Manufacturing Videos From IndustryWeek

Take an audiovisual trip through the products and services offered by some of IndustryWeek's sponsors. These videos are not created or selected by the IndustryWeek editorial staff. They are provided by advertisers who sponsor this area of IndustryWeek.com.

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• Risk of Supplier Failure Top Concern for OEMs (Crowe Horwath)
• The ETL Movement (Intertek)
• The Best, Most-Overlooked Place to Cut Cycle Times (Celsis)
• Total Training Solutions (ToolingU)
• 21st Century Supply Chain: Stuff Happens! (Kinaxis)
• Why Outsource Maintenance In a Down Economy? (Advanced Technology Services (ATS))
• Engineering a Higher Quality of Life (Parker)

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• Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2009
• ...and more

Jim Hauss, Manager, Quality Assurance and Warranty Administration, The Raymond Corporation

Jim Hauss, Manager, Quality Assurance and Warranty Administration, The Raymond Corporation discusses what you can learn from the lessons the Raymond Corporation learned on its way to fully embracing TPS. Raymond is well into its TPS journey and is continuously working to make improvements that will better the company. The presentation offers other companies the opportunity to learn from Raymond's TPS implementation as they implement TPS in their own facilities.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

Ken Vandenberghe, OTR/L, CIPS, CEES, Corporate EHS, Rea Magnet Wire

An operation's most valuable resource is its workers, and keeping them safe is a top priority. In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, Ken Vandenberghe from Rea Magnet Wire helps you to understand best practice essential elements in eliminating injuries, claims, and associated workers' compensation costs to make safety a team effort and build awareness to create safer, more productive plants. It also examines risk factors and effective abatement recommendations utilizing practical cost effective solutions without disrupting the integrity of manufacturing's operational processes.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

Wes Waldo, Vice President for the Manufacturing Practice, Breakthrough Management Group

In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, Wes Waldo, Vice President for the Manufacturing Practice, Breakthrough Management Group, provides you with a basic understanding of what Hoshin Planning is and how it can significantly improve your business. You see real world examples of how aligning your business infrastructure towards a common set of goals will reinvigorate your entire organization.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

David Brantley, Business Development Manager, Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems - Clearwater Operations

In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, David Brantley relates Lockheed Martin's journey to world-class manufacturing and the various methods this manufacturing facility employed to get to where it is today. This 2008 IndustryWeek Best Plants winner has worked hard to put the right people, the right programs and the right processes in place to succeed in a challenging and ever-changing environment. Hear how it happened.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

Mathew Rynard, Chief Technology Officer, Activplant

In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, Mathew Rynard, Chief Technology Officer, Activplant proposes an alternate approach to downtime -- throughput analysis -- as a more modern and effective method for acquiring objective data about the causes of plant inefficiency. Analyzing the flow of product through the plant, identifying chronic constraints of all types and sequentially attacking those that will have the maximum impact on plant performance can dramatically improve manufacturing efficiency. Get out of the downtime dilemma and look beyond your downtime list to solve your inefficiency problems with throughput analysis.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

Eddie Wilkinson, vice president of quality and product safety, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

Learn from Eddie Wilkinson how to drive breakthrough levels of quality and productivity while developing a culture focused on product safety and reliability. Wilkinson, a certified lean manufacturing expert and Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems' Vice President of Quality and Product Safety, shares his proven continuous improvement strategies for attaining operational excellence. He discusses how to increase your operation's competitive edge by implementing ongoing employee development and educational programming, increasing community support activities and ongoing facility investment.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder and Partner, Lean Learning Center

"A3 thinking" has become popular within the lean community, but not necessarily for all the right reasons. A3 Reports are simply a waste-free way for report writing and communication, but the basic building blocks of the A3 report provide a nice template for good thinking. In this session, Jamie Flinchbaugh provides a basic primer on A3, outlining its use as a method to structure, capture, communicate and coach. He discusses each of its components in greater depth, beginning with how to develop the problem statement and continuing through to verification and action. Learn tips and tricks to make the A3 a more effective learning tool in their own continuous improvement efforts.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

Mike Fisher, Production Plant Manager, Harley-Davidson Motor Company;
Al Hahn, USW Union President -- Local 760, Harley-Davidson Motor Company;
Tony Wilson, IAM Union President -- Local Lodge #176, Harley-Davidson Motor Company

This session looks at the essential role Unions can play in launching and shaping continuous improvement initiatives and the benefits inherent to contributed ideas and strategies.

Harley-Davidson Motor Company, in conjunction with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) and the United Steel Workers (USW), created a High Performance Work Organization (HPWO) that has proven effective for the past eleven years. The presentation describes a combined hourly and salaried leadership structure that utilizes scorecard-driven performance for natural work groups, negotiates a single labor agreement that does not delineate jurisdiction between IAMAW and USW work, and defines a distinct organizational decision making process.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

Alan Mauer, Sr. Project Engineer, Stryker Instruments

Alan Mauer delivers a straightforward look at what 5S was designed for, what its benefits are and how to use its tools for maximum effect. You see examples of 5S audit sheets, Visual Standards and Action Item maintenance. Mauer also discussed how "Plan Do Check Act" applies to 5S.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

Video keynote presentation by John Shook, Senior advisor to the Lean Enterprise Institute and author of Managing to Learn

Learn from the first American manager in Toyota's operations in Japan about how Lean leadership is the key in implementing Lean methodologies successfully. Watch as John Shook, Senior Advisor at the Lean Enterprise Institute, demonstrates how to spread the Lean culture throughout your organization.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference in Nashville, Apr. 28, 2009. This video is sponsored by Infor.

2009 IW Best Plants Conference New Equipment Digest Solutions Hall

See short interviews with Sponsors and Exhibitors at at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference New Equipment Digest Solutions Hall in Nashville, Apr. 27, 2009.

• TBM Consulting
• Activplant Corporation
• Siemens PLM Software
• ABB
• Tooling U
• BMGI -- Breakthrough Management Group International
• Afflink

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All about the IW Best Plants Program

IndustryWeek Best Plants awards coordinator Jill Jusko, discusses the benefits of being an IW Best Plant and walks you through the IW Best Plants application, highlighting key questions and providing insights into performances achieved by past participants.

Watch the video now. Filmed at the 2008 IW Best Plants Conference in Milwaukee, Apr. 2, 2008.

The following videos were filmed at the 2008 IW Best Plants Conference, April 1-3, 2008, Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• The Continuous Improvement Journey at Harley-Davidson
  James McCaslin, President and COO of Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
• Competitiveness in the 21st Century Economy
  William G. Sutton, CAE, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Assistant Secretary Manufacturing and Services, International Trade Administration, U.S. Commerce Department
• Miller Brewing Co. – Milwaukee Brewery: Plant Tour
• Party Harley Style
• Best Plants Winners Interview -- Cargill Corn Milling-Team Wahpeton
  
• Best Plants Winners Interview -- Rieter Automotive Canada Carpet
  
• Best Plants Winners Interview -- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control at Orlando
  
• Performance Metrics that Matter
  Peter G. Martin, Ph.D., VP and GM of Performance Management, Invensys Process Systems
• Everybody Everyday: Managing for Daily Improvement
  Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder and Partner, Lean Learning Center
• Energy Efficiency as a Competitive Advantage
  Clay Nesler, VP, Global Energy and Sustainability and Kevin Shelton, Director of Facilities from Johnson Controls

• Activplant Corporation
• American Society for Quality (ASQ)
• Brady Corporation
• Extech Instruments
• Hamilton Caster & Mfg. Co.
• SeQent
• Valley Craft, Inc.