17-19 September | Columbus, Indiana
Including Day 2 at the TOYOTA Material Handling Plant
Embark on a transformative journey into building a Lean Management System, where actionable results set a new standard in conference excellence. Bring your challenges, and let our expert speakers, dedicated staff, and fellow participants guide you towards the solutions you seek. Rooted in Lean principles, our focus is to ensure an unparalleled customer experience, empowering you to achieve the results you truly deserve.
Immerse yourself in a transformative day at Toyota Material Handling, where theory meets practice. Gain invaluable insights straight from the source and emerge ready to transform your organization.
Elevate your experience with Pre-Summit Workshops. Learn from top industry experts, unlock insider secrets, and leave with career transformative knowledge. Get ready to dive deep, interact, and receive invaluable insights to elevate and sustain your Lean initiatives.
Build a personalized Lean Management Roadmap alongside industry experts and tailored by you and your team to meet your organization’s unique needs and goals for sustainable growth.
For those just starting on their Lean journey or those about to participate in process improvement efforts, this Summit will give you the context you need to be successful and to begin to embrace Lean Thinking.
From the C-Suite to managers wanting to improve their processes and increase the bottom line, this Summit offers you the strategic insights you need to inspire your team and implement Lean in your role.
Take advantage of these excellent workshops designed to help increase your knowledge and skills.
Price: $400 for an all-day pass on this bonus day.
Focus on creating a Lean Culture, immerse yourself at Toyota, and craft a customized Lean Management System roadmap for transforming your organization.
See what’s working with Lean and how to overcome what’s not. Participate in our exclusive Challenge Connection Circles to creatively solve the obstacles you’re facing.
A day you will always remember. See theory in practice as you explore the Toyota Material Handling plant for this behind the curtain exploration of Lean implementation.
This will be an incredible day as you see other examples of successful Lean culture and design your own Lean management roadmap for actionable steps upon your return.
Host of the Virtual Lean Summit, Author of Parenting the Lean Way
Jared is the host of the Global Lean Summit and the Virtual Lean Summit, which he started in 2020 as a response to help small business owners struggling as a result of the COVID lock downs. Demand for an in-person event has led to starting the Global Lean Summit. Jared has worked as a Lean consultant for companies like Nike, Mercy Corps, Alaska Airlines, Daimler Trucks, among others, and currently works in government applying Lean.
Author of “The Mistakes that Make Us”, Podcaster, Consultant
Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, professional speaker, podcaster, and entrepreneur. He builds upon a deep education in engineering and management with practical experience working with executives and frontline employees in multiple industries to synthesize and practice methods including Lean management, continuous improvement, statistical methods, and people-centered leadership approaches.He has learned, practiced, and taught these methodologies in settings including manufacturing, healthcare, and technology startups. Working independently since 2010 and in partnership with other consulting groups, Mark enjoys working with organizations looking for better ways to improve, with leaders willing to lead that charge. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the software company KaiNexus.
Co-Founder of the
Just-in-Time Cafe
Tracy O’Rourke is the Co-author of "The Problem-Solver's Toolkit"; Co-Founder of the Just-in-Time Cafe, The SoCalLeanNetwork Chair, A member of the AME Western Region Board, an instructor at UC San Diego for the Green Belt and the Lean Six Sigma Leadership Course, and lastly, Tracy is a self-proclaimed process improvement ZEALOT!
Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Author, Speaker, Lean Maniac
Paul is the founder and president of FastCap, a product development company with distribution in over 40 countries. FastCap, based in Ferndale, Washington, launches 30+ new innovative products each year and is regarded as a model Lean manufacturer.
The grandchild of Greek immigrants, Paul was born and raised in Southern California. At the age 14 he became an Eagle Scout, at 16 he built his own guitar and earned the attention of guitar builder Bob Taylor, who mentored and eventually put Paul to work for Taylor Guitars.
Paul graduated with honors from Biola University and then went to work in Pasadena restoring historic homes and teaching High school industrial arts.
In 2000, Paul discovered Lean manufacturing or Toyota Production System (TPS). This newfound knowledge helped him and his wife Leanne take FastCap from a small start up in their garage into the successful product development company it is today.
In 2010 Paul ran for the US Senate in Washington State on a Lean platform of transforming government by developing Lean thinking as a key strategy for all government organizations.
Paul is an avid outdoorsman and 2 time ironman that surfs, runs, swims, bikes, and has summited many 14,000 foot mountains, including Mt. Kilimanjaro, and trekking to Everest Base Camp. He is also an instrument-rated pilot and has flown his plane all over the world, including 3 North Atlantic crossings in a single engine aircraft.
Paul is an energetic speaker whose core passion is helping people discover their full potential and showing others how to implement Lean in their business and personal life. Paul’s passion for Lean has taken him around the world to over 70 countries to work and speak.
Paul has written 5 books, "2 Second Lean", "Lean Health", "Lean Travel", Lean Life, and "Banish Sloppiness".
Founder – Lean Leadership Academy
Lean Consultant, Author, and LinkedIn Learning Instructor
Sam Yankelevitch maintains he is too old to grow up, too young to stop learning and delighted to give back.
As a former global operations executive in the automotive sector, Sam has a few lessons to share. Whether as a Linkedin Learning instructor, book author or speaker, Sam provides thought provoking experiences related to culture change, communication, project management and problem solving, from before the word Lean was coined. By bridging communication with Lean, Kaizen and quality principles, he opens a hidden gate to help reduce a common source of waste caused by human misunderstandings. Sam’s online courses have been viewed by almost 600,000 learners worldwide. BMW, John Deere, and GKN aerospace, are a few of the companies Sam has worked with. Walking the invisible Gemba, Lean Potion #9:
Communication - The Next Lean Frontier and An Interview with Failure are his latest publications, along with some new Linkedin Learning courses, which integrate Lean, communication and culture.
After publishing his first fiction novel, Sam is often thought of as the guy who interviewed failure. He has spoken internationally at conferences and corporate events and is fully bilingual in both Spanish and English
Author, Speaker, Lean Consultant
Senior Director Operational Excellence at United States Postal Service
Lean Healthcare Executive
Author, Speaker, Teacher, Consultant in Team Based Continuous Process Improvement
Please contact me if you are interested in learning how to experience significant, sustainable improvements within your company. I have had the opportunity over the years to work with many great global companies on a variety of Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence initiatives. I have also had the opportunity to assess and provide feedback to company leaders on their Lean and Six Sigma efforts (including as a judge for the IndustryWeek 'Best Plants' assessment process). Maybe my 30 years of experience in the Process Improvement arena could help your business achieve improved Customer Satisfaction and significant growth.
Also, be sure to read my articles on the Industry Week web site. www.industryWeek.com/author/john-dyer
Director Of Process Improvement at Cuyahoga County, Ohio
COO at Huf Group – Germany
GoodStrategy Consulting
Speaker, Business Strategist, Author, Equity Change Agent, Lean Consultant
Operations Management Consultant and Toyota Production System Expert
Speaker, Lean Consultant
“It is most definitely going to be a great learning event across several days.”
Founder of Teaching Lean Inc. - USA
Continuous Improvement Manager - USA
“We have seen some really great presenters and there has been so many great takeaways!”
Lean Facilitator - USA
“The Global Lean Summit is one of the best conferences I’ve been to. I thought I knew this stuff, but there was something new I took away from each session.”
Process Improvement Practitioner - USA
“I am blown away by the caliber of the presenters, and I am super energized and excited by the immediate applicability or what we learned.”
Government Performance Coordinator - USA
“Great presentations, great people, great day.”
Lean Manager - Finland
“GREAT TO HEAR FROM EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF LEAN AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. THE ICING ON THE CAKE WAS JOINING THE FIRESIDE CHAT WITH RITSUO SHINGO. LOTS OF NOTES TAKEN.”
Continuous Improvement Lead - Scotland
“This Summit is one of the Greatest I attended. For people who want to “Grow” it is more than incredible.”
Head of Operations - Lithuania
“Loving the conversations and being able to network and connect with Lean practitioner’s from around the world.”
Senior Process Engineer - USA
“Being part of the Summit was so much fun and a great learning experience. It was my pleasure to meet Lean enthusiasts across the world. I appreciate the way you structured the Summit to make it more interactive.”
Director of Operations - India
“You have made this a hugely successful Summit, coordinating so much value from so many thought leaders.”
Founder Lean Mentor International - UK
“No better way to learn about Lean than to hear directly from people who have dealt with the challenges, resolved the issues at the front lines, and have achieved successes in their respective #LeanTransformation journeys.”
Director of Continuous Improvement - Germany
“It was a fantastic experience, really good being around people this passionate about Lean! I highly recommend that you consider next year’s summit, because this will benefit you, I promise!”
Director of Process Improvement - USA
“I love this summit so much! I suggest that everybody try and be part of this event, you will be rewarded for it.”
Project Manager - USA
“The Summit was super instructive and fun!”
Process Improvement Consultant - Portugal
ADM
Adobe
ADP
Advance Auto Parts
Adventist Health
Alameda Health System
Albertsons
ALVANCE Aluminium Group
Amazon
American Family Insurance
AstraZeneca
BASF
Bosch
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cambridge University
Campbell Soup Company
Catepillar
Chicago Transit Authority
Cigna
City of Denver
Coca-Cola
COSTCO
Daimler Trucks North America
Danaher
DRÄXLMAIER Group
EATON
Eli Lilly and Company
Equinor
Exxon Mobile
Fannie Mae
FastCap
FedEx
Firstsource
FLIR Systems, Inc.
Florida Power and Light Company
Ford Motor Company
FUJIFILM
Fujitsu
GE Aviation
General Dynamics
GEODIS
GlaxoSmithKline
Government of Canada
Harvard University
HILTI
Huff Group
IKEA
INTUIT
iObeya
JELD-WEN, Inc.
JH Construction
Kaiser Permanente
Kimberly Clark
Lean Revisions
L’ORÉAL
Marriott International
McKinsey & Company
Menlo Innovations
Mercy Corps
Michigan Technological University
Microsoft
Morrisons
Moss Adams
Motorola
Nationwide
Nestle
NHS
Nike
NZ Post
Oracle
Parker
Project Management Institute
Qualtrics
Safeway
SAMSUNG
Saskatchewan Workers’ Comp. Board
Scotiabank
Shell
Stanley Black and Decker
State of Colorado
State of Nebraska
State of Vermont
State of Washington
Statistics Canada
Target
Tata Consulting Engineers Limited
Tata Steel
Texas A & M University
The National Gallery London
The Standard
The Wonderful Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Toyota Motor
UC San Diego Health
UCT Prague
University of Colorado
University of Illinois
University of Nottingham
US Airforce
US Marine Corps
Wells Fargo
Whirlpool
XTO Energy
Zurich
ADM
Adobe
ADP
Advance Auto Parts
Adventist Health
Alameda Health System
Albertsons
ALVANCE Aluminium Group
Amazon
American Family Insurance
AstraZeneca
BASF
Bosch
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cambridge University
Campbell Soup Company
Catepillar
Chicago Transit Authority
Cigna
City of Denver
Coca-Cola
COSTCO
Daimler Trucks North America
Danaher
DRÄXLMAIER Group
EATON
Equinor
Exxon Mobile
Fannie Mae
FastCap
FedEx
Firstsource
FLIR Systems, Inc.
Florida Power and Light Company
Ford Motor Company
FUJIFILM
Fujitsu
GE Aviation
General Dynamics
GEODIS
GlaxoSmithKline
Government of Canada
Harvard University
HILTI
Huff Group
IKEA
INTUIT
iObeya
JELD-WEN, Inc.
JH Construction
Kaiser Permanente
Kimberly Clark
Lean Revisions
L’ORÉALMarriott International
McKinsey & Company
Eli Lilly and Company
Menlo Innovations
Mercy Corps
Michigan Technological University
Microsoft
Morrisons
Moss Adams
Motorola
Nationwide
Nestle
NHS
Nike
NZ Post
Oracle
Parker
Project Management Institute
Qualtrics
Safeway
SAMSUNG
Saskatchewan Workers’ Comp. Board
Scotiabank
Shell
Stanley Black and Decker
State of Colorado
State of Nebraska
State of Vermont
State of Washington
Statistics Canada
Target
Tata Consulting Engineers Limited
Tata Steel
Texas A & M University
The National Gallery London
The Standard
The Wonderful Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Toyota Motor
UC San Diego Health
UCT Prague
University of Colorado
University of Illinois
University of Nottingham
US Airforce
US Marine Corps
Wells Fargo
Whirlpool
XTO Energy
Zurich
GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE: You and your team will gain the most out of this Summit if you come as a group. As an incentive to encourage you to bring your team we offer the following discounts: From 3 to 9 team members you receive a 10% discount (use code: GROUP10 at checkout); for 10+ team members you receive a 20% discount (use code: GROUP20 at checkout).
Act Now, Early Bird pricing ends June 15th
Price Increases on June 15th
SEPT. 17-19
Price Increases on June 15
SEPT. 16-19
We understand that things can change and you can receive a full refund if requested before April 30th. After that date and before August 1st a 10% cancellation fee will apply, with no refunds available after that date. Substitutions are available at any time.
The Global Lean Summit (GLS) is not responsible for any loss or damage as a result of a substitution, alteration or cancellation/postponement of an event. GLS shall assume no liability whatsoever in the event this summit is cancelled, rescheduled or postponed due to a fortuitous event, Act of God, unforeseen occurrence or any other event that renders performance of this summit impracticable, illegal or impossible. For purposes of this clause, a fortuitous event shall include, but not be limited to: war, fire, labor strike, government authority, extreme weather or other emergency.
Please note that while speakers and topics were confirmed at the time of publishing, circumstances beyond the control of the organizers may necessitate substitutions, alterations or cancellations of the speakers and/or topics. As such, the Global Lean Summit reserves the right to alter or modify the advertised speakers and/or topics and workshops if necessary without any liability. Any substitutions or alterations will be updated on our web page as soon as possible.
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