23 – 25 September, 2025 | Bloomington, Indiana
Days 1 & 3 at Indiana University at Bloomington
And All of 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.
Want to come for just the Monday, September 16th Pre-Summit Workshops only?
You can purchase a Day-Pass for only $650 for these incredible workshop tickets, or bundle it with the summit ticket for only $495 (CLICK HERE).
NOTE: THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SUMMIT 3-DAY TICKET
Focus on creating a Lean Culture, immersing yourself at Toyota, and crafting 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.
We have a great line up of Lean leaders for this year’s summit!
Chief Transformation Officer,
GE Aerospace
Phil Wickler is Chief Transformation Officer where he has enterprise responsibility for EHS, FLIGHT DECK, Scope 1 & 2 Sustainability, Global Facilities and Transformation. Most recently, he was the Vice President of Supply Chain, where he led global manufacturing and supply chain operations. Prior to that he was General Manager of the Materials Value Stream within GE Aerospace, where he was responsible for forecasting, demand management, planning, fulfillment, and logistics for the global Supply Chain. He was appointed to that role in January 2018.Phil joined GE in 1995 on the Technical Leadership program within the GE Lighting business. He progressed through several operations roles, including six sigma Black Belt in assembly and component manufacturing, and as a plant manager.In 2001, he came to GE Aerospace, Commercial Engine Services where he led new product introduction for service product offerings. In 2003, he was promoted to materials planning leader for GE Aerospace’s Supply Chain Division, covering commercial, military, and marine and industrial for both new engines and spare parts. Phil became the Director of Product Operations for the Regional and General Aviation Engine business in 2004, with responsibility across all models of the CF34 engine family, with highlights including the certification of the CF34-10E and roll-out of the first CF34-10A powered ARJ21. He was then appointed as the Director of Strategy and Product Management for the CF6 Product Line, with responsibility for new engine and services products.In 2009, Phil was the General Manager of International Programs, where he was responsible for revenue sharing partnerships (RSP) across GE Aerospace. He later led the $12B CSA portfolio for CF6 and GEnx as well as business operations for the CF6/GEnx product line.In 2014, Phil was promoted to the General Manager of Commercial Materials Services where he was responsible for the commercial spare parts, component repair and used serviceable businesses, along with MRO strategy and licensing.Phil graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from Xavier University and serves on the Board of the Cincinnati Regional Chamber of Commerce as well as the Board of the Dan Beard Council, which oversees Scouting in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area.
VP DBS, Biotechnology Group,
Danaher, Germany
27 years’ of experience in IT, Brand Management, Business Leadership, and Continuous Improvement at Procter & Gamble and Danaher - led businesses of up to $0.5B revenue. Worked in Danaher’s DBSO and created new DBS tools in Innovation. DBS Leadership Coach in Danaher and Marshall Goldsmith certified coach in Stakeholder-Centered Coaching.
Chief Operational Excellence Officer, Children’s Health, TX
Strategic healthcare executive with experience driving operational excellence and innovation across healthcare systems. Combines deep Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) expertise with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) mastery, offering an unparalleled ability to identify, strategize, and execute transformative healthcare improvements. Proven track record of implementing LSS methodologies to optimize patient care processes, reduce length of stay, and enhance overall patient satisfaction. Skilled at examining organizational inefficiencies across the entire healthcare spectrum, from community care to patient discharge.Skilled at leading cross-functional teams in complex healthcare projects, significantly improving efficiency and patient satisfaction. Experienced in leveraging data-driven insights to create innovative solutions that enhance patient experience and increase healthcare accessibility.Recognized for ability to drive transformative change and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement in healthcare settings. Leadership style rooted in active listening, collaborative problem-solving, and synthesizing diverse perspectives to achieve optimal outcomes. Combines clinical expertise with strong business and operational acumen, backed by a Master of Business in Operational Excellence. This unique blend of clinical and lean operational excellence, coupled with relentless dedication and a "get it done" attitude, enables the execution of operational optimization through a distinctive lens, setting new standards for patient-centered care.
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.
Founder –
Lean Leadership Academy
Chief of Staff, GM Communications
Intel Corporation
CEO at
CITY Furniture
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
Regional Director of CI Cleveland Clinic
President of BMA,
Author of “The Lean CFO”
Nick serves as the President and owner of BMA. With over three decades of expertise, he has utilized his knowledge in lean accounting to aid companies in designing, leading, and coaching them through their lean accounting transformations. Nick's experience spans globally, working with a diversity of companies ranging from family-owned businesses to multinational corporations across various sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, software, engineering, and services. Additionally, Nick has delivered presentations on lean accounting at numerous lean conferences across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Lean Executive Coach
Director Lean North America Benchmark
Director Of Process Improvement at Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Author, Speaker,
Lean Consultant
Operations Management Consultant and Toyota Production System Expert
Engineer, Author, and Consultant
Michel Baudin is an engineer, author, and consultant who graduated from Mines Paris PSL in 1977. His career has taken him to Japan, Germany, and finally to the US, where he lives in Palo Alto, California. He has consulted for leading companies worldwide, supplementing direct observation on the shop floor and stakeholder interviews with data mining on clients’ systems. He often identifies unknown patterns in product demand or manufacturing operations, leading to specific advice on both management and technology. Michel has taught courses in-house for clients, and for UC Berkeley, the University of Dayton, the Hong Kong Productivity Council, the University of Buckingham, and training companies in multiple countries. He has authored five books: Manufacturing Systems Analysis (1990), Lean Assembly (2002), Lean Logistics (2005), Working with Machines (2007), and, with Torbjørn Netland, Introduction to Manufacturing (2023). He has contributed chapters to the Handbook of Supply Chain Management (2006), RFID Applications and Cases (2006), and the Routledge Companion to Lean Management (2016). In 2010, he translated Pascal Dennis’s Getting the Right Things Done into French. He has written in refereed journals, professional magazines, and conference proceedings. He is a LinkedIn top voice and has published 990 blog posts since 2011 at michelbaudin.com.
Senior Lecturer, Operations & Decision Technologies at Indiana University
VP, PM and OpEx at
Ballad Health
Director-OpEx at
IU Health S. Central Region
Chuck is a seasoned management and technical resource with a diverse background that includes Operations, Engineering, Quality, Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma, Maintenance, Utilities and Program/Project Management. He has worked for General Electric, AlliedSignal, Isola, Boston Scientific, HEI, Eight Medical and IU Health. His industry experience includes Chemicals, Plastics, Printed Circuit Board Electronics, Medical Devices and Healthcare. Chuck is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a BS in Chemical Engineering.
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.
“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
Benchmark
Blue Origin
Bosch
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cambridge University
Campbell Soup Company
Catepillar
Chicago Transit Authority
City of Denver
Coca-Cola
COSTCO
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Daimler Trucks North America
Danaher
Dormakaba
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
Hitchiner
Huff Group
IKEA
INTUIT
iObeya
JELD-WEN, Inc.
JH Construction
KaiNexus
Kaiser Permanente
Kimberly Clark
Lean Revisions
L’ORÉAL
Marriott International
McKinsey & Company
Menlo Innovations
Mercy Corps
Michigan Technological University
Microsoft
Moog
Morrisons
Moss Adams
Motorola
Nationwide
Nestle
NHS
Nike
NordPass
NZ Post
Oracle
Parker
Project Management Institute
Qualtrics
Safeway
SAMSUNG
Saskatchewan Workers’ Comp. Board
Scotiabank
Sewio
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
United States Postal Service
University of Colorado
University of Illinois
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health
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).
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We understand that things can change and you can receive a full refund if requested before April 30th. After that date and before August 15th 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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