8:45 am -
12:30 pm |
QRM: Introduction and Tutorial
Rajan Suri –
Founding Director, QRM Center |
QRM: Beyond the Basics
Ananth
Krishnamurthy – Director, QRM Center |
| This tutorial is for those who are new to QRM concepts. It provides an overview of main theories of QRM and explains how they can be applied across the enterprise, including the shop floor, office and suppliers. Attendees will receive a copy of Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times. |
If you have attended other QRM training events, this session will take you to the next level. You’ll learn about structured methodology for implementing QRM projects as well as a variety of QRM tools to help you obtain quantifiable improvements.
Attendance at our basic How to Implement QRM workshop or its equivalent is a prerequisite for attending this session. Please attend the introductory QRM tutorial if you are new to QRM.
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| 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm |
Plan. Do. Check. Act. The QRM Journey Continues (Omnipress)
Tracy Gundert – Vice President of Operations
David McKnight – Chief Executive Officer
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Based on the tenets of QRM, Omnipress reorganized its entire facility in 2005. Excellent results, combined with ongoing product shifts, have made lead time reduction and the principles of QRM the litmus test for continued decision-making throughout the organization.
- Lead time reduction and productivity improvements from initial QRM implementation
- Developing a plan to implement QRM companywide
- Finding relevant and visible metrics to check progress
- Using QRM principles in capital investment justification
- Expanding scope of QRM to eliminate bottlenecks and increase operational velocity
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| 2:20 pm - 3:10 pm |
Increasing Capacity by Implementing QRM Locally and Globally
(National Oilwell Varco Sam Houston Parkway Facility)
Mohammed Shakeel Shaikh – Industrial Engineering Manager
Arlyne Han – Operations Process Engineer
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To meet the burgeoning demand for power systems and controls, NOV is adopting a creative strategy of implementing QRM simultaneously in the United States and Asia. This two-pronged approach brings special challenges and opportunities.
- Growing demand motivates need to increase in-house capacity
- Layout changes and capital investments to increase capacity for sheet metal parts
- Implementing cells and standardizing work flow for key product lines
- Improvement in warehouse operations to save labor costs
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| 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm |
Eliminating Accounting Roadblocks to QRM (Cardinal Health)
Paul Allen – Finance Manager
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Accounting as usual can be an obstacle to accurately measuring and fully realizing the benefits of QRM. When finance and management partner to establish more-meaningful metrics, accounting data reveal and validate QRM gains and motivate employees.
- Common concerns and misperceptions regarding accounting
- Examples of situations where accounting can drive actions that conflict with QRM
- Accounting changes that might be useful for companies pursuing QRM
- Accounting measures that support QRM
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| 4:20 pm - 5:00 pm |
QRM: Foundations for a Competitive Future
Rajan Suri – Founding Director
Ananth Krishnamurthy – Director
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QRM Founder Rajan Suri looks at the birth and evolution of QRM and the Center, examining the sound foundation that has made possible such steady growth and progress in the field of lead time reduction.
QRM Center Director Ananth Krishnamurthy has an eye to the future, predicting new applications and potential for broadening the concepts and methods that have proven successful in the past. |
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