Lean Seminar Location: Holiday Inn 2640 N. Lakewood Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90815 5:30P Pre Dinner seminar - Value Stream Mapping 6:30P Dinner and Networking 7:30P Seminar - LEAN Case Studies and Kaizen   Hear from two experienced Industrial Engineers how they map the value stream and learn the basics and how to implement KAIZEN in your workplace. IIE Los Angeles and Orange County are jointly presenting, with the Los Angeles Chapter of APICS, a Professional Development Meeting (PDM) May 10, 2006 Holiday Inn Long Beach, California 5:30 p.m. Pre-Dinner Tutorial Event: LEAN Tools Tutorial—Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and Kaizen - Kirk Prather, CFPIM, Seminar: VP Consultant and Energy Analyst California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (see more details on the tutorial below) 6:30 p.m. Networking and Dinner 7:30 p.m. Main Speaker Topic: LEAN Case Studies: Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen - Gerald Church, Project Manager, Energy Services California Manufacturing Technology Consulting. Mr. Church will present a series of case studies from a variety of industries served by CMTC in which medium and small manufacturing company workers have achieved impressive productivity gains, quality improvements and energy savings in just a few weeks using LEAN techniques in Kaizen events. The ROI is impressive— companies are frequently achieving annual cost savings 5 times their original investment cost in training, professional guidance and manpower time for conducting focused week-long Kaizen Blitz Events to make rapid and substantial improvements in their company production processes. Cost: $28 for members (20% discount) with reservations by 5/5/2006. $35 for non members or at the door. Reservations can be made by writing to info@iiela.org. A link to our Paypal site will soon be provided at iiela.org for your convenience so that you may use credit cards for payment. $28 for members (20% discount) with reservations by 5/5/2006. $35 for non-members at the door.   ================================    Gerald Church is currently Program Manager, Energy Services, for California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC.) He recently participated in the development of a business model linking manufacturing process improvements to marginal cost reductions including energy savings per unit of output. The new tool is called Value and Energy Stream Mapping (VeSM) and has been evaluated under a local energy efficiency program sponsored by Southern California Edison. In 2004 Gerald served as managing consultant on a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power project. This work was recognized with the 2004 Association of Energy Engineers Project of the Year award. Gerald has a broad range of manufacturing experience including metals, textiles, food, plastics, and distribution industries. Before joining CMTC, he worked in a number of high tech service sectors including Geophysics and Geochemistry. Gerald holds a BA in Biology from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of La Verne where he has taught courses in Business Operations and Supply Chain Management. .