Conference Program
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Moderate

Monday, February 28, 2011

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

A2: Personas Capture Voice of the Customer Insight
Presenter: Frank Murdock

A3: Launching LSS in a Mid-Sized Hospital: Lessons Learned
Presenter: C.W. Russ Russo

A6: Strategic Error Proofing
Presenter: John Casey

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

B1: Using Lean Six Sigma to Improve ED Operations
Presenter: Meghan Calichman

B3: How to Provide Value More Quickly to your Customers
Presenter: Robert Damelio

B4: Growing Up ‘Lean’ in a Children’s Hospital
Presenters: Anit Makhija and Aleida Gavallas

B5: Creating a Culture of CPI/LSS in the Marine Corps
Presenter: Michael Levy

B6: How to Develop Training Material
Presenter: Andrew "Jack" West

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

C3: White Collar Lean - Kaizen Events for the Office
Presenter: Mike Osterling

C4: Building Engaged Teams Upon Lean Six Sigma
Presenters: Charles (Dodd) Starbird and Roland Cavanagh

C5: Sample Size of One: Quality/Lean Tools and Autism
Presenter: Jd Marhevko

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

E2: Using DMAIC to Streamline Emergency Room Admissions
Presenters: Noah Stromer and Rhonda Foster

E5: Making It Stick: A Four-Step Process for Creating Sustainable Change
Presenter: Karen Martin

E6: Using Non-Traditional Tools for the Soft Stuff
Presenter: Sandra Miller

11:00 a.m. – Noon

F2: Developing Prediction Models With Continuous and Categorical Factors
Presenter: Steve Bailey, DuPont

F3: Lean Works in the Good Times and Bad Times
Presenter: Douglas Anton

F4: A Lean Journey — Practical Advice for Changing a Culture from the Middle
Presenters: Beth Reid and David Hicks

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

G3: Implementing A3: Methods that Support Continuous Improvement
Presenters: Christine Dicken and Jim Godfrey

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

H1: DFSS and QbD (Quality by Design) — Companions for Improving Quality
Presenter: Timothy Blackburn

H2: Integrating LSS in Customer’s Value Paths
Presenters: Shivaprasad Basavanna and Alan Shaw

H3: Improving the Availability of Phone Numbers for Patient Outreach
Presenter: Carol Barnhart

H6: Customer Churn Defined by Control Chart
Presenter: Xiaoqun (Crystal) Shi