Need lean results? Attend our Chicago conference

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According to a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, many U.S.-based manufacturing companies are utilizing lean manufacturing techniques. However, the report shows that there’s a lot of room for improvement. The report chronicles that:

· 73 percent of U.S. manufacturers actively deploy lean or Six Sigma

· 49 percent of senior manufacturing executives are satisfied with their lean programs

· 44 percent of senior executives believe their lean programs are effective

· 5 percent of senior executives rate their lean programs as extremely effective

· 22 percent of U.S. manufacturers don’t use either lean or Six Sigma methodologies

Companies looking to improve upon their lean results – or expand the reach or scope of their lean programs – need to attend Reliable Plant’s “Lean Manufacturing 2008: Lean Tools for Maintenance and Reliability” conference, held October 6-8 in Chicago.

Speakers for this elite conference include:

· Dr. Klaus Blache, director of manufacturing engineering, General Motors

· Wayne Vaughn, former director of maintenance, Harley-Davidson

· Samuel Bethea, director of North American reliability, Campbell’s Soup

· Dana Fluet, lead maintenance and reliability engineer, and members of the plant M&R team, Harley-Davidson

· Rick Fox, maintenance manager, and members of the Warrick power plant reliability team, Alcoa

· Todd Bennett, president, United Southern Industries

· Sam McPherson, lean enterprise and public sector consultant, Shingo Prize

· Mark Steward, Operational Excellence team leader, Eaton

· Mike Fisher, manager of EHS engineering, Baxter Healthcare

· Pat Bartholomew, director of EHS management systems, Baxter Healthcare

· Katie Benz, black belt, W.R. Grace