standards, and some lessons learned.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more by downloading the draft Agenda for the April 29 &#8211; May 2, 2008 WCBF <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/LSSS2008Draft2.pdf\">Lean Six Sigma Summit<\/a> in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been invited to speak at WCBF&#8217;s 2008 Lean Six Sigma Summit (You can view my presentation on Integrating Lean and Six Sigma).\u00a0 It should be a fun event.\u00a0 The confirmed speakers include heavyweights from Johnson &amp; Johnson, Merck, Medtronic, etc.\u00a0 In the grand scheme of things &#8212; okay, fine, outside my immediate family, I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12327,"featured_media":9581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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