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The Adaptive team will be conducting an 8-hour interactive workshop at the annual Association for Manufacturing Excellence conference in Chicago on October 25, 2012. The workshop will provide the audience with real-world, practical recommendations on how to get past the “Lean tools” and apply true Lean thinking principles, in order to dramatically improve their performance. After attending the workshop, attendees will be able to:

• Identify the primary reasons why organizations struggle with Lean transformations and learn countermeasures for each reason.
• Develop a transformation plan for their organization.

For additional information on the upcoming 2012 AME conference, go to www.ame.org. An outline of the presentation may be obtained by contacting the Adaptive team at (Enable Javascript to see the email address).

Structured Approach to “Doing More with Less” – the Lean Transformation Framework
Location: Radisson Hotel Milwaukee West (Jan 19, 2012)

There is little evidence to suggest that 2012 business landscape will be much different than the previous few years. Leaders will continue to be asked for higher levels of growth and profitability, while minimizing personnel budgets and capital expenditure for new technology and infrastructure upgrades. In short, leaders must be able to do more with less for all customers, including employees, shareholders, and external customers. Do you have a structured approach to focus your existing resources and achieve your goals and objectives? This one-hour presentation will provide participants an overview of the Lean Transformation Framework; a structured approach to improving your organization with maximum effectiveness and efficiency.

Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A session to address concerns about the Lean Transformation Framework, continuous improvement in general, and recommendations for specific situations.

For additional information or to register for this presentation, go to www.milwaukeelogisticscouncil.org/programs. For other all other questions you may contact the Adaptive team at (Enable Javascript to see the email address).

Many organizations struggle with understanding how to dramatically improve the value proposition to their customers, employees, and shareholders. Adaptive will provide the audience with real-world, practical recommendations on how to get past the “Lean tools” and apply true Lean thinking principles, in order to dramatically improve their performance, by helping the audience:

• Identify the primary reasons why organizations struggle with Lean transformations and learn countermeasures for each reason.
• Develop a transformation plan for their organization.

For additional information on the upcoming 2011 AME conference, go to www.ame.org. An outline of the presentation may be obtained by contacting the Adaptive team at (Enable Javascript to see the email address).

Adaptive Business Solutions is pleased to be a guest speaker at the upcoming American Society for Quality (ASQ) Fox Valley dinner. If you are part of the Fox Valley ASQ section we look forward to seeing you Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The dinner is at the Mill Rose restaurant in South Barrington. To register please see the following link http://www.asq-foxvalley.org/Meetings/Meetings.asp.

Adaptive’s first presenation covers “The Basics of Lean and Six Sigma”.

• This presentation will provide you with a general understanding of the term Lean, or as some refer to as Lean thinking or Lean manufacturing, and how this methodology can be applied to all types of businesses and functions. Additionally, you will learn the basics of the DMAIC Six Sigma problem-solving methodology, and how it is utilized in a Lean thinking organization.

The second presentation covers “BP Lean Transformation: a Practical Guide to Applying Lean Thinking in Your Business”.

• This presentation provides an overview of the Lean Transformational Framework (TM), a practical guide built based on decades of real world experience, designed to help organizational leaders to dramatically improve the organization’s ability to create value for external customers, internal process owners, and shareholders alike. Brent will walk you through the three primary phases of transformation:
  1) Understand, 2) Stabilize, and 3) Continuously Improve.

Northeast Wisconsin’s local businesses, especially manufacturing, recognize they need to continuously improve their value proposition to both customers and shareholders to remain globally competitive. In order to add additional value to the local businesses, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is expanding the current Continuous Improvement offerings by adding Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt training and certification. Six Sigma, a systematic, data-driven approach used to solve process-related problems, has been adopted by many businesses, such as General Electric and Motorola. Holly Valentine, NWTC’s, Corporate Training and Economic Development Seminar and Training Coordinator indicates, “We have chosen Adaptive Business Solutions as our strategic partner to design and deliver Six Sigma training and certification. They come highly recommended and have the real-world experiences necessary to relate to our local businesses. We’re excited to be working with them in order to deliver real value to the surrounding business community.”

NWTC is offering the Six Sigma Green Belt November 14-18, 2011 and March 5-9, 2012. The Six Sigma Black Belt will run April 9-13, 2012. Contact Holly Valentine, 920-498-6971 to enroll now.

April 2011 – Chicago: Adaptive Business Solutions is scheduled to provide an Introduction to Lean Thinking and Six Sigma problem solving methodology, and its application to the IT industry, at the upcoming Technology Leaders Association (TLA), being held at the College of Dupage. Glen Ellyn, IL on May 12, 2011. Networking events begin at 7:00pm. For further information about the upcoming event, visit: http://techleaders.net/node/8310.

April 2011 – Chicago: Adaptive Business Solutions is scheduled to facilitate an upcoming session of Chicagoland’s Project Management Institute (PMI) monthly knowledge sharing session, on June 23, 2011 at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, located at 131 S. Dearborn, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL. Topics will include an introduction to Lean thinking, Six Sigma, and their integration with Project Management methodology. Contact the Adaptive team for more information.

February 2011 – Chicago: Adaptive Business Solutions is scheduled to facilitate an upcoming session of Chicagoland’s Project Management Institute (PMI) monthly knowledge sharing session, on March 29, 2011 at the Schaumburg Public Library; networking begins at 6:00pm. Topics will include an introduction to Lean thinking, Six Sigma, and their integration with Project Management methodology. Contact the Adaptive team for more information.

December 2011 – Milwaukee: Adaptive Business Solutions is scheduled to conduct a 2-hr information session on the application of Lean-thinking and Six Sigma problem solving in transportation and logistics functions, at the upcoming Milwaukee Logistics Council meeting on January 20th, 2011. Events are being held at the Radisson Hotel (2303 North Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226). Networking begins at 6:30pm. Contact the Adaptive team for more information.