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Thursday, December 18, 2008 -
Estimated Length: 1 hour
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David Meier, co-author of the best-selling business books, Toyota Talent and The Toyota Way Fieldbook, presents this IndustryWeek-hosted event.
In this one-hour on-demand seminar, you have the opportunity to learn from Meier, who has spent 21 years studying and learning from Toyota. He shares what he has learned about how you can develop highly capable people in your organization. Meier will outline the need for an effective method of developing people, and the importance of talented people in growing and strengthening your business.
You learn:
- The philosophy of talent development at Toyota
- Why talent development is critical to the lean journey
- About the selection process used by Toyota in Kentucky
- The 4 steps of talent development
- Relationship of Standardized Work and Job Instruction training
- Breaking down jobs for effective training
- Steps to adopt Job Instruction in your company
- Toyota's learning and teaching model
Meier guides you with tips and training aids, as well as real-world examples drawn from his two decades of research and fieldwork. You learn how to get the most out of people who live and breathe your company's philosophy -- and who work together toward a common goal.
This on-demand event is excellent for anyone in a leadership position who has responsibility for developing people and improving processes. It is also beneficial for anyone charged with leading the lean transformation such as lean coaches, industrial engineers, or any managers or business owners.
Anyone in the following roles will benefit from this event:
- Senior executives
- Directors
- Managers
- Supervisors and team leaders
- Process engineers
- Industrial engineers
- Lean practitioners
- Workplace trainers
Speakers Jill Jusko
Senior Editor
IndustryWeek
Senior Editor Jill Jusko coordinates IndustryWeek's Best Plants Program, which annually salutes the leading manufacturing facilities in North America. She has been a member of the IW Best Plants judging team since joining the IndustryWeek staff in 1998 and was named coordinator of the program in late 2004. In her position as senior editor, Jusko also writes for both IndustryWeek and IndustryWeek.com, addressing general manufacturing topics and specifically responsible for the consumer products industry and energy-related issues. Jusko also has served as the editorial project director of the IW/MPI Census of Manufacturers and as new media editor of IndustryWeek.com.
 David Meier
Lean manufacturing author &
Founder
Lean Associates
David Meier is an internationally recognized authority on Lean Manufacturing and The Toyota Production System (TPS). Meier is the co-author (with Jeffrey Liker) of the best selling books, The Toyota Way Fieldbook, (McGraw-Hill, 2005), and Toyota Talent, (McGraw-Hill, 2007). In these hands-on books David and Jeff detail the language, concepts, and tools that managers need to bring Toyota's success-proven practices to life in any organization.
Meier had the opportunity to learn the Toyota Production System as one of the first group leaders hired at Toyota's Georgetown, Kentucky facility in the plastics molding department. He was trained and mentored in Japan and Kentucky over a ten-year period by TPS experts including full-time coaching by several Japanese coordinators. In 2001, Meier founded Lean Associates, Inc., a consulting firm dedicated to supporting companies that are pursuing implementation of the Toyota Production System.
Meier has been a trainer and speaker for over ten years and he has presented training workshops in the North America, Russia, Europe, and Asia. He has delivered workshops on Standardized Work, Job Instruction, Problem Solving, Value Stream Mapping, Developing Lean Systems, and Creating a Lean Culture for many groups including: the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the University of Michigan, the Montreal Board of Trade, Made In China, Inc., the Window and Door Manufacturers Association, CQIN, and the Shingo Prize Conference. David has supported many companies in a variety of industries including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, wood and plastic products, chemical processing, metal machining, fabricating, welding, and assembly operations, and leads lean activities in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing work areas. He specializes in creating TPS experts within organizations so that they become capable of achieving great success.
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