Scottish Engineering Lean Club

 

Membership: Fee-free club, open to any organisation in Scotland

 

Meeting - 9th April 2008	Presentation by Hugh Hayes, Chairman, Motherwell Bridge Ltd Title: A personal view of 'Lean in Action' For further information click here For Microsoft PowerPoint slides from this meeting click here
Meeting - 7th February 2008	Presentation: Visit to Spirit Europe Hosts: Dave Stewart – Commercial and Procurement Director Scott McLarty – HR and Operations Director Steve Morrison – Customer Account Manager ( Europe) Venue: Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) Ltd, Bldg 90, Prestwick Int'l Airport, KA9 2RW For further information click here
Meeting - 13th November 2007	Event: Launch of Scottish Engineering Lean Club in North East of Scotland For further information click here
Meeting - 12th June 2007	Presentation by Peter Norris and Chris Monaghan, RBS Manufacturing Title: RBS Lean Journey For further information click here
Meeting - 20th February 2007	Presentation by David McClelland of BioReliance Title: Transforming Culture & Driving Performance via Functional Excellence For further information click here
Meeting - 8th November 2006	Presentation by Tom Wallace & Steven Borris of The Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service Title: SMAS Manufacturing Improvements For further information click here For Microsoft PowerPoint slides from this meeting click here
Meeting - 14th June 2006	Presentation by Derek Moncur Title: Making People Profitable For further information click here
Meeting - 8th March 2006	Presentation by Dr Neil Grant and Iain MacAulay, Babcock Naval Services Title: Babcock Naval Services For further information click here For Microsoft PowerPoint slides from this meeting click here
Meeting - 15th November 2005	Presentation by Delia Matrecano, Michelle Briggs, Rolls-Royce Title: Six Sigma in Transactional Areas such as HR & Finance For further information click here
Meeting - 5th October 2005	Presentation by Ismay McPherson, Terasaki (Europe) Ltd Title: Kaizen Blitz Week For further information click here For Microsoft PowerPoint slides from this meeting click here
Meeting - 10th May 2005	Presentation by Jim Duthie, Rolls Royce Title: Factory Design & Layout (FDL) at Rolls Royce, Marine For further information click here
Meeting - 8th March 2005	Presentation by Iain Kyle, Gates Power Transmission Title: Implementing Lean Manufacturing For further information click here For Microsoft PowerPoint slides from this meeting click here
Meeting - 17th November 2004	Presentation by Tony Boyle and Tommy Gillan, HP Title: High Tech, Low Cost, Best Total Customer Experience (TCE) For further information click here
Meeting - 8th September 2004	Presentation by Kenny Mitchell, J Thomson (Colour Printers) Ltd Title: Swimming against the tide - Lean experiences within an SME. For further information click here For Microsoft PowerPoint slides from this meeting click here
Meeting - May  2004	Presentation by Allan Mees, Standard Life Assurance Company, Edinburgh Title: How does the work, work? - applying Lean in a Service Industry. For further information click here For Microsoft PowerPoint slides from this meeting click here

 

Past Meetings

To see a list of past meetings click here

 

Purpose

To bring together and share real-life experiences in implementation of Lean, Six Sigma and similar business best practices

 

Vision

Club Members and their business benefit through shared learning

 

Scope

Scotland, any industry, business improvement

 

Venue: Scottish Engineering, 105 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1QL

 

Membership: Fee-free club, open to any organisation in Scotland

Policy on consultants: Only when recommended by a Club member; to prevent salespeople

 

Club Chairperson: Alan Harrison, Weir Clear Liquid Division, Glasgow, UK, phone +44(0)141 308 2033, alan.harrison@weirclearliquid.com

Alan has over 15 years of experience in leading development and implementation of best practice in a number of world-class organisations, across major business processes. He received his Six Sigma training and certification in 1994 from Dr Mikel Harry, Six Sigma founder.

Alan is currently employed with Weir Clear Liquid Division as a Director of Business Improvement and Global Lean Champion, leading development and implementation of the Weir Production System, which is based on Toyota Production System, Lean Thinking, Six Sigma and other best practice. Alan is passionate about development of people and the right mind-set that enables and drives vision to become sustained reality.

 

Club Secretary: Raymond Lowe, Scottish Engineering, phone 0141 221 3181

raymondlowe@scottishengineering.org.uk

Head of Employee Relations Services, Scottish Engineering

 

Event Attendance booking to: Eileen Pirie, PA to Chief Executive

Eileenpirie@scottishengineering.org.uk

 

Useful Links:

 

ONESIXSIGMA

www.onesixsigma.com is the premier information portal, dedicated exclusively to Six Sigma professionals and activities in Europe.

 

 

CompetitiveScotland.com is a networking organisation dedicated to facilitating companies operating in Scotland who are actively seeking to become more competitive through business improvements.

Membership is free.  
http://www.dmem.strath.ac.uk/compscot/index.htm

 

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