4th Annual Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit

"European recession looms as France and Spain stumble" www.telegraph.co.uk 25/07/2008
"UK loses 600bn pounds in credit crunch" www.guardian.co.uk 11/08/2008
"A threat of recession for economies of Europe" www.nytimes.com 08/08/2008

Hard facts or just hype? Whatever your standpoint, the fact is the European economy is slowing down, and you are one of the people who can contribute most to "recession - proofing" your business.

If you are anything like your industry peers, you are probably feeling the pressure of this role; however you are not alone. Whether you're a Lean practitioner, a Six Sigma leader or combining wider Process Improvement tools within a business excellence team, the 4th Annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit will enable you and your team to optimise both cost cutting and value to the customer through Lean and Six Sigma in 2009.

Choose from over 40 case studies, 8 tracks of themed sessions, 6 extended Q&A sessions, 5 technology demos and 3 experienced benchmarking rooms, to tailor-make your personalised agenda. To help you make your choice I've outlined each of the tracks of themed sessions over the course of the two main conference days below:

Tuesday 28th October

TRACK 1: OPTIMISING RESOURCES & COST CUTTING THROUGH LEAN

The ultimate in achieving optional cost savings in the face of bucks. Select from 4 industry led insights on achieving maximum resource productivity and growing effective project management within your Lean programmes to deliver more results for your time and money. Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes, Telenet and GMAC Masterlease share with you their top tips in Lean deployment.

TRACK 2: POSITIONING SIX SIGMA AS A SERVICE DIFFERENTIATOR

Cutting edge case studies from Severn Trent, Unipart, Barclays Bank & SWETS on how you can leverage Lean Six Sigma to act as that all important service differentiator and combat competition in a tighter market:

- Delivering better quality faster and cheaper to transform your businesses core capabilities
- Increasing flexibility to embrace ad react to market change
- Putting the customer and service delivery first within your business model

TRACK 3: EMBEDDING DESIGN & INNOVATION INTO PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Prepare your business for the future! Ensure you stay ahead of the curve with practical examples of DfSS and innovation projects in your development projects. Whether you want to innovate process or products you'll find the perfect examples for your organisational requirements as well as find out how to totally integrate DfSS into your Lean Six Sigma programmes.

TRACK 4: TECHNOLOGY DEMO TRACK

Matching IT to your people and process change is essential for sustainable working practices, but selecting what is right for your programme and organisation is a complex task especially when financial resource is scarce. This brand new addition to the European Summit programme will give you the chance to sample 5 state-of-the-art systems, from project to data management, in order to help you make that right investment decision in 2009 and maximise ROI.

Wednesday 29th October

TRACK 1: SECURING MANAGEMENT SUPPORT & LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE

Optimise your capacity for change by managing the human factors in your improvement program. Take advice from established Lean Six Sigma programme leaders on how to create a sustainable and ingrained culture of Process Excellence by:

- Getting buy-in from your operational teams in a non-mandated culture: Hear how KPN have used a unique sales model for Lean Six Sigma within their business with extraordinary results
- Securing and proving hard hitting business results to demonstrate worth and increase resource investment form your senior management in a time of cut backs

TRACK 2: DEPLOYING & EXECUTING LEAN ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE BUSINESS

Get the best results and move out from silo based Lean Six Sigma deployments to a complete culture of Business Excellence by:

1. Driving cross-functional process optimisation in marketing, sales and supply chain through a shared service approach to business management
2. Creating a global support and governance framework to support global acceptance, sustainability and real culture change
3. Moving from a project based approach to making Lean and continuous improvement the way the entire company does business

TRACK 3: DELIVERING VALUE TO THE CUSTOMER

Within creasing competition and reduced consumer investment to retain and grow your market share, customer focus is top of everyone's list this year, it should be on yours too! Select form 4 case studies designed to increase customer value, grow revenue and truly reposition the customer at the heart of your processes.

TRACK 4: ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

Brand new to the Lean, Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit, this unique benchmarking room is designed specifically for companies with a 3 year+ deployment or 6 years experience in the Lean Six Sigma industry. But how is this different?

- A forum restricted to only the most mature lean Six Sigma leaders
- 2 way discussion and sharing of programme experience on the same level as you
- Unique benchmarking tool to measure your programme against your peers

PLUS! Don't miss out on our interactive workshops! The workshops have been designed to be as interactive as possible and provide a valuable platform for exchanging ideas and benchmarking in a collaborative environment. Practical examples and group discussions will enable you to learn from others.

Please note that the workshops have limited places: Secure yours - Book Today!