A Special Inside Look Into the Cummins SIx Sigma Model Speaker: George Strodtbeck, Executive Director, Corporate Quality – Cummins, Inc.

In mid-1999, as Cummins was beginning its Six Sigma journey, 6 key leaders benchmarked the TQM Network's Six Sigma Executive Leadership training. The seeds sown in 1999, were then nurtured through a relentless focus on business improvement (using some of the finest professionals in the world) and visionary leadership to flourish into a program deployment that has been held up as a model among many!

The Six Sigma quality program, launched in January 2000, is an integral part of Cummins’ overall business strategy. Their deployment has yielded in excess of $1.6B in real savings and they have avoiding spending an uncountable amount of money. Cummins estimates this program generates savings of approximately >2.5% of their annual revenue per year, while infusing quality into every process. They have also recently expanded the program to include processes with customers, suppliers, distributors and corporate social responsibility with positive results.

We are delighted to have George Strodtbeck, Cummins’ Executive Director of Corporate Quality come to give us a special inside look into their Six Sigma Model.

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Inspire – Clarify – Align – Unleash
Four Leadership Imperatives that Drive Greatness
Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Hession, FranklinCovey

Crowd favorite, Rebecca Hession of Franklin Covey, is back and the keynote for Excellence 2007! Rebecca, is a dynamic and inspiring speaker that always delivers -- her clients get help in reaching sustained superior performance through a balanced approach of building the capability of the leadership and workforce, while forming a process for relentless execution

The strength of your leadership has never been more important than it is today in determining the success of your projects, cultural transformation and overall organization. But “old school” leadership styles just don’t work in the Knowledge Worker Age. People cannot be managed as if they are simply assets—or worse, liabilities—viewed in the organizational scheme on the same level as office furniture or computers. In order to unleash the potential of their team, today’s leaders must see workers as “whole people” who have a unique contribution to make in moving the organization forward. Leaders must manage the knowledge each worker brings to the table, not just the tasks those workers are responsible for completing.

Great leaders not only see the world differently, they do things differently. Specifically, these skills can be defined as the 4 Imperatives—critical, essential functions of great leaders that:

• Inspire trust among direct reports, superiors, and peers.
• Clarify purpose by articulating why goals are established and how individual work contributes to those goals.
• Align systems and work processes so they facilitate rather than hinder achievement.
• Unleash the unique talents and contributions of people on their team.

In meeting these essential requirements, leaders ensure that they will be able to tap the full potential of their team in achieving the organization’s most important goals. And they will be able to achieve superior results not just in the short term, but year after year—consistently, measurably, predictably.

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9:00 Executive Challenge: What is the Maximum Profit Your Organization Can Produce?
Speaker: Scott Lasater, Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Institute

We have a great competitive opportunity in this session – come check your abilities against others in industry – Can you outsmart 95% of the world’s top executives? See the most common mistakes CEO’s, CFO’s, Sales and Accounting VP’s make when attempting to optimize enterprise performance and profitability. Take the Executive’s Profitability Challenge … Bring your calculator, pen, abilities and competitive spirit!

10:15 De-mystifying Kaizen, Heijunka, Jidoka -Secrets of Toyota Production System Model
Speaker: Scott Lasater, Director – Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Institute

This secret “code word” language so many improvement programs use can often be needlessly confusing. Companies that have tried to adopt the Toyota Production System are found in fields as diverse as aerospace, consumer products, metals processing, industrial products, health care and even government services. Yet few have been able to truly replicate the success of Toyota. Finally, in plain language, discover how to decode the DNA of the Toyota Production System.

11:30 Developing Process Excellence Leaders
Speaker: Regina Clark, Left Brain Leverage

Thousands of technical experts lack leadership skills. They have knowledge and expertise but don't know how to network and influence. During Developing Process Excellence Leaders we will explore the various ways to help your master black belts and black belts develop skills. You will find checklists, role plays, observer sheets and strategies for helping your technical subject matter experts develop leadership skills.

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2:15 Secrets of Instant Influence: Using Proven Scientific Techniques
Speaker: Scott Lasater, Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Institute

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3:45 Stop Talking- Start Doing- Smart Ways of Try-storming, Rapid Prototyping & Accelerating ROI
Speaker: Scott Lasater, Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Institute

Achieve breakthroughs with a structured, organized methodology for revealing undiscovered, underlying phenomena -- the cause and effect relationships between factors influencing a process and outcome performance. Come learn from a world-class expert, Scott Lasater, how to effectively and rapidly use powerful investigation tools to accelerate designing or improving products or services -- rapidly, without mistakes. Done right, these methods efficiently discover the truth and dispel "corporate urban legends” that so often lower our collective Corporate IQ.

Cummins’ success at incorporating Six Sigma into its culture and every aspect of its business is the result of an unyielding commitment to the program by Tim Solso and the leadership team. Solso and his executive team set out to reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, develop future leadership talent, support superior financial results and drive a change in the company culture.

Come hear how to make a Six Sigma management system work for your company and lessons learned from leadership commitment that made all the difference!

9:00 Who’s on First? 2 Outs, Bases Loaded!
Speaker: Terry Tescula, Briljent, Inc.

You have been traded, new name, new colors, new logo.  Your team has been moved to a new city.  Now what, you are wondering who’s in the bull pin, who can hit the ball and keep the game going.  Who’s a for sure out, who can run once they do hit.  Where’s the depth in the team.  Besides checking the roster and fan club support, what do you do next to lead your team now and to the world series?

Does this sound familiar?  Your team has had many changes and you have too.  During the commotion, you need to be productive, be a great leader and coach and also figure out where everyone is on the team.  You need to figure out Who’s on first, skill sets and set policies and procedures.

Attend this session to understand the dynamic impact you have on your team and how to help them through constant change.

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10:15 The Six Sigma Management System – How to Make Six Sigma Work for the Company Speaker: George Strodtbeck, Executive Director of Quality, Cummins, Inc.

In industry, efficiency and quality buzzwords proliferate like pandemics, and it has become easy to disregard them with dismissive terminology like “flavor of the week.” Yet Six Sigma’s rigorous set of tools and techniques scientifically arrive at optimal solutions, time after time. These innovative solutions translate into top line revenue growth and bottom line savings, and as determined CEOs - like Tim Solso of Cummins - have learned the ROI dwarfs the initial investment.

Cummins’ success at incorporating Six Sigma into its culture and every aspect of its business is the result of an unyielding commitment to the program by Tim Solso and the leadership team. Solso and his executive team set out to reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, develop future leadership talent, support superior financial results and drive a change in the company culture.

Come hear how to make a Six Sigma management system work for your company and lessons learned from leadership commitment that made all the difference!

11:30 Scoreboards that Predict the Future
Speaker: Patrick Leddin, FranklnCovey

We know there is more to the game of life than just winning, but keeping score challenges us to play with greater intensity and passion. Come, learn how to set some wildly important goals that inspire focus and execution of your organization's top priorities and then determine “how to keep score” in a way that actually measures for that success.

2:15 Leading Without Authority: Inspire Trust
Speaker: Patrick Leddin, FranklinCovey

Do you want to achieve new, ambitious objectives? If so, you and your team must agree on new, challenging standards of behavior. More importantly, you must convert those standards into everyday habits. Which can be very difficult if although you are leading the charge, you aren’t the person with “final authority.” Patrick Leddin will lead this interactive session with exercises discussing:

• Why trust is at the core of all leaders – formal or informal
• The speed of trust and how high trust cultures and leaders benefit from lower cost and higher speed
• The importance of both character and competence to building credibility and trust
• The 13 behaviors of high trust leaders

Exercises will include:

• an assessment of whether you are experiencing a trust tax or dividend in your organization and team
• the development of your own Trust Action Plan

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3:45 Lean & Six Sigma … Together they Lead to Greater Success
Speaker: Lloyd Patterson, ASQ CSSBB – Master Black Belt – ITT

What is the difference between Lean and Six Sigma? Should a Lean program or a Six Sigma program be implemented first? Can one exist without the other? Do I need a Lean department and a Six Sigma department? Join in and gain an understanding of Lean advantages, of Six Sigma advantages, and experience the synergy of Lean AND Six Sigma through a hands-on simulation.

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9:00 Best Practices in Increasing “Uptime” (TPM/OEE)
Speaker: Mattie Watson, WCM Associates

Does your organization ever experience lost time or delays because of equipment failures, unplanned downtime, poor efficiency, scrap/rework because of equipment problems or machine breakdowns? This session will examine some of the best practices in the industry for improving overall equipment effectiveness and implementing total productive maintenance to increase overall “uptime.” Mattie will answer your questions about how you can adopt these practices.

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10:15 Value Stream Mapping 101
Speaker: Mattie Watson, WCM Associates

This interactive simple to use tool breaks down barriers, clarifies process flow, and gives you insight for future opportunities. Mattie has led hundreds of these exercises at organizations all over the United States and will give insights on how to carry out this event. Come learn the basics of how to conduct a value stream mapping activity with your team.

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11:30 Your Supply Chain vs. Theirs
Speaker: Scott Lasater, Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Institute/TQM Network

Wouldn't it be smarter to have your employees and indeed all of your supply chain swimming downstream with the current rather than battling upstream against the river's inner physics?

The same is true when a Black Belt or other change agent attempts to improve the cycle time, lead-time, or throughput of any process within your supply chain. There are over 20 known X's that have already been proven to influence these Y's. Rather than being "theories" that need to be tested as hypotheses, these are "scientific laws" previously established by the Black Belts of their day -- scientific investigators of decades and centuries past.

These X's are the hidden keys to optimal flow. Do you know what they are? Most don't!

Come see how to recognize where your product/service/information delivery system is currently designed to contradict the physics of flow! And find out how your supply chain can out perform your competitors supply chain.

2:15 Get to the Root o’ of the Muda - Find & Eradicate Waste
Speaker: Mattie Watson, WCM Associates

Eliminating waste isn’t nearly as hard as to being able to “see it.” Take off those rose-colored glasses! Material, time, idle equipment, under utilized resources, redesign, and inventory are just few examples. Most companies waste 75% of their available resources. Come hear real life examples of a seasoned pro in teaching others in “learning to see” waste and how to practically eradicate it!

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3:45 Eliminating Waste, Increasing Value & Saving Money at Your Facility
Speaker: Al Bowden, ReVision LLC

To move and add value is called work. To move and not add value is called motion. Customers are willing to pay for work, not motion. Learn about an approach that designs out wasted motion -- reducing cost by design. This approach views factory space as a valuable commodity, plans new equipment integration carefully, eliminates overhead and reduces labor with automation. See how systematic layout planning can help you to visualize and optimize relationships and resources for the benefit of bottom-line savings. Attendees will walk away with some high performance strategies to take back to implement. 

9:00 Minitab Refresher
Speaker: Jason Krasowitz, Minitab

Minitab® 15 Statistical Software gives you powerful data management capabilities, unparalleled ease of use, a comprehensive set of methods, and compelling graphics. Draw valuable insights from your data and easily illustrate your results. Come learn about the nearly 50 enhancements in Minitab 15, including the ability to assign formulas to columns in the worksheet, expanded Gage R&R capabilities, Power (OC) curves for power and sample size, as well as, valuable Tips & Tricks when using Minitab.

10:15 Quality Companion 2
Speaker: Chris Paret, Minitab

Quality Companion by Minitab™ is specifically designed for planning, organizing, and executing Six Sigma projects and then reporting on their success. It helps companies standardize improvement projects, guides teams through projects, and provides linked tools that enhance analysis, collaboration, and presentations. Together, Quality Companion and Minitab Statistical Software help companies attain the maximum benefit from their investment in quality improvement. Discover how our newest software helps you implement successful quality improvement projects.

11:30 10 Things You Really Need to Know to Use Microsoft Project
Speaker: Allison Lasater, PMP, ReVIsion LLC

In today's business culture of "doing more with less," more people than ever are turning to Microsoft Project to help them keep projects of all sizes on time, on track and on budget. In this session, an experienced project manager shares tricks of the trade to help you leverage this powerful software tool for project success. If you have a laptop with Microsoft(R) Project 2003, please bring it with you to the session.

2:15 Out-Think Your Competition with Analytics
Speaker: Jeff Hawes, JMP

Use analytics to make better decisions and extract maximum value from your business processes. Through its unique and intuitive visual approach, JMP maximizes the gains from organizational improvement projects by rapidly providing business leaders, innovators, quality professionals, Project Managers, Green Belts, Black Belts and Master Black Belts with deeper insights from their data. Come explore what is possible in extensive graphical data exploration capabilities.

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3:45 Power Tools for Project Managers
Speaker: Allison Lasater, PMP, ReVision LLC

Drawing on twelve years of project management experience, Allison shares the tools and techniques that should be in every project manager's toolbox. These tools provide the solid foundation for a successful project in any industry.

9:00 Innovation in State Government and its Unique Challenges
Speaker: Cris McFall, Fleet System Analyst

Lean Six Sigma was tailor-made for the faced-paced competitive world of business. Applying those principles to the entrenched bureaucracy of State Government, however, presented some unique challenges. The Indiana Department of Transportation’s recent Lean Six Sigma deployment revealed both the potential and the challenges of applying Six Sigma principles to the world of decade-long construction projects, awkward politics, and zero competition. The results proved that Lean Six Sigma can deliver on its promises anywhere it is applied.

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10:15 Innovation for Growth
Speaker: Al Bowden, ReVision LL

With the ever-increasing global marketplace opening up millions of new customers each year your organization can be poised for significant opportunity in new markets around the world. Innovation can be the biggest opportunity to grow your business and improve your bottom-line. We will take a deeper dive into how to make innovation your competitive advantage and increase your organization’s top-line growth

11:30 The Balanced Innovator: Unleashing to Power of Strategic Six Sigma for Innovation & Growth
Speaker: Christina Mercer, Raytheon

According to some of the leading minds in business, the key to success is being first to market with the latest technological advances. Other great business minds contend savvy business models and paying close attention to profit is the secret. Satisfied employees will ensure the longevity of an organization. Come discuss how Six Sigma can be used to combine the intellectual, organizational, and human factors of innovation to enable explosive and sustainable growth.

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2:15 Innovate or Perish!
Speaker: Regina Clark, Left Brain Leverage

If you are not challenging the system, you will not move forward to world-class results. Are you stuck in your comfort zone? This thought provoking, fun, fabulous session will inspire you to challenge the way you think about business and processes. Learn WHY you need a daily dose of innovative thinking. Learn HOW to get rid of your mental locks and use creative problem solving techniques that foster innovation and lead to a variety of solutions for everyday problems. Learn WHAT stifles innovative thinking based on research from Harvard Business School. Don’t miss this content rich, entertaining session!

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3:45 GEN3 TRIZ: What GE is Learning Now
Speaker Jim Bradley, Master Black Belt and TRIZ Expert

GEN3 operationally links the best business and product innovation opportunities to feasible technical solutions that can be delivered to the market to meet the demands of your customers. The scientific root of GEN3 is largely based on enhanced TRIZ tools including market and technology analysis tools, function analysis and key problems identification tools. GEN3 additionally provides an integrative opportunity for the expertise of other methodologies such as Six Sigma, Lean Design, QFD and patent law for the benefit of corporate innovation. This brief overview will help you get a glimpse of what front-runner GE is learning right now.

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