ANNOUNCEMENT

Lean & Six Sigma

in Mining Conference

28 & 29 May 2008

Sebel & Citigate

King Georges Square

Brisbane Qld

Increasing productivity and reducing costs through the Deployment of Continuous Improvement Strategies

Greg West Managing Director, Farthing West; is speaking on Wednesday 28 May 2008.

Topic

Using Lean Six Sigma strategies to increase productivity and up-time at the mine site

To register for the conference contact IQPC on

02 9223 2600

or, email at

registration@iqpc.com.au

Spot-Light on … Heijunka Planning Heijunka is concerned with achieving smooth flow within the factory.  Effectively, Heijunka planning provides stability to the production program by mathematically decoupling it from much of the day-to-day and week-to-week fluctuations in market demand. In recognising variability in demand and factoring in the planning constraints … A Probability based Heijunka planning tool can enable customer orders to be satisfied with significantly less stock than traditional planning tools.

Who is Farthing West?

Promoting Business Excellence

For over 15 years, Farthing West has assisted clients to achieve sustainable, improved performance.  Farthing West’s clients include blue chip companies and government organisations. 

Specialists in Lean Six Sigma Consulting

Farthing West’s principals are members of the Lean Institute.  This has enabled them to remain up-to-date with emerging issues and practices in Lean Thinking.  Collectively they have over 50 years experience in performance improvement of client value streams across a range of Industry sectors.

The skills mix includes Business Management, Strategic Renewal, Marketing, Engineering, Medicine, Education & Training, Systems Management & Analysis, Commercial Mediation and Arbitration.

Farthing West Team Leaders

Click [Here] for resumes of Farthing West Directors and Principal Associates.