Assembly - January 2009 - (Page 25) Featured Speakers Sponsors / Exhibitors: Panel Chair: J Jamie Flinchbaugh Partner P Lean Learning Center L Panelists: Debra S. Levantrosser D Executive Director, E L Lean/Business Im Improvement Jo Johnson & Johnson S Sean Hilbert P President & CEO J Johnson & Cobra M Motorcycle M Manufacturing Inc. Lean Leaders: Lean Leaders Challenge and Success an rs ess Lean manufacturing is not reaching a goal and then moving on to some other project; it is a never-ending journey, and success is measured in terms of accomplishments along the way. Levantrosser and Hilbert are lean leaders who accepted the lean challenge: Establish the mindset, build on success, and maintain momentum in the face of the inevitable failures. You’ll learn from Levantrosser how J&J, a decentralized corporation with 230 operating companies, has succeeded – and struggled – in applying lean to supply chains, research and development, and sales and marketing. At the other end of the company-size spectrum, you’ll learn from Hilbert how Cobra Motorcycle-a small company with 33 employees – is moving forward on its lean journey while building the only off-road motorcycles truly made in the USA. Then Flinchbaugh will wrap it up in a Q&A with these lean leaders. B Bruce Schullo S Site Quality Manager P Plexus Corp. Defeating Murphy: Quality at Every Step Regardless of where or how a product is made, quality is the ultimate determinant of market success. Even more so if, like Plexus Corp., you specialize in designing and assembling products for the medical device, defense and telecommunications industries. In this session, you’ll learn how this $1.5 billion contract manufacturer ensures product quality and regulatory compliance from beginning to end. In 2007, the quality control team at Plexus was named one of the best in the country by Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine. How’d they do it? Come to this session and find out! J John McElroy O Owner & Host A Autoline Detroit Th Th U S A t The U.S. Auto Industry’s Global Future GM, Ford and Chrysler are no longer the Big Three. Toyota has surpassed GM in production and sales, and is selling cars assembled in America as fast as it can put them together. But at the same time, GM is earning a major share of its profits selling cars in Asia. With American and foreign automakers buying and selling each other’s marquees almost daily, the key questions facing the auto industry and its suppliers today are: What is the U.S. auto industry and, more importantly, what is its future in the global marketplace? Get the inside story from a real “car guy” who’s been reporting on American automakers for more than 40 years. Caterpillar’s 50-year-old plant in Aurora, IL, is a great EXCLUSIVE example of a facility that assembles locally and competes globally. CAT’s Limited to the first export growth climbed 40 registered attendees 27 percent in the first quarter of 2008 and the company is on track for recordsetting profit. Approximately 70 percent of the products it assembles in the U.S. this year will be shipped overseas. Caterpillar Plant Tour The leading publication in the assembly sector for more than 50 years.
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