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Factory Physics: The Science of Lean Manufacturing

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  Supply Chain Management
  Finance for Executives
 

Upcoming Sessions
  June 6-8, 2007
$ 3,300

Manufacturing Management Week
(both Factory Physics and Supply Chain Management -- offered at a 10% discount!)
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  June 3-8, 2007
$ 7,425
Key Benefits
During this course, you will:
Link day-to-day operational details to business strategies
Analyze process flows to target improvement efforts
Focus on operating policies that represent key leverage points with respect to the bottom line
Work with your systems’ natural tendencies to develop customized policies for your environment
Identify strategies for increasing throughput, shortening cycle time, reducing variability, and improving quality
 

"[This program] gave me a structure with which to examine my own business and improve it, using the tools we learned about in the case studies."
Director of Manufacturing, Hoover Materials Handling Group

Academic Director Sunil Chopra
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Who Should Attend

This program is designed for high-level managers who shape their organization’s manufacturing vision, such as manufacturing and materials managers who want to formulate an operations strategy and to improve their existing systems. The program is also beneficial for manufacturing engineers who seek to justify the cost of improvement projects, and for production-control specialists who handle the interplay between the many measures and controls in a manufacturing system.

Many companies find it especially helpful to sponsor a team of participants to the program. Attending as a team produces a shared vocabulary and learning experience that encourages the application of new concepts and ideas to company issues. Special study groups, pricing and other arrangements are available to companies sponsoring teams of at least four participants. Please contact us to learn more.

Find out more about MMM

Northwestern University's acclaimed Master of Management and Manufacturing (MMM) Program is a full-time, two-year joint program that leads to a MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management and an MEM (Master of Engineering Management) degree from the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Initiated in 1990, the program integrates a solid grounding in strategic management principles with the technical fundamentals of manufacturing. In industry-sponsored integration projects, MMM students work in faculty-supervised teams to generate solutions to manufacturing-related problems. Students also enjoy many opportunities to work closely with faculty in their research. The more than 600 MMM alumni have gone on to highly visible and successful management and consulting careers in the manufacturing sector. For more information on the program or opportunities for industry collaboration, contact Steve Fischer, Assistant Director, at 847/467-1061 or mmm@northwestern.edu. You can visit the Web site at www.mmm.northwestern.edu.

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