by Tom Hammel

Time to think. Time to plan. Time to implement. These most precious commodities are in ever shorter supply, and this fact alone speaks to the value of conferences like Lean Manufacturing University. Assembling a conference is like building a puzzle where you have to make your own pieces; all you know starting out is that everything has to fit together in the end to form a beautiful picture.

When things work and those pieces fall into place as a conference unfolds, when one presentation after another builds knowledge, provides ever growing value and inspires the audience, it is a wonderful thing. From the comments of the company presidents, vice presidents and lean directors who attended, LMU5 fell together beautifully. Here a few:  “Most valuable conference I have been to in years.”  “Great mix, very informative lean practitioners sharing their experience.”  “I loved the case studies.”

LMU5 attendees also had suggestions and requests for subjects to cover in future conferences. We are using these to build LMU6, coming December 12-14 in downtown Chicago.

LMU6 will feature three one-day business tracks, one day each of Lean MRO, Lean Manufacturing and Lean Enterprise. Each day will provide maximum focus and value in its discipline with an in-depth workshop and case studies from industry-leading manufacturers and experts.

The flow of LMU6 gives attendees maximum flexibility. Companies can maximize their value by sending key people to one, two or all three days. You can also send one person per day and still earn the full three-day conference registration discount.

This article appeared in the October/November 2005 issue of MRO Today magazine. Copyright 2005.

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