The Twin Cities IEEE Engineering Management Society invites you to attend a presentation:
 

"Lean Six Sigma"
By Dr. Arthur V. Hill
Thursday, 22 February, 2007 6:30pm to 8:30pm
 

Hosted by:
ION Corporation
5474 Feltl Road
Minnetonka, MN 55343
 

Agenda:
6:30 to 7:00 Refreshments, networking
7:00 to 7:45 Main presentation
7:45 to 8:30 Questions and networking.
 

About the Topic/ Outline:
Lean Sigma is the latest in a series of process improvement programs. Like a huge iceberg that picks up (and destroys) everything that it encounters, Lean Sigma is the convergence of many process improvement programs, including TQM, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and Lean Manufacturing. This talk will overview these programs and suggest a unified theory for the essential elements of an excellent process improvement program.

Bio:
Arthur V. Hill is the John and Nancy Lindahl Professor for Excellence in Business Education in the Operations and Management Science Department of the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He holds a BA in Mathematics from Indiana University, an MS in Industrial Administration and a Ph.D. in Management from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. He has consulted with a number of firms including Boston Scientific (Guidant), Medtronic, 3M, Target, Musicland, General Mills, Pillsbury, Cargill, KN BPT (Netherlands), and Honeywell Bull (Switzerland). Professor Hill was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Operations Management, the leading academic journal in the field. He is a Fellow of the American Production Inventory Control Society and wrote the APICS CPIM and CIRM certification exams for five years. He has been a visiting professor at Indiana University, IMD International (Lausanne, Switzerland), Wits Business School (Johannesburg), and the National University of Singapore. He has authored over 70 research articles. His current research is on process improvement programs, sales and operations planning, and supply chain management.

Directions:
ION Corporation
5474 Feltl Road
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Hwy 62 to Shady Oak Road, go north 1 mile on Shady Oak Road, turn right on Smetana Road and go about 0.4 miles to the second right, turn right on Feltl Road and go to the first driveway on the right then an immediate left into the parking lot. ION Corporation is in the second building on the right (west).
Note that this is ION's new location - look for the building number, their new sign may not be installed.

Cost:
Free for EMS members and non-members attending for the first time; $10 otherwise. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration:
Please pre-register before noon on Jan 23rd 2007 by using the online registration form at:
http://www.tc-ieee-ems.org/meetingregistration.htm

For more information about the meeting call Dave Hendrickson at
(612)709-7675 or email daveh(REMOVE THIS PART)ATcomputer.org
For further information about the Twin Cities IEEE Engineering Management Society Chapter, see our web site at http://www.tc-ieee-ems.org/