The Principles of Six Sigma and Lean
New to Six Sigma and/or Lean? Don’t miss this introductory workshop designed specifically for individuals who have an interest in implementing these initiatives within their company. In this session, you’ll learn not only the basics of Six Sigma and Lean but what they mean to your organization, and what it will take to deploy them for optimal results. This workshop will provide you with the information you need to get the most out of the summit, giving you a clear framework in which to put summit teachings into perspective for your organization.
This workshop will cover topics including:
• Six Sigma and Lean defined – When to use what tools for optimal results
• Options for deployment models – What works and what doesn’t
• Where to start – How to locate and define projects for success The role of senior leadership in your deployment
• Getting to results – What it will take and what you can expect
About Your Workshop Leader: Michele Quinn, Vice President, Account Executive and Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Breakthrough Management Group. Michele Quinn is a skilled deployment leader with over 18 years experience managing quality initiatives inside manufacturing and transactional environments. Michele works with many of BMG’s top clients to strategically plan and execute their process improvement initiatives, build internal program infrastructure, and lead change initiatives. Michele has designed and implemented multiple corporate programs integrating Lean Six Sigma to meet customer requirements most effectively.

How to Run a Kaizen Event
A kaizen event or kaizen blitz is a focused short-term project used to improve any process – service or manufacturing. The event draws together a team of people for a short, sustained period to solve a specific problem.
This workshop will cover:
The fundamentals of preparing for and leading a kaizen event with practical experiences from events in Services, Transactional, Supply Chain and Manufacturing. You will also learn how to apply systematic kaizen methodology and follow up after the event.
• Introduction to kaizen/ kaizen event
• Criteria for kaizen focus areas
• Preparation for the kaizen event
- Charters
- Logistics
- Pre-work
• Conducting the kaizen event
- Application of the seven-step kaizen methodology
- Sample five-day event model
• Follow up after the kaizen event
- Measurements
- Standardization
• Roles and responsibilities
About Your Workshop Leader: Stephen Villaescusa, Senior Consultant, Oriel Incorporated, a premier provider of Six Sigma and Lean training and consulting services. Steve was Corporate Six Sigma Deployment Champion at Raytheon and was the Corporate Lean Champion at Hughes Aircraft where he led over 50 Lean events. He holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Arizona and completed graduate programs at both UCLA’s and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.

Lean Six Sigma Measurement Systems – How to Get the Most Out of Your Existing Data Infrastructure
Your organization has already spent millions on software and databases to operate your business. Those systems should be full of data that we can use to drive Lean Six Sigma projects. But all too often these systems aren’t Lean or Six Sigma savvy; typically they are full of useless or erroneous data. Just when you expect to get the data you need, you learn that you are actually ‘data poor’.
This workshop is a hands-on exploration of what you can do about it. We’ll look at the critical-to-success factors in establishing a measurement system to support Lean Six Sigma. We’ll compare some of the popular tools that you can use to assemble and scrub data. If you’ve ever found your Lean Six Sigma efforts mired because of insufficient data, or too much of the wrong type of data, this workshop is for you.
What you can expect to learn:
• Why many Lean Six Sigma projects fail and deployments stall
• Special considerations to the Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies regarding data – especially for transactional/service projects
• The importance of operational definitions
• Building information systems that support Lean Six Sigma initiatives
• Reducing the costs of capturing the right type and volume of data needed
• Extracting data from existing information systems for Lean Six Sigma projects
• Tying information systems into statistical analysis software like MINITAB and other enterprise reporting systems
About Your Workshop Leader: Evan Miller, President and CEO, Hertzler Systems Inc. Evan was first involved in Six Sigma with Motorola and its supply base in the late 1980s. Under his guidance Hertzler Systems has become the leader in building data infrastructures for Six Sigma, particularly in the difficult areas of service and transaction applications. As a leader in the industry, Mr. Miller has delivered seminars and presentations to industry organizations such as ASQ, ISSSP and Society of Plastics Engineers, just to name a few.

Strategic Lean and Six Sigma for Business
Assure that your Lean and Six Sigma initiatives deliver results most important to your business.
Today, Lean and Six Sigma are no longer just about simply reducing waste, quality and consistency within isolated projects. It is about improving your entire business. By applying a business-oriented approach to your initiative, Strategic Lean and Six Sigma can become an essential foundation to assure that business units consistently achieve their key strategic goals within their day to day operations and selection of Lean and Six Sigma projects and resources. From more effective Sales and Marketing to improved margins and revenues, Lean and Six Sigma for business can help your teams deliver a far greater return on investment and achieve deeper executive support much sooner in your initiative.
This workshop will review case studies, best practices and available software solutions to best drive meaningful and significant business advantages from each Lean and Six Sigma team.
Learn how Strategic Lean and Six Sigma for business can:
• Focus project selection to key business objectives
• More closely integrate Lean objective across multiple business initiatives
• More effectively engage key executives and business unit leaders
• Better define market focus and product development
• Improve customer services and loyalty

ABOUT YOUR WORKSHOP LEADER: Jeff Watts, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Instantis. As the leader in Enterprise Performance Improvement solutions for initiatives like Lean and Six Sigma, Instantis technology assures that every contributor in the organization has the right tools at the right time to most effectively deliver results. In addition to the company’s strong base with global leaders like Xerox, McKesson and Lockheed Martin, Instantis has posted recent wins with leaders like Credit Suisse, Abbott Laboratories and Ingram Micro among others. Over the past six years, Jeff has lead marketing teams in Web Services, Composite Application platforms, eCommerce and Financial Services Networks for market pioneers like Intershop and Commerce One. Prior to this technology work, Jeff worked within advertising and marketing agencies for global leaders like Microsoft, McDonalds, Blockbuster Video and others. .

Applying Systematic Innovation for Optimum Lean Six Sigma Results
Free Book: Participants will receive a free copy of Bart Huthwaite’s latest book, “Lean Design Solution.”
Lean Six Sigma leaders are now being challenged to improve top line growth as well as bottom line profit. Building a more innovative culture is being added to their job description in many companies.
This workshop will give participants a step-by-step way for improving their company’s innovation ability. Attendees will take away a systematic process for bringing innovation to every enterprise environment.
About Your Workshop Leader: Bart Huthwaite, Sr., Founder, Institute for Lean Innovation. Bart Huthwaite is a worldwide leader in Lean Six Sigma innovation. He has personally mentored leaders in lean innovation at more than 1000 companies over the past 22 years. The Institute develops Lean Innovation tools and techniques to help organizations deploy lean thinking across the enterprise, from products to transactional processes.

Applying Lean Six Sigma to Achieve Breakthroughs in Sales and Marketing
Inviting Lean and Six Sigma leaders and Marketers in both B2B and B2C companies to benefit from case histories and compelling analogs that will challenge how you think about Marketing. The goal of this workshop is to be highly provocative by challenging the old marketing model with a revolutionary, new model that combines the principles of Lean and Six Sigma
to deliver breakthrough value to customers and which result in huge cost savings. Through Lean Marketing* learn how to:
• Apply the principles of Lean with Six Sigma to marketing
• Achieve Breakthroughs in customer value and profits by identifying disruptive ValueSpaces*
• Focus on what the customer wants/ needs vs. what can be made
Apply value stream mapping and other tools to processes that accelerate speed-to-market
• Reduce Waste in time or money being spent on sales and marketing to save millions while growing the topline
• Apply Six Sigma to segmentation
• Understand Lean Marketing's role in the Lean Enterprise
About your Workshop Leaders: John Ruf and Gaurav Kapoor, Partners with the New England Consulting Group. John is the Lean Marketing* Practice Leader and has managed numerous assignments for companies ranging from IBM to Motorola to Stanley Works to Kraft. His expertise is based on over 20 years in marketing strategy, innovation and process redesign. Gaurav heads up NECG' s Healthcare Industry Practice including the application of Lean Six Sigma to Pharmaceutical companies.

Getting Started in Lean Six Sigma
Inviting Potential, New Users and Beginners in Lean and Six Sigma to raise fundamental questions and issues for discussion.
Facilitator: BREAKTHROUGH MANAGEMENT GROUP

Achieving Long Term Success
Inviting Master Black Belts and above to brainstorm and discuss the latest issues for Lean and Six Sigma deployment.
Facilitator: ORIEL INCORPORATED