“Ensuring Success with Your Lean Initiative: Tools and Techniques for Driving Change” presented by Doug Howardell, CPIM, PMP

 Implementing Lean and all other process improvement initiatives require you to get people to perform in new ways. Getting Lean means, among other things, you want people to identify and eliminate waste. If you're implementing a new ERP system then you want people to use new tools, screens and reports, and to work in new collaborative ways. Think of anything you want to improve in your business: reduce cost, improve quality, reduce lead time, anything, and you'll realize all of these improvements require people to change the way they perform, the way they behave.

 Most of the time initiatives that require people to change fall into two camps.  We either assume people will naturally change from the old way to the new way, or we say how important change management is and then assume someone else is doing that because we don't have a clue how to get people to change. This presentation will explain what you should be doing to get people to perform in new ways. It will explain specific tools and techniques for getting people to change what they do and how they do it.

 We will explain the three key steps in change management:

1. Understand the current behavior and what's supporting it

2. Identify the critical new behaviors you want

3. Develop a plan to change the behaviors from the current to the new

 Next we will introduce and explain the critical steps in the behavior change plan:

Align, Train, Enable, Inspire

 Doug will use real examples from real projects to illustrate the tools and techniques and by the end you'll know enough to apply them to ensure success in your lean initiative or in any other type of business improvement you want to implement.

 About our Speaker: Doug Howardell is an independent consultant who specializes in helping clients manage their business improvement projects.  During the past twenty-five years he has led projects to select and implement new business systems, design new processes and tools, and a large variety of other process improvement projects.  He has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of project management and operations management.  Before becoming an independent project and change manager, held various management positions in a Fortune 100 company. Additionally, Mr. Howardell has long experience teaching and training. He is an active member of the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) and the Project Management Institute.

 As you are aware, the San Fernando Valley Chapter of APICS is focused on providing education and validation in the field of operations management.  Please take a moment to pass this notice on to colleagues and professionals who will benefit from this enjoying an entertaining evening with like minded professionals looking to improve their company’s operations.

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