2007
Calendar
September, 20th
Meeting Location:
Valle Vista Conference Center
755 East Main Street
Greenwood, Indiana
Cost: 20/Member,
23/Non-Member, 10/Student
Lean
Accounting/Econ of Scale is Dead
Of
the many business concepts that mislead accountants, economy-of-scale
thinking almost universally leads to poor operational design and
accounting practices in manufacturing. This presentation explains
how lean principles and methods create right-designed systems for more
effective cost management. Flow principles and techniques are the
key concepts behind designing and executing an effective operation for a
manufacturing company. Companies learn to develop and employ cost
management instead of cost accounting.
Presenter:
Jim Huntzinger has more than nineteen years experience developing
lean enterprises through system design and development, implementation,
and guiding organizations both strategically and tactically through the
transformation process. He began his career as a manufacturing
engineer with Aisin Seiki (a Toyota Group company and manufacturer of
automotive components) when they transplanted to North America to support
Toyota. He spent eight years at Briggs & Stratton (a
manufacturer of small engines) in a range of engineering and management
positions working to implement and evolve lean into its manufacturing
operations and business practices. Huntzinger also spent over eight
years as a manufacturing consultant helping businesses, ranging from huge
global corporations to small privately held companies, implement lean
tools and strategies for the entire business enterprise. He has broad
experience in lean implementation within machining, assembly, and
fabrication for a wide range of companies and products.
Huntzinger has also researched at length the evolution of
manufacturing and accounting in the United States with an emphasis on lean's
influence and development. He has researched and worked to
re-deploy TWI (Training Within Industry) within industry and uncovered
its tie with the Toyota Way. He is also developing the history of
Ford’s Highland Park plant and its direct tie to Toyota’s business model
and methods of operation. Huntzinger graduated from Purdue
University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology and received
a M.S. in Engineering Management from the Milwaukee School of
Engineering.
Meeting Location:
Valle Vista Conference Center
755 East Main Street
Greenwood, Indiana
Agenda:
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Social & Networking Period (Cash Bar
Available)
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Dinner, 7:15 PM Program
October Major Tool
October
(day TBD)
November Festive
Affair
Connor
Prairie Tour / Dinner
November
(day TBD)
December No Meeting
