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Special Tech Group STG: The Human Side of Lean
Invitation to interactive Workshop
& Draw:
Maximizing Human
Potential with the Theory of Constraints (TOC) - THE GOAL (Eliyahu M.
Goldratt) triggered TOC
and the Human Side
- By Kobus van der Zel P. Eng. (Int.), B. Eng. (Mech), MBA, CTP
Date: Monday, March 26, 2007
Venue: Mississauga Valley Community Center
Program Room 4 Library (click
for overview map)
1275 Mississauga Valley Blvd. / Mississauga, ON, (905)
615-4670
Time: 5:45 pm – 8:45 pm
Type: Workshop, Reservation required - Please
RSVP with
Juergen Boenisch at HumanLean@jbemc.com,
$10 for members
(CMTDMF -Canadian Machine Tool, Die & Mold Federation- included), $15
for non-members, student members $5. Includes Cookies, Soft Drink, Talk
& Discussion. SME membership cards are to be shown.
Directions
Located one block south/east SE
of “Square One”, from QEW take Hurontario Street north (N), from 401 or 403
take Hurontario Street south (S), turn east (E) on Burnhamthorpe Road E,
for 1km than turn right (S) into Central Pkwy E, for 200m than turn right
(W) into Mississauga Valley Blvd., turn left onto car park, take main
entrance in corner of building. (Click here: For Map
Details or for Satellite
View)
Please Note: The first time in the
history of an STG, we will have a draw at this event. The prices will be
three (3) Books: The Forces of Progress, just published by Kobus van
der Zel.
Abstract This workshop will be interactive
– playing a push/pull game and TOC concepts and measurements. We will be reviewing
a real Discus profile and asking for input on how profit sharing and
Employee Share Ownership Plans are being done today. This workshop will
take you on a journey in search of the primary forces that either fuel or
destroy progress in companies today – with a special emphasis on human
potential. Scientists like Newton and Einstein changed our world by
proving that the complex world of physics is ruled by only a few forces
which obey simple Laws. This allowed a quantum leap in our progress. Dr. Eli Goldratt, author of The Goal and founder of TOC has asked his international
practitioner network for many years why this methodology has not been
adopted by more businesses, and why so many companies report a relapse
after strong initial results.
In the
speaker’s business novel, The Forces of Progress (www.lulu.com/Globalturnarounds)
an Eastern woman teams up with a Western turnaround guy to master the
forces that are limiting their progress in business. They set their aim as
high as the imagination will allow:
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For their
traditional products company to achieve a Viable Vision – to turn its sales
into its net profits in 4 years, and
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To encourage
their people to escape from the rat race by becoming millionaires – free to
pursue their real purpose in life.
They use
ancient Laws and wisdoms to defeat the forces that stand in their way. Is
it possible that a traditional business is also ruled by a few distinct
forces – which could be mastered to allow for a quantum leap in the
performance of the business and its people?
The
workshop will challenge the audience to discover four distinct forces that
should be realigned in a set sequence to release the full potential of a
company and its people.
About the Speaker Kobus van der Zel has over 15 years manufacturing
management experience including business improvement and turnaround
engagements where 100% of the fees were tied to achieving bottom line
results. He graduated from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 1989 with a mechanical engineering degree and in 1995 with an MBA. He
was certified by the Turnaround Management Association as a Certified
Turnaround Professional (CTP) in 2005.
ReservationIf you want to know which forces
are preventing your manufacturing operation and its people from achieving
their full potential, then you better do not miss this great workshop!
Friends
& colleagues are very welcome!
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New Strategy for SME
Chapter-26
Adjustment to
changing environment & Invitation to Strategy Workshop
Saturday, March 31, 2007 from
~9am to 1-2pm. See chapter website
for details
In our
November Bulletin we invited past SME Executives & Senior Members to
join us on Nov. 30, 2006 for a Round Table Discussion about SME-26
and its future. The idea was very well received and we had a number of past
SME-26 chairs as well as current members at the table and many new insights
were generated. It became clear that the today’s environment has changed
over time and that it is necessary for SME-26 to adjust its strategy and
focus in order to clearly address the needs of our Customers - to use the
terminology of Lean Manufacturing.
Clear Customer Focus is one of the primary objectives of Lean and the
Toyota Production System TPS and should be a primarily focus of SME-26.
Who are our customers?
This was
one of the first questions raised at the Round Table, and two (2) main
customer groups have been identified:
1. Our SME-26 Members 2. Businesses, especially in
the GTA
There
might be other customer groups, e.g. in the educational and governmental
sector. The Round table was facilitated by Juergen Boenisch and we covered
the following four (4) SME-26 areas:
1.
Past Activities 2. Strengths Today 3. Possible Future 4. Immediate
Actions
Point 1: In the past SME-26 did many talks, tours, social events,
and Technical educational Networking events on modern technologies. Similar
to our launched Special Tech Group STG, Special Interest Groups SIG on
robotics, management, and other interesting topics were held, some of them
under involvement of Universities and other educational institutions.
Point 2: The Round Table participants saw today’s SME-26
strengths in areas as education, the SME magazine, good people, networking
platform, plant tours, and the unique GTA location with a high density of
members and companies.
Point 3: The most active discussion developed around the Possible
Future of SME-26 with over 20 highlighted areas to focus on. Here are some
possible focus points: Foster more active member participation, Growing
& expanding of SME-26, Technique exposure to the young generation: High
school and pre-high school, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPS training,
Focus on future manufacturing techniques, Education for
professionals, 2-3 plant tours per Month, More networking events, Active
on-site support of companies, Presentation & management training,
Introduce Corporate Social Responsibility CSR (Triple Bottom Line), Joint
meetings with other associations, e.g. AME, PMI, APICS, CTMA),
Point 4: What should be the immediate actions for our chapter to
move forward? Here are the top three (3) areas to focus on: 1. Phone
survey of our members to better understand their interests 2. Improve
communication between our members and plan ahead, e.g. improved website and
monthly bulletin. 3. Encourage growth of student chapters and involvement
of the younger generation
In the
meantime, we addressed quite a few points already. We had workshops and
discussions addressing industry needs with leading GTA businesses, such as
Husky Injection Molding and Canada Post. Our monthly executive meetings
experience and increasing number of participants. We met with the new SME
Toronto office representatives to discuss possible ways of mutually
leveraging expertise and contacts. The chapter can have an active role in
the October machine show & exhibition. A special focus will be on
actively involving our younger generation.
Next
Steps: It is
essential and crucial for SME-26 to address the important points and to
review and define our future strategy. This will be Guideline for
all future activities and to develop a solid future vision with clear
values, mission statement, and objectives that will guide us towards a
better SME chapter. This will also bring consistency into the chapter work.
Strategy Development: We scheduled a ½ day workshop to
start developing our new strategy on Saturday, March 31, 2007 from ~9am
to 1-2pm. The workshop will be facilitated by an experienced business
leader and the location will be determined within the next weeks. We invite
all people interested in the direction of the SME chapter 26 to mark their calendars
and to actively participate in this important event. Your contribution will
influence the direction and the future of our SME Toronto chapter. We would
like to especially invite
Past SME Executives and Senior Members, Our SME-26
Members & Student Members, GTA Business Leaders and Representatives
and Representatives from the Education and Public Sector
We don’t expect to find the perfect strategy solution in
just one workshop, but we believe this is the right start. This event will
influence and determine the direction and we will verify the key focus
areas for SME-26 to work on. It will provide us and external parties with a
clear understanding of what our SME Toronto Chapter 26 stand for.
For questions and registration, please contact Juergen
Boenisch at SME-Strategy@jbemc.com
or at (416) 839-7759
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Dofasco Plant Tour Report Written by: Verner
Chen (Husky), Rick Marmei (Axis-Design)
On
Feb. 26, 2007, the SME-26 organized a plant tour in Dofasco, the largest and
most successful steelmaking company in North
America. Ralph H. Krueger, Quality Systems Manager of Dofasco,
hosted the tour.
Steelmaking
is essentially a kind of manufacturing process, including R&D, Process
Planning, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Marketing & Sales, and
Production/Order Control etc. Also, a finished steel product may go through a
few process lines and a line may be used for a few products. Hence, level
loading and proper scheduling have the same challenge as in an automotive
company. In addition, productive maintenance of so many capital
equipments/devices is very critical in a steelmaking company.
After
reviewing the overall process of Dofasco through a video, we particularly
toured the 72"-wide hot dipped galvanizing line. This line was
established in 1999, which was a joint venture with Arcelor of France. The
name of the joint venture is DoSol Galva, and is commonly referred to as DSG.
DSG incorporates Sollac's hot dip coating technology to produce 450,000 tons
per year of EXTRAGALTM, a corrosion-resistant galvanized steel
primarily for automotive applications and with a particular focus on exposed
auto body panels. EXTRAGALTM is established in the European
automotive market as the cost-effective replacement for electrogalvanized
material in exposed automotive applications. Dofasco is the exclusive North
American marketer of DSG's production of EXTRAGALTM. During the
tour of this line, a couple of things were of special interest. First, this
line is highly automatic, involving material loading, cleaning, heat
treatment, coating, surface quality inspection and recording, laser welding,
cutting, and unloading. It is fascinating that the quality zinc-coated sheet
metal rolls are continuously produced through this very long process line.
Second, the total productive maintenance is very systematic. We noticed
regular 5S/house keeping and maintenance tracking records. We also noticed
that employee driven maintenance and improvement ideas are posted on the
boards.
Advanced
Technologies Tech Paper on Micro-Nano Opportunities
If you'd
like to learn more about advanced manufacturing technologies, don't overlook
SME technical papers. There are more than 17,000 tech papers in our Society's
library covering all aspects of manufacturing, and members can download them
for FREE (they cost $15 apiece for nonmembers). One tech paper that has been
downloaded a lot lately is:
Micro
Machining Techniques, Fixturing and End Mill Selection in High Precision VMC
Parts. Authors Matt McCormick and Charles Deboer explore the gap-and
opportunities-between micromachining techniques and nanotechnology. Browse
through all of the tech papers by subject area and download them 24/7 at www.sme.org/techpapers.
Thank
You, SME Volunteers and Mentors
Our
founders established this Society in 1932 as a means for people to share
manufacturing knowledge with each other. As we observe National Volunteer
Week from April 15-21, let's take a moment to thank all the SME members who
have contributed countless hours of time, energy, ideas and enthusiasm
through these past 75 years. We wouldn't be where we are today without your
efforts. What a tremendous legacy we are continuing for tomorrow's
manufacturing practitioners!
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