Federal Holiday - Office Closed
 
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT
  

Lean in Maintenance 
Location - UNF University Center
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The Blitz Lean Leaders Meeting- Unison Industries
Florida - DEP
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM 



The monthly meeting is an invaluable opportunity to glean from and network with other successful businesses
in the area and continue to see proven ways in which to improve your operation.

Lean Machine Lean Leaders Meeting - Florida DEP
Location - Florida DEP
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM



The monthly meeting is an invaluable opportunity to glean from and network with other successful businesses
in the area and continue to see proven ways in which to improve your operation.

The Blitz Lean Leaders Meeting- Unison Industries

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM 



The monthly meeting is an invaluable opportunity to glean from and network with other successful businesses
in the area and continue to see proven ways in which to improve your operation.

Kepner-Tregoe: Problem Solving and Decision Making (3-Day Course)
Location - UNF
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 



Kepner-Tregoe® Problem Solving and Decision Making This three-day course will introduce you to the
powerful Kepner-Tregoe approach to problem solving and decision making. It is a conscious, step-by-step
approach for successfully solving problems, making good decisions and analyzing potential risks and
opportunities.

Dates: Sept12, Oct 6-7, 2008 Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fee: $1,150 ($920 for Jacksonville Lean Consortium members)

Intro to Value Stream Mapping
Location - TBD
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 



Stream Mapping is one of the most important elements of LEAN. You will find it to be an essential
communication tool, a strategic planning tool, and a change management tool. The goal of VSM

is to identify, demonstrate and eliminate waste (activities that do not add value to the final product) 

in the process. VSM can be used to assist management, production associates, suppliers, and customers
how to recognize waste and identify its causes. Prerequisite to Kaizen Facilitator Certification.

HOST NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT!!

Intro to CI
Location - TBD
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM




To continuous Improvement provides the student with the basic Lean concepts, principles and
tools and includes a hands-on waste-finding exercise for the shop or office as well as a hand-on

 simulation demonstrating the power of one-piece flow (vs. batch production). Throughout the day,

 discussions will take place around topics that focus on the participants' situation to demonstrate

 how Lean works in their environment and how the thinking and tools adapt to their situation

5S Facilitators Reportout Breakfast
Location - UNF
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM




Breakfast by invitation only.

Deep Dive" Management
Workshop - Golder Assoc.

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM




This workshop is open to upper-level management members: $55 * CEO / CFO * Operations Managers *
Research & Development Managers * Engineering Managers. This is a powerful and formal process, which
quickly examines the underpinnings of a business and develops a detailed plan for improving financial

 results by focusing on the “lowest hanging fruit”, in the shortest amount of time, by those closest to the process.
 

Intro to CI
Location - TBD
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM




This course is designed for those who will be tasked with leading Kaizen/Rapid Improvement events in your
facilities. Students will be taught how to identify opportunity, scope, and plan, execute and sustain a Kaizen 

initiative by working on a group project with students from other companies under the guidance of an experienced 

mentor. Technique is based on the Toyota 10 Step Method, using components of DMAIC. 30% of the class room

 instruction involves facilitation soft skills.

HOST NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT!!
See Description Above

Kaizen Facilitator Traning
Location - TBD
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM




This course is designed for those who will be tasked with leading Kaizen/Rapid Improvement events in your
facilities. Students will be taught how to identify opportunity, scope, and plan, execute and sustain a Kaizen 

initiative by working on a group project with students from other companies under the guidance of an experienced 

mentor. Technique is based on the Toyota 10 Step Method, using components of DMAIC. 30% of the class room

 instruction involves facilitation soft skills.

Intro to VSM


Location - TBD
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM



HOST NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT!!
See Description Above