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Visual Workplace - Productivity

Visualize an Organized Workplace! Register NOW for The Visual Workplace and receive a special Center for Operational Excellence member discount of 30%.

A visual workplace is the essential foundation for successful Lean implementation. The Productivity Inc. Visual Workplace Master Series Kaizen event will teach you simple and cost-effective tools to build that foundation. And the benefits of a visual workplace are unmistakable -- improved safety, shortened search time, reduced costs, just to name a few.

At this intensive 3½-day kaizen event you will learn the methodology needed to implement the visual workplace in your own facility while beginning to build a culture of continuous improvement. This workshop is a rare opportunity for you to learn the principles of visual control systems, to immediately put those principles into action in the workplace, and then take home the new skills you’ll need to launch the visual workplace in your own company.

The next Visual Workplace will be held November 17-20, 2009 in Findlay, Ohio.  The host plant is Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS). Founded in 1966, ADS is the world’s largest manufacturer of corrugated high density polyethylene drainage pipe.  ADS, Inc. is a leader within its industry and through continuous improvement efforts the company is focused on becoming a world class operation in the areas of safety, quality, service and productivity. During the Visual Workplace event attendees will work alongside ADS employees to implement 5S, visual controls, visual metrics, and visual display principles.

Call now to register.  For a limited time we are offering COE members a 30% discount off the registration fee.  Call Productivity Inc. at (203) 225-0451 or (800) 966-5423 to register.  Identify yourself as a Center for Operational Excellence member.

For more information on The Visual Workplace and to download a brochure, visit http://www.productivityinc.com/phpworx/index.php?cmd=view-conference&conference_id=25

Sales & Operations Planning

Many companies have difficulties creating a valid game plan to manage sales, supply and inventory levels — and then they struggle to tie the plan to day-to-day scheduling and execution. As a result, performance often suffers: customer service is poor; procurement and production are inefficient; inventories are either too high or too low; customer backlogs are too long or all of the above.

Sales & Operations Planning — particularly its Executive S&OP component — has emerged as an essential management tool in this age of global operations, supply chains that extend half a world away and increasingly demanding customers. Further it integrates financial planning with operational planning -- enabling the business to be run with ’one set of numbers’ -- and links high level strategic plans to day-to-day operations. It’s rightfully been called “top management’s handle on the business.”

Join world-renowned educator and author Tom Wallace and learn how you and your organization can reap the benefits of Sales & Operations Planning.

Who Should Attend:

First-time Implementers of Executive S&OP

• Re-Implementers — they have some form of Sales & Operations Planning operating today but are not satisfied with the results
• Pre-Implementers — they are investigating the process for possible implementation
• Post-Implementers — they have successfully implemented the process, but want to provide education to key people who are new to the process

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