One way to network with like-minded Lean practitioners is to create a group – based on region or interest or industry. GBMP is happy to host pages for your group on the Lean Thinking Network – where you can share member company info, upcoming get-together plans and meeting summaries.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Lean Networking Group is comprised of:
Rose Corporation, Reading PA
http://therosecorp.com/
Adhesives Research, Glen Rock, PA
http://www.adhesivesresearch.com/Home.aspx
Advanced Conversion Technology, Middletown, PA
http://www.actpower.com/
Remcon Plastics, Reading PA
http://www.remcon.com/
Green Leaf Enterprises, Lancaster, PA
http://glplants.com/
Restek Corporation, Bellefonte, PA
http://www.restek.com/
Philips Ultrasound, Reedsville, PA
http://www.healthcare.philips.com/in/products/ultrasound/
http://www.miscoproducts.com/2010/
Fenner Drives, Manheim, PA
http://fennerdrives.com/
Academic Affiliate: Reading Area Community College, Reading PA
http://www.racc.edu/CommunityEd/default.aspx
To get involved with the Eastern PA Lean Network, please contact Dwight Bowen at dwightbowen@gmail.com.
‘Network News’
Adhesives Research will be hosting the Lean Thinking Network Meeting
When: Thursday March 3rd from 8:30 am to 11:30 am.
Here is the agenda for the visit:
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Arrive / Meet and Greet / Coffee and donuts
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome / AR Overview & Lean Journey Update
9:30 am – 11:00 am: Tour: K-Coater: Visual Management and Quick Change, H-Slitting: Ergonomic and Material Flow, Capital Savings,Industrial Mixing: Sustaining 6S, Non-repulp / Repulp Minimarts: Replenishment Pull, Industrial Packing: Electronic Labeling-ESL and EPL, Planning Board/Late Shipments Board
11:00 am – 11:30: Followup/Discussion
Adhesives Research is located at: 400 Seaks Run Road, Glen Rock, PA 17327 – 500 yards off of Exit 8 of RT 83 South – Register by emailing dwightbowen@gmail.com
By: Dwight Bowen on February 28, 2011
at 11:50 am
LEAN THINKING NETWORK MEETING NOTICE
The next meeting for the Lean Thinking Network will be held on Thursday April 28th from 8:30 am until 11:30 am at the Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg PA.
Letterkenny has won the Shingo Prize six times for Excellence in Manufacturing 2005 thru 2010. For more information and directions please visit their website:
http://www.letterkenny.army.mil
Visitors must preregister for the tour, so if you are planning to attend please send your Name, Company Name & Address, and US Citizenship status to:
tbezek@arglobal.com no later than Friday April 15th
The maximum is 3 per company.
From 1:00pm until 4:00 pm Dwight Bowen will be conducting a training session on Standardized Work in the Community Room at:
Grove Family Library
101 South Ragged Edge Road
Chambersburg, PA
We will break for lunch in between the tour and the training session. There is a Hoss’s, Subway, Arby’s, and Benny’s Pizza in between Letterkenny and the library.
Please let me know if anyone is interested in carpooling from York.
Also, we need hosts for the remaining 2011 meetings:
Thursday May 26th, 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Thursday Aug 11th, 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Thursday Sep 15th, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (afternoon training by Dwight Bowen)
Thursday Nov 3rd, 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Remember the NE Shingo Prize Conference Oct 5th & 6th – Springfield, MA
I hope to see you on April 28th!
Thanks.
Tom Bezek
tbezek@arglobal.com
(717) 227-3396 Direct
(717) 586-8998 Cell
By: Dwight Bowen on March 29, 2011
at 2:39 pm