Lean Masterclass on October 26 from 13.30h - 20.00h near Antwerp
Lean Masterclass given by Ritsuo Shingo, former Executive President JV Toyota China & Hino Motors, participated for the start up of five Toyota manufacturing plants outside Japan. He is the son of Dr. Shigeo Shingo, the renowned expert in improving manufacturing processes within the Toyota Production System.
He will talk about his experiences and learnings at Toyota. Anyone who registers will have the chance to suggest a Lean related question to Ritsuo Shingo. The second part of this event will consist of a discussion, moderated by Dirk Van Goubergen, where Ritsuo will address a selection of these questions.
Three Lean Value Stream Design learning cases in Office/Service, Manufacturing and Healthcare.
- Manufacturing: Strategic importance of Advanced Value Stream Design approach, from plant level view to the (re)design of the most impact-full product family by Geert Engelrelst - TE Connectivity
- Office/Service: Improve Product Delivery through Value Stream Design by Edith De Prins - Telenet
- Healthcare: Implementation Geriatric Hip Fracture Trauma Unit OLVG Amsterdam based on Lean principles by Danny Hage - DH Medical Consultancy
Location
We are proud that the location of this special Lean Masterclass can be held in one of the Belgian Factories of the Future: Van Hoecke Sint Niklaas, Europapark-Noord 9, 9100 Sint-Niklaas.
Factory of the Future 2016!
On the occasion of the award of the 'Factory of the Future Awards 2016' on February 4 in Antwerp, Van Hoecke from Sint-Niklaas received an award. Immediately Van Hoecke is the first company in the wood and furniture industry to win a Factory of the Future Award. A proud Peter Van Hoecke received the award: "This award recognises all the innovative efforts our company has made these last few years. We could not have done this without the continued commitment of all our employees."
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Programm Lean Masterclass on October 26
- 13:00 Welcome and coffee
- 13:30 Introduction by Dirk Van Goubergen
- 13:45 Masterclass Toyota Production System by Ritsuo Shingo
- 15:15 Coffeebreak
- 15:30 Moderated panel discussion and time for questions with Ritsuo Shingo
- 16:30 Case 1 – Value Stream Design in Manufacturing (TE Connectivity)
- 17:15 Break with small lunch and time for networking
- 18:15 Case 2 – Value Stream Design in Office/Service (Telenet)
- 19:00 Case 3 – Value Stream Design in Healthcare (Amsterdam Hospital)
- 19:45 Last remarks
- 20:00 End of the Lean Masterclass
- For max. 20 participants: optional plant tour at Van Hoecke
Ritsuo Shingo
Former Executive President JV Toyota China & Hino Motors
- Ritsuo Shingo started his career with Toyota Motor Company in 1970 and retired in 2012.
- His father, Dr. Shigeo Shingo, is a renowned expert in improving manufacturing processes, who helped to develop many aspects of the revolutionary manufacturing systems which comprise the Toyota Production System.
- He helped in the start up of five Toyota manufacturing plants outside Japan.
- Ritsuo Shingo spent more than 13 years in various roles at Toyota in Legal, Public relations and purchasing departments.
- He spent 5 years in the US, at the Toyota Detroit Office and at the Toyota Motor facility in Kentucky.
- Afterwards he moved to Toyota Motor UK before returning back to Japan to work at the China Department.
- In 1998, he established the first Toyota Joint Venture in China, “Sichuan Toyota Motor” and became the first president of this Joint Venture.
- In 2007, he established a new Joint Venture between Hino Motors and Guang-Qi Motors and became also here the first president.
- He went back to Japan in 2009 where is became the president of the Toyota Technical Center until he retired from Toyota in 2012.
- Currently he is heading the Institute of Management Improvement, which is the company that was founded by his father, Shigeo Shingo.
Strategic importance of Advanced Value Stream Design approach, from plant level view to the (re)design of the most impact-full product family
Manufacturing case presented by
Geert Engelrelst, Manager Continuous Improvement, TE Connectivity Oostkamp
About Geert Engelrelst
After 20 years of Process Engineering, Project Management and Operations experience in Philips CE, Jabil Circuit, Siemens and Tyco Electronics, Geert became active in the area of Continuous Improvement at TE Connectivity in Oostkamp.
Geert achieves certifications of Industrial Engineer, Green & Black Belt in Six Sigma and Lean, currently responsible as Manager Continuous Improvement at TE Connectivity in Oostkamp.
The Oostkamp facility received in 2016 the Factory of the Future Award by Sirris Agoria, based on the 7 plant transformation levels (as part of the “make different” project).
This year the plant reached also the highest level within TE connectivity on the level of lean performance -and culture, Star Level 5, which is unique within TE Connectivity based on the complexity of the Oostkamp plant.
Advanced Value Stream design is meanwhile one of the lean foundational tools used to set the next structured level of transformation in the plant.
Geert is a guest instructor in our Black Belt in Lean Training and Certification Program.
Improve Product Delivery through Value Stream Design
Office/ Service case presented by
Edith De Prins, Quality Manager, Telenet Business
About Edith De Prins
During her 17 year career within Telenet, Edith has covered several different subject matters. She managed onshore and offshore software testing, brought IT releases to a success, designed, improved and implemented business processes. Edith’s main motivator has always been operational excellence and customer intimacy. In her current position she assures continuous improvement within Telenet Business, a division of Telenet offering services to enterprises in Belgium. She obtained her Black Belt in Lean Certificate through our Lean Academy.
About the case
Get your business to the next level - Value Stream Mapping can get you going.
Edith De Prins will explain the importance of value stream mapping to guide a company towards a well founded improvement of business processes and to have their employees look at daily activities in a different, more involved way. A real case within Telenet Business will be used to demonstrate the possibilities.
Implementation Geriatric Hip Fracture Trauma Unit OLVG A’dam based on Lean principles
Healthcare case presented by
Danny Hage, DH Medical Consultancy
About Danny Hage
After 21 years working in the day-to-day patient care in different professions he started in 2011 DH Medical Consultancy to share his knowledge on creating value for the patient and care pathway design. He is a strong promoter of Lean in Healthcare and followed our Black Belt in Lean program.
About the case
Many elderly trauma patients have isolated orthopedic injuries compounded by chronic medical conditions. To reduce variations in care outcome we organized a trauma unit designed to expedite the care of geriatric patients through a multidisciplinary approach. Using Value Stream Design principles the total lead time and variation has been reduced significantly.
Date: October 26 from 13.30h - 20.00h near Antwerp (Belgium)
Price: € 350,00 ex VAT
Subsidie informatie voor deze training (Flemish SME only)
Erkenningsnummer Van Goubergen P&M : DV.O100454
Aantal opleidingsuren : 6 uren
Maximaal aan te vragen bedrag voor subsidie : 350 euro
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