LFI 4 Conference
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Date: 23-03-2010 Duration: 2 Days Location: Hotel Kempinski Hamburg, Germany - Click here to view accommodation options Cost: 695.00 per delegate - Book before Feb 12th & save 100.00 or Book 3 places for the price of 2 (Price includes gala dinner on 23rd; not accommodation) |
The LFI Executive Board with regret and disappointment have recently decided to cancel the upcoming LFI conference due to the fact that bookings have fallen way short of the absolute minimum level for LFI to proceed, despite book early incentives, such as 3 for 2 promotions, €100 reduction etc
Fourth Annual Lean Flight Initiative Plenary Conference
Using Lean to Climb through Turbulence
Hamburg, 23 & 24 March 2010
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Agenda
Day 1 Tuesday 23rd March 2010
08:00 Registration Tea/Coffee
09:00 LFI Chairman Welcome and Opening Address
09:15 Lean as a Foundation for Business Growth in Lufthansa Technik
Dr Thomas Stüger, COO, Lufthansa Technik Executive Board
10:00 Radical and Sustainable Transformation of Aircraft Manufacture in Bombardier
Simon Roberts VP and General Manager, Bombardier Canada
10.45 Tea/Coffee -Networking Opportunity
11:00 Making Every Person, Every Second Count
Terrence Trainor, Menzies Aviation Group
11.45 Strategy Deployment, Hoshin & Jishuken Room Set-up
Ken Kreafle, GM Toyota Motors, Kentucky
12:30 Practical Experience of the Pervasive, Positive Impact of Lean across the Aviation Sector
Ian Harbison, Editor, MRO Management
13:15 Lunch – Networking Opportunity
14:00 Session Chair
Dr Christian Langer, Head of Lean Production, Lufthansa Technik
Parallel Sessions
Session 1
Moonshine Process in Boeing: How to Creatively Solve Urgent Business Problems, using
only available materials outside of normal hours, recognising few limitations and having fun
Earl Robinson, Lean Enterprise Office, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Session 2
How to get Started in Using Lean to Transform our Business
Willem-Hans Müller, Air France KLM
15.30 Tea/Coffee - Networking Opportunity
15:45 Reliable, Sustained Results come from having Everybody following the best Process and
Improving them on a continuous basis
Brian McConnell, NorthWest Airlines
16.30 Practical Support – Knowledge Sharing Systems for LFI Members (Call for Support Case
Study, Joint Research – Learning Funding Possibilities)
Dermot O’Neill, Relationship Manager, Lean Flight Initiative
17:00 Close of Conference
Professor Andrew Graves, University of Bath
20:00 Gala Dinner
Note: It is intended to arrange Sightseeing or Shopping Activities in the Hamburg area
for Delegate Spouses / Partners on 23rd March
Day 2 Wednesday 24th March 2010
09:00 Session Chair
Brian McConnell, Manager Business Strategies, Northwest Airlines
Welcome to Hamburg
Official from the City of Hamburg Administration
09:15 How to get buy-in from the workforce
Pete Gritton, VP Human Resources, Toyota Motors, Kentucky
10:00 Using Lean Thinking and Processes to Insulate our Passengers from ‘Irregular Operations’ in JFK
Bonnie Simi, Director of Customer Relations, jetBlue Airways Corporation
10:45 Tea/Coffee – Networking Opportunity
11:00 Getting our Hands Dirty and our Aircraft Moving Faster
Dr Karl-Rudolf Ruprecht , SVP Lufthansa Hub Management,
(and the Kaizen Blitz Team including Flight, Cabin, Cleaning, Catering, Ground Handling
Crews and Airport Staff)
11:45 LFI Membership/Feedback Collection/Future Direction
Don Purdy, Director, Strategic Growth & Analytics, Rockwell Collins
12:30 Lunch – Networking Opportunity
13:15 Session Chair
Mathew Shelton, Lean Facilitator, Shannon Aerospace Limited
Parallel Sessions
Session 1 How Lean can help buck the Trend, Labour Intensive European Manufacturer dominates
Chinese Market
N oel Hennessy, Continuous Improvement Director, Lake Region Medical
Session 2 Our Shingo Prize Journey
Phil Astley, Head of Production System Design, BAE Systems
14:45 Arrangements for Lean Best Practice Site Visits
Yvonne Ward, LFI Executive Board Member
15:00 Lean Best Practice tours to Aviation sites including,
Lufthansa Component Overhaul, Hamburg Airport
19:00 Cocktails and Informal Conference Close
