Lean Thinking Forum to challenge power of IT

The next MCS and Works Management Forum event is on Lean Thinking on 28 June at Baylis House in Slough, Berkshire. Panellists will include Prof Dan Jones, with Ray Stone, operations director, Special Metals Wiggin, Bob Davis, managing director Deltron Emcon, Tim Williams-Wood and Jaguar and Land Rover virtual factory manager. They will be joined by Lawrence Jenkins, operations director Rolls-Royce, Chris McKellen, lean transformation agent, John Tripp of the Goldratt TOC (Theory of Constraints) Institute and Guy Dunkerley of analyst AMR Research. The morning session will focus on their Lean initiatives, achievements, systems, thinking and advice, before the Forum goes interactive – taking delegate questions, points and observations, to encourage new direction in light of new roles for modern IT. The afternoon is about round-table workshops examining specific opportunities in lean development with IT. Delegates choose from a total of 18 in six streams. There will be no formal presentations, no PowerPoints: this is about manufacturers brainstorming the issues and sorting hype from reality; old thinking from new. This is an opportunity to: listen to and challenge world experts on Lean thinking, benchmark your Lean achievements against the best, get new direction for your Lean improvement projects, and learn how to spread Lean throughout your manufacturing business. For more on the upcoming event next month, go to page 12 or www.mcsforum.co.uk or call: 01442 213212