Hostess Debra Levantrosser catches up with LEAN experts at the 8th Annual Michigan Lean Consortium Conference.
Her guests range from the incoming president of the Michigan Lean Consortium, an eight year attendee of the conference, a keynoter from the first afternoon, and a frequent guest of 'The Leaning Edge'.
Minjun Zhao is a first-year masters' student major in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. She was co-founder now serving as co-president of the student chapter of the Michigan Lean Consortium.
During her past work experiences, Minjun had successfully led manufacturing teams to accomplish process improvement projects using Lean principles and tools.
On this episode of The Leaning Edge is Kelly Ball Gas Pipeline Operations and Maintenance Director and Leak Process Owner for Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California. He is currently working with his organization to install lean principles and accelerate the culture change to embrace a new way of working.
Dakota Hawkins from the University of Michigan chapter of MLC -- Financial Chair and Consulting Team Member joins The Leaning Edge on this episode.
Dakota Hawkins is a Sophomore studying Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is on the Executive Board of the student chapter of the Michigan Lean Consortium where he acts as Online Operations Chair and Project Team Leader.
On this segment of the Leaning Edge is Dr. Bill Edwards; PhD, PE, PMP. Dr. Edwards started his career at Ford Engine Design where he won one of Ford’s Highest Honors, The Ford Customer-Driven Quality Award for Warranty Reduction.
Dr. Edwards also worked at Chrysler Engine Design on a global engine program - winning one ofWard’s AutoWorld Ten (10) Best Engines. He led change in Chrysler’s Advance Manufacturing Engineering. There, Dr. Edwards’s Lean Manufacturing SWAT teams quickly identified manufacturing issues & implement solutions across North America.
On this segment of the Leaning Edge is Betsy Williams. Betsy works in the Training Services Division of Northwestern Michigan College which is a part of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center. Betsy is a Sales and Training Specialist, specializing in human resource management. She talks about LEAN: Learn, Educate, And Network 8th annual conference.
On this segment of The Leaning Edge features Alen Ganic. Alen studied supply chain management and also received CPIM Supply Chain Management certification from APICS (The Association for Operations Management) and Lean certification from Grand Rapids Community College.
The Leaning Edge welcomes Theresa Coleman-Kaiser to talk about became Senior Associate Vice President for Administration in 2017 after serving in a variety of administrative and operations positions at Michigan Tech since 1999.
Mark Graban joins Debra Levantrosser to talk about on this segment of the Leaning Edge. Mark went on a recent trip to Japan and talks about the use of LEAN practices in Japan, and learning from that he can help Michigan in the process.
On this segment of the Leaning Edge is guest Bob Sturza and he covers the importance of visual management. Bob is a performance improvement professional at Covenant Healthcare in Saginaw, MI. He has over 25 years’ experience in plant, field service operations, government and healthcare (inpatient and outpatient). He is proficient in quality engineering techniques including internal and external auditing, Six Sigma, LEAN and supplier development.
