For the 2011-12 Season the Worcester APICS Chapter introduces our Cool Tool Night School. Our guest speakers are some of the very best in their fields and will offer timely, current insight on today’s best new practices for controlling and improving throughput and minimizing costs with the use of these Cool Tools and systems.

When

Subject

Speaker

Brief description of the lecture

Sept 15,2011

Virtual Pull Systems

Don Guild

Synchronous Management

Attend tonight’s 2011-2012 season opener for an in depth understanding of virtual pull systems and how to implement them into your company’s WIP. Be part of a Virtual Pull case study and see how the MS Excel based Virtual Pull Simulator can work for you.

Oct 13,2011

Heijunka Board Scheduling

Kevin Duggan

Duggan and Associates

Be introduced to Heijunka Scheduling.  This is a Level Production scheduling concept.  This is often used in Lean/JIT environments. Come see how to apply these techniques in your plant.

Nov 10,2011

Value Stream Mapping For Production Top Management

Dr. Pietro Savo

Mt. Vernon Group

Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing technique used to analyze the flow of materials and information currently required to bring a product or service to a consumer. At Toyota, where the technique originated, it is known as "material and information flow mapping". Tonight involve the Ops Management Team… This is a business practice change that will uncover lost time and money.

Feb 9, 2012

Kaizen Blitz

Dan Marino

Marino Associates

In the U.S. Kaizen is often synonymous with "Kaizen Blitz" or "Kaizen Event." Such events rapidly implement work cells, improve setups or streamline processes. Come this night to see and understand how you can initiate a Kaizen Event in your work cell.

Mar 8, 2012

RFID Systems

Dr. Peter Green

Bellhawk labs

RFID is in use all around us. If you have ever chipped your pet with an ID tag, used EZPass through a toll booth, or paid for gas using SpeedPass, you've used RFID. In addition.

Apr 12,2012

Six Sigma DMAIC

TBA

Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control. 5 steps in a Six Sigma Process that anyone can do. Join us tonight for an evening of instructor lead refresher or an introduction to this Continuous Process Improvement.

May 10,2012

Joint Meeting

TBA            

Annual election of Officers

All of our PDM’s will be held in the Franklin Room at The Manor Restaurant 42 West Boylston Street (Rte 12) West Boylston MA.    508-835-4722

Registration and networking starts at 5:30, Dinner at 6:00 and lectures at 7:00. Members can look forward to more detailed publications in emails or postcards as the dates move nearer.