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Seminars
Lean Manufacturing – FREE Seminar
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Techniques to continuously reduce waste and improve productivity

Learn core lean principles, successful lean practices, and practical ways to use a range of manufacturing technologies to make your operations “lean” and continuously productive. Using case studies, simulations and detailed presentations, our lean manufacturing experts will explore key lean concepts – kanban, kaizen, 5S, waste walks – and demonstrate how to use both manual and automation technology to improve material flow, information flow and people flow in your operations.
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How can lean manufacturing help you?

Now, more than ever, driving waste out of your manufacturing value stream is essential to achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. These proven lean manufacturing processes and practices –as well as the lean automation and manual production systems that complement them – will yield both immediate and long-term results.
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Presenter Steve Yardley
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Steve Yardley
Sales Manager, Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies
Bosch Rexroth Canada

Steve has over ten years of experience helping to design and implement a wide range of automation, assembly and material handling systems for manufacturers in Europe and Canada. He is fully trained on the Bosch Production System, and is currently responsible for supporting Bosch Rexroth conveyor systems, aluminum profile and manual production systems. Recent experience includes developing customer seminars focused on lean principles and advanced motion concepts, and working with Toyota during implementation of its new Woodstock production facility.
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Presenter James Pettifer
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James Pettifer
Technical Consultant, Bosch Rexroth Canada

James is currently a Technical Consultant for Bosch Rexroth, Assembly Technology product line providing sales and support for conveyor, aluminum profile systems and manual production systems. His specialty is customer education, customer liaison, and engineering consultation. He has considerable experience in manufacturing and process engineering, including quality assurance and application engineering. James has helped customers plan and specify lean manufacturing equipment – from manual workstations to fully-automated systems for various global markets – for over 7 years. He has provided his expertise in customer solutions for the machine tool, automotive, medical, pharmaceutical, plastics and consumer product industries, among others. James earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria.
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