6:00 am – 7:00 pm

Registration Open
Registration on Monday will be held at the TD Convention Center, Level 2 outside of meeting room 201.  Directional signs will be posted. 

7:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast Pastries and Beverages

7:00 am - 1:00 pm

Plant Tour Departures

8:30 am – 11:00 am

Pre-conference Workshops:
Cellular Flow

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

MESA’s 2013 North American Conference: MESA International Business Forum

11:00 am – 1:30 pm

"Grab-n-Go" lunches offered to fit attendees' schedules

Registration Open / Solutions Hall Open
Registration on Tuesday will be held at the TD Convention Center, Level 2 outside of meeting room 201.  Directional signs will be posted. 

Breakfast Buffet

Welcome Remarks and Opening Keynote Session

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals Track:
  1, 2, 3 … 5S: An Easy-to-Follow Roadmap to a Successful 5S Program (2012 Best Plants Winner Session)
• Advanced Continuous Improvement Track:
  Awaken your Continuous Improvement System with a War Room
• Workforce Development Track:
  Fueling Strong Profits: Federal Heath Sign Co.’s Lean Transformation Approach
• Supply Chain Strategies Track:
  Extended Lean for the Total Supply Chain
• Leadership & Innovation Track:
  The Lean Leadership Roadmap: A New Blueprint for Developing Highly Engaged Lean Leaders
• Manufacturing Technology Strategies Track:
  Manufacturing Technology Evolution at Mondelēz International

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals Track:
  Quick Kaizens: Get your Disengranchised Employees Involved
• Advanced Continuous Improvement Track:
  2012 IW Best Plants Winners Panel Session
• Workforce Development Track:
  Need Skilled Workers? Industry and Education Initiatives that Work
• Supply Chain Strategies Track:
  TBA
• Leadership & Innovation Track:
  From Plant Managers to Profitability Engineers: Meeting the Needs of Today's Global Economy with Business-Savvy Plant Managers
• Manufacturing Technology Strategies Track:
  Driving Continuous Improvement through Workflow Automation

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

Luncheon: 2012 IW Best Plants Winners Ceremony and
Keynote: Lean Leadershihp: Learn. Develop. Sustain.
Dan Ariens, CEO - Ariens Company

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals Track:
  Zero is a Beautiful Number: The ‘Zero Optimum’ Concept using World Class Manufacturing Tools (2012 IW Best Plants Winner Session)
  
• Advanced Continuous Improvement Track:
  Quick and Simple Simulations: A practitioner's collection of quick and simple lean simulations to engage employees and drive lean understanding
• Workforce Development Track:
  Strategic Training at Siemens Energy
• Supply Chain Strategies Track:
  TBA
• Leadership & Innovation Track:
  Natural Capitalism through Innovation
• Manufacturing Technology Strategies Track:
  Manufacturing Visibility & Productivity at Toyota

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

Keynote Session: Reshoring: The Executive View

Buses depart convention center for Special Event at BMW Performance Center

Special Event: BMW Performance Center

Registration Open / Solutions Hall Open
Registration on Wednesday will be held at the TD Convention Center, Level 2 outside of meeting room 201.  Directional signs will be posted. 

Breakfast Buffet

Keynote Session: Pete Selleck, Chairman & President - Michelin North America Inc.

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals Track:
  Using Kanban Systems to Drive Your Lean Strategy
• Advanced Continuous Improvement Track:
  Obeya Operations: Tearing Down the Walls to Achieve Breakthrough Performance and Operational Excellence
  
• Workforce Development Track:
  Engaged Employees Drive Continuous Improvement Efforts at a Snyder's-Lance Bakery
• Supply Chain Strategies Track:
  Vertically Integrating Manufacturing as a Long-term Business Strategy and a Way of Life at Crown Equipment
• Leadership & Innovation Track:
  Warren Rupp Tackles Material Flow Optimization to Pump up Productivity (2012 IW Best Plants Winner Session)
• Manufacturing Technology Strategies Track:
  How Reynolds American Transformed its business - An End-to-End Tranformation Journey linking People, Processes and Technology

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals Track:
  Bold Continuous Improvement, bold investment, bold innovation: The BMW Story
• Advanced Continuous Improvement Track:
  How Lean Maintenance helps Caterpillar Improve its Remanufacturing Process
• Workforce Development Track:
  Achieving Excellence using High Performance Work Teams
• Supply Chain Strategies Track:
  TBA
• Leadership & Innovation Track:
  Adapting the Toyota Product Development System
• Manufacturing Technology Strategies Track:
  TBA

Break: Snacks & Refreshments in Solutions Hall

• Continuous Improvement Fundamentals Track:
  Applying Lean A3 Methodology for Continuous Improvement
• Advanced Continuous Improvement Track:
  TBA
• Workforce Development Track:
  The Death of the 8-Hour Shift
• Supply Chain Strategies Track:
  TBA
• Leadership & Innovation Track:
  Developing Lean Leaders at IBM's Advanced Microelectronics Solutions
• Manufacturing Technology Strategies Track:
  TBA

Luncheon Keynote