Conference Schedule
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Monday Oct. 6, 2025
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Company / Presenter | Type | Level | Location | Session code | Separate Registration | |
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8:00am - 12:00pm
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Time
8:00am - 12:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter JBF Therapy & Coaching, LLC
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Type Workshop
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/11
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 12:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Leoni Michael Consulting
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/18
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 12:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Soligo AI
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/09
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 12:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Cambridge Air Solutions and Lean Leadership Center
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Type Workshop
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Level  |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/08
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 12:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter McFallsTech
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/10
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 12:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter TWI Institute Australia & NZ
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/07
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 3:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter TKMG, Inc.
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/05
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Separate Registration |
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8:00am - 5:00pm
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Time
8:00am - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Honsha and niwaki
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/06
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Organization Transformation Group, LLC
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Type Workshop
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/04
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Business Through People ApS
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/03
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter EngageExcellence, LLC and AME
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Type Workshop
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/01
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Separate Registration |
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Time
8:00am - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Lean Applications
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/02
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Separate Registration |
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1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Time
1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Ultradent
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Type Workshop
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/15
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Separate Registration |
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Time
1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Katie Anderson Consulting
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/13
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Separate Registration |
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Time
1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Constancy, Inc.
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/16
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Separate Registration |
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Time
1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Arizona State University
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Type Workshop
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Level  |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/14
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Separate Registration |
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Time
1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Swan Consulting and Associates, Inc.
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/17
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Separate Registration |
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Time
1:00pm - 5:00pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter TWI Institute Australia & NZ
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Type Workshop
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code MW/12
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Separate Registration |
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Tuesday Oct. 7, 2025
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Company / Presenter | Type | Level | Location | Session code | Separate Registration | |
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9:30am - 10:15am
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title From custom to consistent: Lean automation strategies (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Melton Machine & Control Co.
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/04
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Individual career development in our daily work (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Story Construction Co.
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/01
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title The power of habits (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter KaiNexus
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/38
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Using training to engage leadership into Lean Product and Process Development transformation (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter A.O. Smith
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/03
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:30am - 11:45am
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Title AME Emerging Leaders capstone (Deep Dive Session)
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Company / Presenter Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/11
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Separate Registration N/A
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10:45am - 11:30am
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Continuous improvement career path and competency model (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter A.O. Smith
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/07
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title East St. Louis Solar Energy Center project (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Ameren
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/10
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Leading without a mandate (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Lam Research
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/08
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Quest for excellence: NGHS’s lean transformation journey (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Northeast Georgia Health System
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/09
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Jeff Puma
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Type Keynote
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Level
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Location America's Ballroom
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Session code TK/02
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Separate Registration N/A
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2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title Change without the chaos (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Kaas Tailored
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/13
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title Hansei for leaders (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Applied Energetics, Inc.
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/14
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title Socially responsible Lean Six Sigma (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Interface
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/16
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title The Foundation of operational excellence: Without it, efforts flounder (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Conax Technologies and Operations Science Institute
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS/15
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
3:15pm - 4:30pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Aimee Peacock
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Type Keynote
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Level
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Location America's Ballroom
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Session code TK/04
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
3:15pm - 4:30pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Tom LaMantia
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Type Keynote
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Level
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Location America's Ballroom
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Session code TK/03
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Separate Registration N/A
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Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025
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Company / Presenter | Type | Level | Location | Session code | Separate Registration | |
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Time
8:00am - 9:15am
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Title
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Company / Presenter Elizabeth Haberberger
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Type Keynote
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Level
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Location America's Ballroom
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Session code WK/01
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Separate Registration N/A
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9:30am - 10:15am
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Celebrating people, strengthening culture (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Duke Manufactuing Co.
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/19
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Customer-focused recovery (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Precision Castparts Corporation
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/20
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Keep it simple: Learning to first see and then use the language of waste to achieve results (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter University Health
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/21
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Using generative AI as a co-pilot in process improvement (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter MoreSteam
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/22
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Separate Registration N/A
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10:45am - 11:30am
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Building operational excellence through machine learning (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Shaw Industries
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/28
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title From chaos to clarity: Simplifying process design with 2P (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Clemco Industries
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/26
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Learning to see: Lean in 10 pictures (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter HII - Newport News Shipbuilding
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/27
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Using value stream mapping in a green field environment (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Nucor Towers & Structures - NTS
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/25
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Chen Lin
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Type Keynote
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Level
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Location America's Ballroom
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Session code WK/02
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Separate Registration N/A
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2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title Automating success: Elevating demand planning beyond manual methods (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter O.C. Tanner
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/33
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title Expanding lean downstream to the customer base (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Dexter Magnetic Technologies
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/31
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title From old school to cutting edge: Leveraging new technology for future success (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter The Boeing Company
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/34
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Title Harnessing the power of connection for the future (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Hennig
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code WS/32
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
3:15pm - 4:30pm
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Title
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Company / Presenter Rami Goldratt and Andy Busch
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Type Keynote
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Level
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Location America's Ballroom
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Session code WK/03
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Separate Registration N/A
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Thursday Oct. 9, 2025
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Time
8:00am - 9:15am
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Title
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Company / Presenter Sarah Kernion
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Type Keynote
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Level
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Location America's Ballroom
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Session code ThK/01
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Separate Registration N/A
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9:30am - 10:15am
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Building a strong foundation: Organizational architecture for operational excellence (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Minerals Technologies
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code TS02
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Creating foundational daily management systems (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter A.O. Smith
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/39
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Crossing the AI adoption gap (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Creme Global
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/40
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
9:30am - 10:15am
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Title Using A3's for personal development (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Clemco Industries
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Type Session
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Level |
Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/37
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Separate Registration N/A
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10:45am - 11:30am
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Culture first. Lean tools second. (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Salem Metal
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/43
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Implementing, integrating, controlling and the Organizational AI Program (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter ProMach and Rockwell Automation
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/46
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title The dark side of the improvement mindset: A cautionary tale (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Ultradent Products Inc.
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/45
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Separate Registration N/A
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Time
10:45am - 11:30am
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Title Utilizing rapid improvement events to optimize productivity, scrap and delivery (Practitioner Presentation)
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Company / Presenter Greene Tweed
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Type Session
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Location America's Center Convention Complex
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Session code ThS/44
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Separate Registration N/A
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Company / Presenter Robert "Cujo" Teschner
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Company / Presenter Cambridge Air Solutions (Wentzville)
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Company / Presenter The Gund Company
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Company / Presenter Clemco Industries Corporation
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Company / Presenter Ameren Corporation
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Company / Presenter Cambridge Air Solutions (Chesterfield)
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Company / Presenter Melton Machine and Control Company
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Company / Presenter Essex Industries
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Company / Presenter Raymond Central Intralogistics Solutions
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