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Brett L. Balkema
Brett Balkema is a senior fellow with the University of
Dayton and President of his own company, Lean Concepts
International, LLC. He is grounded in visual systems
and helps companies transform their production floor
through visual order implementations and on-site
assistance with visual workplace technology. Brett has
worked in various manufacturing industries and most
recently at Fleet Engineers in Muskegon, Michigan, a
heavy metal stamping company, servicing the automotive
and trucking industry. During his 13 years at Fleet
Engineers, he implemented many improvement methods,
including a visual workplace implementation conducted by
The University of Dayton, and kanban systems. With 22
years of experience in manufacturing, Balkema has held
positions in accounting, first-line supervision,
purchasing, inventory management, and production
management in the office furniture, recreation, and
heavy-trucking and automotive-stamping industries. Brett
resides in Muskegon, Michigan, where he graduated from
Baker College with a bachelor’s degree in Business
Management and Marketing.
Michel Baudin
Since 1987, Michel Baudin has consulted for such clients
as Honda of America, Dell Computer, Canon Virginia,
Boeing, Raytheon, Unilever, MetalEurop, the CIADEA
automotive group, Hoechst, and others on lean
manufacturing implementation, and for high-technology
companies like Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola.
Winbond, and National Semiconductor on production
scheduling, process transfer from R&D to production, and
computer system architecture for manufacturing
applications. He also designed the MS/X OnTime
production scheduler marketed by Tyecin Systems and led
the EU-funded INRECA research project.
Since 1995, he has taught short courses on the details
of lean manufacturing, the management of lean
manufacturing implementation, the lean approach to
quality, and lean manufacturing for small and
medium-size companies, as well as customized in-house
seminars for consulting clients. These courses have been
offered to the public through UC Berkeley extension, the
University of Dayton's Center for Competitive Change,
and the Hong Kong Productivity Center, and have been
used in house by Honda, Boeing, Canon, Raytheon, Applied
Materials, VDO, Siemens, and others.
Eden
Chen, Ph.D.
Eden Chen is an internationally known authority and
consultant in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
with practical, hands-on experience and broad-based
knowledge in FMEA principles and problem-solving
applications. He has developed FMEA training programs
for many governmental agencies and professional
societies such as the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Society of Automotive Engineers, and the
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, among others.
Recently he has been helping the Navy and Marine Corps
apply FMEA to develop a logistical support system for
the 21st century.
Over the past 16 years, Chen has taught more than 50,000
scientists, engineers, and managers worldwide how to
apply FMEA to improve product designs, manufacturing
processes, and project results. He has consulted for
more than 500 U.S. and international companies in the
automotive, aerospace, off-highway vehicles/equipment,
electronics, appliance, medical devices/instruments, and
pharmaceutical industries.
James S. Cullen
Jim has extensive
Maintenance Management experience with the following:
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive
Maintenance (TPM), Facility Maintenance Coordination,
Construction, Safety Engineering, Maintenance
Benchmarking Studies, Root Cause Analysis, Energy
Management, Maintenance Productivity/Effectiveness
Studies, Planning and Scheduling Improvements,
Facilities Maintenance Analysis, Contingency Planning,
Equipment Maintainability Studies, Hazardous and
Infectious Waste Program Improvements, DOT
Transportation Program Implementation and Planned
Maintenance Program Improvements and Training.
He designed, developed, and implemented over 20
Enterprise Asset Management Systems and Comprehensive
Maintenance Management (CMMS) systems. Experienced with
many popular packages such as DataStream, MAXIMO,
MainBoss, Optmist, TabWare, CMMS Plus, SAP Maintenance
Module. He is proficient in SQL, Oracle, SQL Server,
dBase III programming.
Seminar Leaders
Lowell
Dye
Lowell Dye provides
project management training and consulting services to
US and international companies implementing project
management by conducting training programs, developed
and implemented project management methodologies,
conducted project management needs assessments and
action plan development, and assisted corporate
executives roll out internal project management
programs. He has managed 12 Independent Trainers and
Consultants. Responsibilities also included business
development for the Eastern US, curriculum development,
trainer mentoring and professional development, and as a
lead consultant, client management. He scheduled and
statuses manufacturing and operations management
activities for a classified, multi-million dollar
project. Dye was directly responsible for the only
on-time delivery of a completed system. Coordinated the
efforts of over 35 technical, engineering, and
administrative personnel.
Dye has trained over 600 U.S. Navy enlisted and officer
personnel to become competency-based management
development and organizational effectiveness
specialists. He directly contributed to the Human
Resource Management School receiving regional
accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools.
Steve Eisenhart
Steve Eisenhart is a Senior Training, Facilitator and
Consultant for Reliability Center, Inc. and fellow with
the University of Dayton. Steve is an expert in
equipment reliability and failure analysis, human error
prevention, detection, and correction, specializing in
electrical systems failure diagnosis, design, operation,
and maintenance.
He is a qualified Senior Investigator for all types of
equipment failures and human error events including
industrial safety accidents. He has conducted more than
550 root cause investigations of equipment failures and
human error utilizing various methodologies and more
than 120 assessments of management and programmatic
failures. He was an expert witness and lead
investigator for the California Energy Market
Manipulation Investigation and the San Francisco
Blackout event for the California Public Utilities
Commission and the State Attorney General.
He has published research and technology papers on human
error reduction, equipment failure analysis techniques,
design/operations standards for low, medium and high
voltage power equipment, and training courses for
mechanical and electrical failure mode analysis
training.
He is a graduate of John Tyler College and Virginia
Commonwealth University and Holds a BS Degree in
Physics/Mathematics.
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