Keynote Presentations
Lean Design
and Winning
the Battle of Profitability
 Sandy
Munro
CEO
Munro & Associates
Munro will explore how the
commercial best practices of state-of-the-art computer software,
combined with the 2,000 year old military philosophy developed by
ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu – can help the North American
manufacturing industry win the battle for profitability.
Profitability in
manufacturing is derived largely from a product’s design and
development – where most of the product’s total cost and potential
profitability are established. Munro will introduce how you can
leverage the power of Lean Design™. By making a strategic and
holistic team approach and adopting new rules, he will demonstrate
how manufacturers from a cross section of industries have created
products that have literally blown away the competition.
Specifically, Munro will address:
- How much Quality is enough and when
is it time to shoot the Engineer and move to production?
- What’s a real value chain and what’s
the difference between a Partner, Supplier and a
Vendor?
- What tools are proven and
worth-while and which just spin your wheels?
- How far up-front is enough and when
does Lean and Mean
turn into Emaciated and Disheartened?
Sandy Munro, CEO,
Munro & Associates,
is a frequent speaker and advisor to some of the world's top
manufacturers on implementing change and innovative product
development strategies. He is widely known in the North American
automotive industry and has worked extensively with global
automakers and their key suppliers. Sandy is a noted authority on
lean design methodology and has successfully helped manufacturers of
all types of products—from autos to airplanes, home appliances to
national-defense devices, micro processors to freighters— reap the
benefits of lean design.
History of Robust Engineering
Using Taguchi Methods
 Shin
Taguchi
President
American Supplier Institute
Since the 1980s, Taguchi
Methods have become synonymous with product quality and its tools
and techniques described as "powerful and elegantly simple." In this
session, Shin will describe the evolution of Taguchi principles into
"Robust Engineering," an engineering management strategy focused on
reducing the cycle time and costs of delivering products while
ensuring product quality and reliability throughout the lifecycle.
He will then share the preliminary steps companies are currently
taking to implement robust engineering and the initial results of
its deployment.
You will learn:
- The key concepts of Robust Engineering
- How Robust Engineering enables "Better,
Cheaper & Faster" product development
- Who is currently using Robust Engineering
and future industry trends
- Pros and Cons from Successful and
Unsuccessful Robust Engineering Implementations
Shin Taguchi is
President of the American Supplier Institute, an internationally
recognized training and consulting organization dedicated to
improving the competitive position of industries. Son of Genichi
Taguchi, developer of new engineering approaches for robust
technology. Shin Tagichi has trained more than 30,000 employees in
quality engineering, product/process optimization and Taguchi
Methods. He is the co-author of "Robust Engineering" and is a Master
Black Belt for DFSS.
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