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Leveraging Operational Excellence... Event Program ... And achieving a “Frictionless World”
What stands between us and our goals? What stands between our being good and being great?
In
our personal lives, our professional careers, and in the execution of
our business strategies; we encounter friction which hinders the
achievement of our goals. The source of this friction is often beyond
our control — and we need to know how to overcome. However, more often
than we care to admit, the source of friction is from within - and we
need to know how to see the root-cause of the friction, and eliminate it
at the source.
During this EU Operational Excellence Summit, we
will explore the various challenges we face today, and those we might
have to face tomorrow. We will investigate how these challenges might
be overcome and turned into opportunities using the principles of
Operational Excellence — including Leadership skills and leveraging the
methodologies and tools of Lean Six-Sigma — in realizing our potential
and the potential of those around us and our organizations.
Who should attend...
Executive
leadership — and those whose career trajectory aspires to a leadership
role. This includes: CEO’s, CFO’s and COO’s • Division Managers &
Vice Presidents • and Continuous Improvement Leaders.
Why you should attend...
Oftentimes,
the difference between being good and being great has less to do with
those around us and our circumstance and more to do with ourselves and
how we face the challenges.
During the day-long summit, you will
hear case-studies and learn the tools and techniques required of the
modern leader — but most importantly, you will learn the characteristics
and soft-skills that make the successful leader.
You will
leave the summit ready to face the challenges anew and strategically
steward your company in becoming a High-Performance Organization.
Chairman XONITEK 245 Park Avenue 39th Floor New York, NY 10167 - Bio & Full Abstract
"The Frictionless World"
Friction
is the force that resists the relative progress of forward movement.
If the friction is great enough, the forward movement will be slowed and
substantial heat will be generated. If the friction becomes
insurmountable, the forward movement ceases. Within our businesses and
throughout its value-chain, there are a near infinite number of
friction-points which serve to slow, or even prohibit, the achievement
of our strategies.
How can we work towards achieving a “frictionless world”, to accelerate connecting those that “have” with those that “need”?
This
session will delve into the various types of friction and their sources
whether the root cause be procurement, engineering, information
technologies (IT) and the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems,
sales and customer service, or perhaps even all the way to the C-Suite
and the Board Room. It will examine some practical examples of processes
and identify the root-cause of the friction. It will discuss using
Costed Value Stream Mapping (C-VSM) to discreetly map a process and
determine the classification, value-add, and cost of a friction-point on
the end deliverable. Finally, it will review what it takes to affect
the changes necessary – and the “friction” associated with why things
stay the same.
10:00
Marco Tagliapietra
Operational Excellence Leader GE Capital United States - Bio & Full Abstract
"Success in Operational Excellence within a Regulated Framework - a Case Study at GE - Capital"
Tagliapetra will present a case study in GE Capital’s successful implementation of Operational Excellence methodologies within a regulated environment. The session will include discussions on the process of introducing Lean Six Sigma philosophies to the organization, the content and role requirements for success, and new challenges on the horizon in the rapidly evolving business climate of the 21st century.
11:00
David Bovis
Founding Partner Psychology for Cultural Change (PCC) The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose St, 12th Fl EC2A 2EW London United Kingdom - Bio & Full Abstract
"Look Before You Lean"
The
economic global crash and the slow road to recovery requires everyone
to re-evaluate their position and make decisions on what they need to do
differently. For many, current challenges will require they
fundamentally re-think how to go about business; and that is the key …
Many
talk about ‘Re-thinking’ or ‘Lean Thinking’, but few fully appreciate
the fundamental importance of ‘Thinking’ as it impacts behaviours,
performance and profits realised from change initiatives. How humans
think and subsequently react, is root cause of change initiative
failures.
Fortunately today, with advances in Neuroscience and
scanning processes, we are able to analyse such ‘people process’
root-cause issues with the same attention to detail historically
reserved for the logical side of change.
Attendees will learn
vital aspects of these principles, keeping them ahead of the competition
in this exponentially rapid growth market.
12:00
Lunch & Networking
13:30
Carey D. Lohrenz
Vice President of Sales & Business Development, Partner The Corps Group 258 N West End Blvd #318 Quakertown, PA 18951 United States - Bio & Full Abstract
"High Performing Organizations & Lean Six Sigma: Achieving Dramatic and Sustainable Results"
Many aggressive process improvement programs falter. How do you prevent this from happening in your organization? Unite the existing powerful disciplines of Lean Six Sigma and High Performing Organizations for sustained success.
Lohrenz will explore ways to dramatically improve your results by integrating a High Performing Organization’s concentration on strategy, culture, accountability, and world-class execution with Lean’s Continuous Improvement principles and tools that focus on waste elimination and process speed.
Learn how to implement rapid, dramatic gains with your Operational Excellence initiative.
14:30
Alessandro Laureani
Global Operations Processes & System Manager Google Inc. Dublin, Ireland - Bio & Full Abstract
“The Impact of Leadership on Continuous Improvement Programs”
Continuous
Improvement Programs in the last two decades have been implemented in
many different organizations across the world, with mixed results: in
some companies they have been an outstanding success, vastly changing
the culture of the organization and positively impacting on the business
results. In other cases, instead, the implementation failed to make an
impact over the organization, leaving leaders and employees feeling
disgruntled about what they saw as another “flavour of the month”. The
objective of the talk is to discuss whether different types of executive
leadership and cultures across organizations have made the difference
between a successful or unsuccessful deployment.
15:30
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Joseph F Paris Jr
16:30
Reception
Networking & Cocktails
Testimonials:
"The
Summit hosted by XONITEK in London was a great experience for me. It
was comforting to learn that we were not alone in our challenges - and
inspiring to learn the methods used to overcome. Networking with a
variety of delegates from different markets and industry was very
rewarding - as was meeting some of the members of the XONITEK team,
which was the start of an excellent partnership." - Renato Mattos- Head of SOKE Program, Group Operations, Mondial Assistance
"Last
year's Xonitek EU summit was definitely worth going to. It helped me to
improve my lean vision further. They had some great key note speakers
covering a range of different topics (methodology, culture change, roll
out,...) On top of that, my personal network extended significantly
during and after the summit. I look forward to the 2010 edition." - Koen Hendrickx - Responsable Logistique Opérationnelle at Danone (Lesquin, France)
"If you get a
chance to see Joseph speak, don't miss him. If you get a chance to have
a beer with Joseph, go; you will learn something." - Mark Bentlage, Quality Engineering Manager, IBM
"Joseph
makes all of his presentations from the standpoint of personal
knowledge of the subject. He is quite detailed, but always interesting,
informative and professional." - Sal Ganino, Consultant, Manufacturing ETC
"I
have been at numerous speaking engagements where Joseph has presented
and the audience has always provided what can only be described as
glowing, evangelistic testimonials to the value XONITEK brought to their
events." - Donna O'Leary, Associate Principal, Web Service Manager, Clough Harbour & Associates
"Joseph
moderated a panel focused on the manufacturing and logistics industries.
He showed tremendous industry knowledge showed true leadership skills.
Joseph is a man of high character and is well respected by everyone I
know." - Lee Justo, Vice President, York International Agency
"Joseph's
recent appearance on my radio program, Quality Conversations enabled me
to witness first hand his exceptional grasp on the fundamentals of
great leadership and the importance that leaders play in an
organizations pursuit of operational excellence. Highly recommended." - Steven C. Wilson, Owner, Wilson Consulting and Training Services, Inc - MasterWay Audio
XONITEK is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to helping companies in their pursuit of achieving Operational Excellence. Our consulting services include strategic advice, tactical training, logistical organization, and leadership support for organizations, to create a corporate culture of change and improvement.
We measure our success on how quickly our clients commit and own the environment that we have created together, working with and in the best interest of our clients.
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