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Conferences and Speaking Engagements

United States & China

AME Conference , Winnipeg  (June 1 2015)​
​- Conf: Lean Leadership

APICS Six Packed Conference Houston, TX (March 5-6, 2015)
-Lean Enterprise Business Simulation with COPQ...a 2 day seminar

IMS Holyoke (Sept. 23, 2014) 
- COPQ Workshop

Lean Summit (Aug 8, 2014 )
- Leader Standard work

Lorman Virtual Webex (July 17, 2013)
- 1 Hour presentation on 5S

Aug 8-9 2013 Lean Systems Summit & Pre-Summit, State of Maine
- Lean Business Simulation

AME Midwest Region (August 20, 2013)
- Lean Leadership 1 day class at Chicago Tribune

AME 2013 (Toronto) (October, 2013)
- Lean Transformation Workshop
- Leading with Influence workshop
- Lean Healthcare Simulation Workshop

APICS Six Packed Conference (Houston, TX) (March 1-2, 2012)
- Lean Enterprise Business Simulation with advanced planning and scheduling a 2 day seminar

Lorman Virtual Webex (March, 2013)
- 1 Hour presentation on 5S

AME Midwest Region (May 2012)
- Lean Leadership 1 day class

AME Midwest Region (May 2012)
- Lean Office 1 day class

AME Baltimore, MD (November 2010)
- Advanced Lean Sigma Business Simulation Workshop

Lorman 5S Kaizen Webinar (September 27, 2010)
- Kaizen Principles and 5S Activities for Manufacturing teleconference

APICS Lakes Region, NH (May, 2010)
- Lean Six Sigma in the Supply Chain Presentation

Lorman Webinars (Global) (March 22, 2010 at 1pm EDT)
- 5S and the Kaizen Process

APICS Houston, TX (February 2010)
- 1 day Lean Sigma Business Simulation
- Lean System for Managing Presentation

Opti-way Global (March 22-27, 2010)
- 3-day advanced planning and scheduling workshop

APICS Houston, TX (September 2009)
- 1 day Lean Sigma Business Simulation
- Lean Supply Chain Presentation

AME Covington, KY (October 2009)
- Lean System for Managing Workshop

IIE/ASQ Lean and Quality Conference (2009)
- Lean System for Managing presentation

AME Toronto, CN (October 2008)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation Workshop  

APICS Houston, TX (September 2008)
- 1 day Lean Sigma Business Simulation
- Lean Supply Chain Presentation

Lorman Webinars (Global) (January 8, 2008 at 1pm EDT)
- 5S and the Kaizen Process

IIE/ASQ Lean and Quality Conference (September 25, 2007)
- Lean Six Sigma: A Winning Approach to Integrate Both Systems

AME Chicago, IL (October29, 2007)(October 30, 2007)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation    
- Underwriters Laboratory Case Study on Lean System for Managing in a Transactional Business

NEPCON/OEM/Assembly Conference, Boston, MA (October 31, 2007)
- Lean Six Sigma in the Supply Chain  3 hour workshop

AMD Lean Panel Expert  Denver, CO (November 2, 2007)
- Lean in the Milwwork Business

IIE Lean Solutions (April, 2007)
- Lean Six Sigma: A Winning Approach to Integrate Both Systems

IIE SHS Conference, San Diego(February 9-12, 2006)
- Lean Sigma Office Presentation

MEW Suzhou China (January 13-14, 2006)
- 2 day Lean Sigma Business Simulation workshop

MEW Beijing China (January 15-16, 2006)
- 2 day Lean Sigma Business Simulation workshop

Hobart, Tasmania (September 1, 2005)
- Lean Business Simulation (Ian Nicholls)
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MEW Shanghia China (September 6-7, 2005)
- 2 day Lean Sigma Business Simulation workshop
APICS Houston, TX (September 14-16, 2005)
- 1 day Lean Sigma Business Simulation
- Lean Supply Chain Presentation

OQS (October 5, 2005)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation

AME Boston MA (October 31, 2005)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation

IIE Lean Solutions Conference, Orlando, FL (December 4-8, 2005)
- Lean Sigma Office Presentation
- Lean Supply Chain Office Presentation
- Lean Enterprise Presentation
- Value Stream Mapping Workshop

AME Edmonton Canada (June 11, 2005)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation

IIE SHS Conference, Dallas (February 12-13, 2005)
- Lean Sigma Office Presentation

Nat'l Manufacturing Week, Chicago (March, 2005)
- Lean Sigma ...a combined approach to enhanced business performance
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation

APICS San Antonio 6-Packed Conference (Jan 21-22, 2005)
- Lean Supply Chain Business Simulation
- Participative Simulation Workshops in the Lean Enterprise

Lorman Lean Sigma Conference Chicago (Dec. 10, 2004)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation
- Lean Sigma Overview Presentation

IRDI Conference (Sept. 8-9, 2004)
- Lean Business Simulation
- Lean Overview Presentation

IIE Lean Solutions (Sept. 12-15, 2004)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation
- Lean Sigma Presentation

AME Nat'l Conference (Oct. 17-22, 2004)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation

NIQC Conference (Nov. 7-9, 2004)
- Lean Sigma Business Simulation
- Lean Office Presentation
- Keynote Speech on Lean and Quality by Ian Nicholls

National Manufacturing Week Show, Chicago (March, 2004)
- Lean Manufacturing Business Simulation
- Lean Supply Chain Business Simulation
- Lean Enterprise Presentation

APICS Regional Meeting, Boston (March 11, 2004)
- Lean Enterprise Presentation

AME National Conference, Toronto (November, 2003)
- Lean Manufacturing Business Simulation
- Lean Supply Chain Simulation

IIE Lean Solutions, Atlanta (Sept., 2003)
- Lean Business Simulation

NIQC, Chicago (September, 2003)
- Lean Business Simulation
- Lean Key Note Speech

IIE National Conference, Portland (May, 2003) 
- Lean Simulation
- Speech

IMC National Conference, Chicago (May, 2003)
- Lean Enterprise

ASQ, Chicago (April, 2003)
- Lean Mfg Business Simulation
- Lean SCM Business Simulation
- Lean Enterprise Presentation

National Manufacturing Week Show, Chicago (March, 2003)
- Lean Manufacturing Business Simulation
- Lean Supply Chain Simulation

IIE Lean Solutions Conference, Seattle (September, 2002)
- Lean Supply Chain Simulation
- Client Presentation on Lean Transformation.

ASQ (September, 2002)
- On-Line Round Table on Lean

Lincoln Award, Chicago (October, 2002)
- Supply Chain/Six Sigma Speech
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AME National Conference, Chicago (November, 2002)
- Lean Manufacturing Business Simulation
- Lean Supply Chain Simulation
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