Presentation :

There is a lot of confusion about Lean and the many ways to implement it. Scott will attempt to clarify the what’s and why’s of Lean manufacturing as he has learned it and implemented it over the last 25 years.

Topics that will be covered:

• Definition of lean.

• Strategy / Support / Buy-in.

• Where do I start?

• Tools and methodologies.

• How do we know we are making a difference?

• Metrics / bottom line.

• Now what

Biographical Information:

Scott L. Milligan – Speaker

Scott is a Manufacturing Quality Process Specialist at CNH in Racine, Wisconsin. He has over 40 years of experience in manufacturing and service. Scott’s involvement in quality management encompasses positions from the technician level to the director level. Most of his experience has been with automotive quality systems but he has worked with appliance, heavy machinery, metal fabrication and printing industries implementing ISO 9000, TS 16949, and Baldrige based quality systems. He is also skilled in the use of teams to solve problems, lean manufacturing techniques, the use of large group technology, and performance management systems such as the balanced scorecard.

Scott is certified by the American Society for Quality as a Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, and Manager of Quality and Operational Excellence and has spent six years as a member of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners, the last two as a senior examiner. He graduated from Concordia University with a B.A. in Management & Communications and serves as an Adjunct for Gateway Technical College and Milwaukee Area Technical College where he has taught Statistical Process Control (SPC), project management, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Six Sigma Green Belt and Total Quality Management (TQM).