This program has been approved for 2 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

Discover how the philosophy of lean can transform your safety program, creating not just a safer workplace but a more engaged and productive workforce.

Many believe that lean practices are not applicable to anything outside the manufacturing floor, much less to a subject as critical and human-dependent as safety. In fact, the safety arena is a prime candidate for the application of lean, without incurring a significant additional organizational burden.

Join us for an in-depth exploration of how lean can enhance your safety efforts. This four-hour workshop — in two separate but interdependent sessions — will focus on the relationship between lean and safety, with special emphasis on techniques and metrics a business can use to implement lean and safety concurrently.

We will show you how the integration of lean tools such as process mapping and root cause analysis can help workplace safety evolve from compliance imperative to mindset.

Presenter: Ken Branco, Principal, R.E.V.V. International

Branco is an accomplished practitioner in the development and implementation of Lean Sigma Enterprises. His experiences span the complete enterprise, from Sales to Accounts Receivable.

In 45+ years of business experience (23 as an independent consultant), Ken has provided management, leadership, consulting and training to dozens of enterprises, hundreds of teams, and thousands of individuals. His consulting career has spanned enterprises from 20 people to the Fortune 25.

Ken has deep and varied Lean Sigma experience in; readiness assessment, transformation plan development, individual and organizational development, plant and office layout, work analysis and balancing, constraint identification and removal, business process redesign, Kaizen, setup reduction, and materials management.

His industry experience includes automotive, aerospace and defense, electronics, machining, metal casting and rolling, woodworking, pharmaceuticals, glass, power plants, healthcare (HMO) and distribution. Ken has led many projects resulting in lead time reductions of 50+ %, productivity improvements of 40%, business process improvements of 50%, and space reductions of 60%.

Ken is also highly regarded for his teaching and mentoring skills. He has consistently been among the top rated instructors in large engagements. Ken has taught and/or mentored Lean Sigma students across five continents. He has taught, mentored and certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belts and Master Black Belts.