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Past Conferences
The IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference has been
the premier advocate for continuous improvement and operational
excellence since 1993. The Conference includes keynote speakers,
plant tours, multiple tracks, general sessions, IW Best Plants panel
discussions and the IW Best Plants awards ceremony.
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PAST CONFERENCE VIDEOS |
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Keynotes:
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Wilbert W. (Wil) James Jr., President, Toyota Motor
Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Managing Through the Economic Downturn
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James P. Womack, Founder and Senior Advisor, Lean
Enterprise Institute
Take the Value-Stream Walk
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Gregory S. Babe, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Bayer Corp. and Bayer MaterialScience LLC
The Importance of Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing
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Major General John Batiste, U.S. Army (Retired),
President, Klein Steel Service Inc
Leadership in Tough Times
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Josh Linkner, CEO and Managing Partner, Detroit Venture
Partners, Chairman and Founder, ePrize, Chairman and
Founder, The Institute for Applied Creativity, The
Institute for Applied Creativity
Igniting Creativity -- Your Most Important Competitive
Advantage
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James W. Griffith, President and CEO, The Timken Company
Reshaping The Timken Company
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John Ferriola, Chief Operating Officer, Nucor
Corporation
It's Time to Saddle Up
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Kathy Miller, Vice President, Lean Enterprise & Quality,
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Parker Hannifin's Lean Journey
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John Shook, Lean guru and Senior Advisor of the Lean
Enterprise Institute
Managing To Learn -- The Roles of Lean Management and
Lean Leadership
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James McCaslin, President and COO of Harley-Davidson
Motor Co.
The Continuous Improvement Journey at Harley-Davidson
Breakout Sessions:
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Hoshin Planning: Vision-driven Leadership for
Breakthrough Improvement
Wes Waldo, Vice President for the Manufacturing
Practice, Breakthrough Management Group
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The Awesome Power of Employee Engagement
Eric Kulikowski, Director of North American Operations,
Philips Respironics
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Developing People with A3 Thinking
Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder and Partner, Lean Learning
Center
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Union and Management Partnerships Driving Manufacturing
Excellence
Mike Fisher, Production Plant Manager, Harley-Davidson
Motor Company;
Al Hahn, USW Union President -- Local 760,
Harley-Davidson Motor Company;
Tony Wilson, IAM Union President -- Local Lodge #176,
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
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Lean Quality: A Holistic Approach
Eddie Wilkinson, vice president of quality and product
safety, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
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Performance Metrics that Matter
Peter G. Martin, Ph.D., VP and GM of Performance
Management, Invensys Process Systems
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Alan Mauer, Sr. Project Engineer, Stryker Instruments
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Considerations for Lean Material Flow Success at Ford
Larry Tyler, Co-Founder & principal, Kinetic
Technologies, Inc. (d.b.a. K-Tec);
Larry McAdam, Lean Material Flow Manager, Ford Motor
Company
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The Role of Leadership in a LEAN Environment
Ronald W. Draper, Vice President, ISC, E-Z-GO
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