Where: Lewis University, Oak Brook, Illinois When: TBD
More than 95 percent of the total time it takes to process an order and manufacture a printed product is non-value-added. Lean focuses on identifying and eliminating all kinds of waste and non-value-added activities with the goals of quicker turnaround, improved financial performance, and higher customer satisfaction.
PII is bringing in Ken Rizzo, director of consulting for PIA/GATF, Feb. 24 for a Lean printing seminar, Real World of Lean for Printers. This unique course by the PIA/GATF Center for Lean Practices will provide an orientation to Lean Manufacturing in production and how it can be effectively applied in the printing industry. Participants will benefit from real-life examples.
Participants will learn:
What Lean manufacturing is and how it is applied to the printing industry
Eight sources of waste in the “Printers Hidden Factory”
How Lean applications decrease waste, accelerate throughput, and reduce costs
Management strategies for sustaining your Lean successes
The difference between “Printing Lean” and simply using Lean tools
Where to start implementing Lean in a printing operation
The Lean tools to search for and eliminate waste
An experienced process improvement specialist, certified in Six Sigma, ISO 9000 and Lean Manufacturing, Rizzo has more than 36 years of commercial, label and folding carton industry experience, including offset press operator and various production management roles.
This seminar, ideal for owners, presidents, operations managers and production managers, will be held at Lewis University. For more information contact Laura Knapp at
or 312-580-3044.
