LeanFab Workshop & Tours

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See shears, turrets, lasers, press brakes, painting, welding/spotwelding and assembly in action on local plant tours. Participate in plant tour recaps and share your thoughts on what you observed. Share your own challenges and come away with solutions from the facilitators and peers. Realize that lean manufacturing is not just for high-volume jobs. Hear case studies of how other shops applied lean and sustained it.

Quick Links:  Registration  Conference Schedule  Speakers

 

How lean is your job shop?

 

When implemented and sustained, lean manufacturing can help improve lead times, decrease downtime, reduce scrap, cut inventory, and improve overall quality. But how do you begin a lean initiative and then go about sustain it so it produces the desired results?

 

Lean customized for job shops!

FMA’s popular LeanFab Workshop & Plant Tours provides an inside view of how fabrication shops & OEMs are successfully implementing lean. Through a combination of plant tours, interactive roundtable discussions, and engaging conversations about lean manufacturing, you’ll learn what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to applying, implementing, and sustaining lean!

 

Lean in action!

Each plant tour site will share their success story and answer any questions you may have about their lean journey.

Ohio Laser, LLCOhio Laser features the most advanced flat laser cutting, tube and pipe cutting capabilities in the Midwest, and offers a complete range of value added fabrication services. Ohio laser relies upon just-in-time manufacturing strategies to achieve essential exact laser cutting tolerances, fits, and high quality repetitive processing in sheet, plate, and tube. As an organization, they are always seeking ways to increase capacity, whether by doing more with less effort, incorporating automation, purchasing more advanced and productive equipment, entering new markets, and utilizing CAD, CAM, CRM and ERP systems.

 

	Emerson Network PowerLearn how integration and flexibility have enabled Emerson Network Power to achieve continuous part flow. Parts can flow from raw material through punching, bending, and welding in 6 minutes, a process that once took 2 hours. Learn more about what you will see on the tour.

 

Who should attend?

This is not a basic lean course.  Rather, managers, owners, and those responsible for implementing lean have benefitted from the informal exchange of proven lean applications in our informal environment where lean information between participants and our instructors has been shared.  If you want to take lean to a higher level, what better way than to learn from your peers and from instructors who have a ‘practical lean’ approach that works best for job shops and contract manufacturers.

 

Workshop Speakers
Dick Kallage KDC & Associates, Ltd.		Tim Heston The FABRICATOR®

 

General Information

June 4-5, 2013			Registration:
EWI – Edison Welding Institute			FMA/TPA Members $395 General $595
P: 614-688-5000
Recommended Hotels
EWI has special group rates at several area hotels. For more information visit http://ewi.org/hotels/.

 

 

A special thank you to our industry sponsors: