FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (October 14, 2008)
Fred Shamburg, President Leanovations, LLC Presents “What Makes a Lean Leader” at Pratt & Whitney’s Supplier Gold Conference
PLAINVILLE, CT – Fred Shamburg, President of Leanovations, presented “What Makes a Lean Leader” at Pratt and Whitney’s LEB UTC Supplier Gold C.I. Conference on September 30, 2008. On October 1, 2008, Fred Shamburg and Wayne Demmons, V.P. Aerospace and Defense Focus for Leanovations, facilitated a round table panel discussion with members from Pratt & Whitney’s Continuous Improvement ACE Team on “The Toyota Way” with all conference participants.
Pratt & Whitney’s Supplier Conference was to highlight the urgency for all Suppliers to embrace and engage in a Lean Transformation and to attain Pratt & Whitney’s Gold Standard Award as a Supplier. The participants came from around the globe, with suppliers from Asia, Europe and North America with a focus on developing a long-term relationship to improve the total value stream, which includes the supply chain. Along with Leanovations half-day Lean Leader Workshop, participants also spent a half-day in a hands-on jet engine familiarization workshop where they were able to see where their parts go on the engines.
“Embracing and engaging in Lean is critical in today’s market and having the ability to Lead the change and eliminate waste to create new capacity, for profitably grow is critical” States Fred Shamburg, President, Leanovations. “We were honored to have this opportunity to share the importance of Lean as a competitive advantage to Pratt & Whitney’s suppliers and enjoy our relationship with Pratt & Whitney on assisting their supply chain to gain new skills and capacity through a Lean transformation”.
Leanovations, a Connecticut based Lean Consulting Company with extensive international experience, is an innovative consultant company that goes beyond the traditional lean operational approach. Focusing on lean and innovations at the same time differentiates Leanovations from other lean consultant groups. Leanovations proven approach of teaching and coaching using interactive training assist businesses in developing innovative solutions to create profitable growth. Leanovations focuses on teaching businesses to create growth, through lean operational excellence and to have the ability to re-invent themselves through innovations.
Leanovations LLC, Consultant Company strives to meet our client’s needs in lean, innovations and managing business complexity to enjoy profitable growth. Leanovations is a Limited Liability Company (LLC), which helps manufacturing companies compete on a worldwide basis. To learn more about Leanovations visit http://www.leanovations.com/.
About Me
- Fred Shamburg - Leanovations
- The founder and President of Leanovations, LLC was introduced to lean by one of the originators of the “Toyota Production System”, and very quickly developed a passion for teaching and applying lean principles to the total business enterprise. Fred has held executive and senior level positions in manufacturing, operations, and engineering, with large international corporations. Fred’s background and experience includes: Over 20 years experience in Lean and Operational excellence Extensive international experience in Europe, Asia, Mexico and the USA Experience working with companies in diverse industries that include; aerospace, paper , automotive, medical, refrigeration, metal cutting, and the military Graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a MS in Operations Management and holds a BS in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University (SIU)
