Past Operational Excellence Forums

March 22, 2011

Sustainability Forum
Drew Locher, Managing Director, Change Management and Associates
Neil Drobny, Lecturer, Management and Human Resources, Fisher College of Business
"Lean and Green - Expanding our Eyes for Waste"

June 24, 2010

Sustainability Forum
Don Adams, Senior Director, Global Sustainability & Technology, Keystone Foods
Bob Wilt, Process Safety Manager, Keystone Foods
Joseph Fiksel, PhD, Executive Director of Center for Resilience, Ohio State University
Holly Duckworth, Director of Six Sigma, Kaiser Aluminum
Panel Discussion with:
Steve Grossman, President, Environmental Recycling (paper)
Steve Shew, President, Waste Alternatives (plastics/metals)
Dan Weisenbach, President, Weisenbach Recycled Products (glass)
Facilitated by Neil Drobny, Lecturer, Fisher College of Business; Executive Director, Association of Ohio Recyclers
Break-Out Sessions with the following topics:
    Sustainability Reporting
    Customer Demands & Green Procurement
    Performance Measures

June 17, 2010

7:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
The Richard J. Niedermeier Breakfast
"Hoshin Kanri"
Tom Jackson, JD, MBA, PhD, Author & Educator, Principal, Rona Consulting Group

March 12, 2010

TRIZ Forum
"TRIZ - The Innovation Cycle and the Mystery Letter Z"
Holly Stein, Cardinal Health 

April 24, 2009

Kasra Fedows, Heisley Family Chair Professor of Global Manufacturing, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University "Managing Global Production Networks"

April 3, 2009

Maintenance Excellence and Reliability Forum
Brian Dorney - Senior Business Consultant and Niklas Brodd - Director, Solution Development, ABB
ABB Reliability Services 

March 13, 2009

Roy J. Lewicki, Irving Abramowitz Memorial Professorship and Professor of Management & Human Resources
"Negotiating in Challenging Times"

November 17, 2008

Tom Wallace, Writer and Educator specializing in Sales & Operations Planning
Round Table: " Strategies for Succeeding in Tough Economic Times - Sales & Operations Planning "

September 12, 2008

Regression Analysis
Smita Skirvanic, Moresteam

April 4, 2008

Sales and Operations Forum
Thomas F. Wallace
"Sales and Operations: What Is It & How To Make It Work"

May 5, 2006

Clayton M Christensen, Professor of Business at Harvard Business School
"Managing Innovation in the 21st Century"