Upcoming Events

Association for Manufacturing Excellence presents -
Building a Dream Team for Maximum Performance
"Right People....Right Skills....Right Cost.....and Playing to Win!"


Workshop: Facilitated by CEO Joseph Barto III and Karl Buchanan
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Dates: Oct 20, 2008
Times: Oct 20 - 8:00 a.m.
Registration: Click Here

Workshop Abstract:
Companies are constantly trying to reduce overhead and improve employee performance. It's part of what being in business is all about. However, implementing human capital management programs is not enough. You need to know how much these programs are costing you and whether they are doing what they are supposed to do. But there are methodologies to help you analyze your return on your investment.

The Training Modernization Group is a virtual organization whose core belief is that to truly meet a client's training and business challenges they need to work where their client's work. During this interactive workshop, the Training Modernization Group will provide you with tips and strategies to help you reduce overhead and improve employee performance.

Hear the importance of the on boarding process mapped to key business metrics. Learn how to focus on the identifying, developing and growing a compelling leading indicator of future business performance. Hear the principles of building bench strength and succession planning. Learn proven methods of developing and resource justifying a human capital management strategy. Identify hidden cost drivers. Learn how to modernize existing training programs. Find out how to develop return on investment models and prepare successful budget requests. Hear out how to leverage Value Stream Mapping to directly produce job descriptions and high performance behaviours. And hear how to integrate people into the Lean journey to make your business a success.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Through September 1, 2008, prepaid registration fees will be refunded (less $300 administration charge). Substitutions may be made any time prior to the start of the conference.

NOTE
This event may be cancelled by AME for any reason. AME is not responsible for incidental costs incurred by registrants. Purchasing refundable airline tickets is recommended.

FACILITATOR BIOGRAPHY
Since the inception of the Training Modernization Group in July 2002, company president and CEO, Joe Barto, has led a core team of learning and performance experts in the creation of successful training solutions for companies requiring a positive first year return on investment. Prior to joining TMG, Mr. Barto was the Senior Program Manager of the Training Modernization Program at Northrop Grumman Newport News and the Director of Government Programs for Global Learning Systems. He joined GlobalLearningSystems.com in July 2000, and as the Senior Program Manager, he led a Modernization Team, comprised of Solutions Architects, Program Managers and Business Development Executives to create and implement total learning solutions. In two years, he established Learning Solutions Groups for major accounts in the government and government-regulated industries valued at over $3 Million. At TMG, Inc. he is responsible for strategic planning, business development, sales, program management, and client implementation of human capital performance improvement solutions.

Mr. Barto was an Operations Manager at Camber Corporation, where he spearheaded Camber's learning technologies team, growing the team from scratch to 50 people in just three years, and generating $2.6-million in annual revenue. While at Camber, he led major contract wins such as Distributed Learning XXI, Program Support to the Department of the Defense Joint Staff Director for Operational Plans, Training, and Interoperability, and the Florida Seaport Security Study.

A retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Mr. Barto served in peace and war both in the United States and abroad. During Operation Desert Shield he was the Chief of Current Operations for the 25,000 soldier 24th Infantry Division and then was the Executive Officer of the 2nd Squadron, 4th Cavalry which led the division into the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm. From July, 1992 - August, 1994, he was assigned as a Special Assistant to the Commanding General of Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe , VA. Prior to retiring, Mr. Barto served as an original member of the Joint Warfighting Center and was one of the key developers of the Joint Training System and the primary author of the June, 1996 Joint Training Manual.

He earned a Bachelor of Science (Systems Engineering) degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point , NY in 1978 where he was an Army Basketball Player and a Masters Degree in Public Administration degree from James Madison University in 1988 concentrating in Organizational Theory and Leadership. He is widely published in professional journals, is a frequent presenter at professional conferences.

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Association for Manufacturing Excellence presents -
Building a Dream Team for Maximum Performance
"Right People....Right Skills....Right Cost.....and Playing to Win!"
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Co-Presenting "New Product Development Outside Manufacturing" with Aera Energy LLC

Workshop: Facilitated by CEO Joseph Barto III and Kark Buchanan
Location: San Diego - Westin Horton Plaza
Dates: June 9, 2008
Times: 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Registration: Click Here

This workshop will show how to reduce overhead and improve employee performance. It will cover methodologies for analyzing return on investment for human capital management programs and assessing internal cost drivers associated with implementation. These methodologies will be shown though case studies and discussions on how to synchronize and integrate People Improvement Programs into and in direct support of every LEAN initiative.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will learn:

  • “See” the Human Capital Management System, the Value Stream, and its business impacts.
  • Understand the importance of the “On Boarding” Process mapped to key business metrics.
  • Examine the Production Workforce Development Process to focus on reducing headcount with increasing productivity and capacity.
  • Focus on the identifying, developing, and growing a compelling leading indicator of future business performance—1st Line Leaders and their immediate Managers.
  • Know the principles of Building Bench Strength and Succession Planning
  • Proven methods of developing and resource justifying a Human Capital Management Strategy with a year by year plan to accomplish that strategy. 
  • Identify hidden cost drivers such as program and procedure development, courseware development, IT support infrastructure.
  • Modernize existing training programs.
  • Develop Return on Investment Models and prepare successful budget requests.
  • Integrating People into the Lean Journey. 
  • Leveraging the Value Stream Mapping Process to directly produce Job Descriptions and High Performance Behaviors.

New Product Development Outside Manufacturing - Presentation

Lean NPD principles apply as much to the process of finding and developing oil reservoirs as they do to the manufacturing industry – Focus on the underlying principles, not the tools

In the typical manufacturing environment, New Product Development is the life blood of the company. If new products are not being brought to market on a routine interval and if the company is not able to quickly respond to shifts in the market, the long-term success of the company is at risk. It is no different in the oil industry, if new oil reservoirs are not being discovered and developed on a routine interval, and if new recovery techniques are not being developed to get better recovery efficiency on existing reservoirs, the long-term success of the company is at risk. In this presentation you will see how Aera Energy LLC has applied Lean New Product Development principles to this process to make a step-change in performance.

Aera Energy LLC (Aera), a California limited liability company, is one of California's largest oil and gas producers, accounting for approximately 30% of the state's production. With headquarters in Bakersfield, most of Aera's production is centered in the San Joaquin Valley. The company also has oilfield operations in the L.A. Basin and in Ventura and Monterey Counties. Aera produces approximately 185,000 barrels of oil and 67 million cubic feet of natural gas each day and has proved oil and gas reserves equivalent to more than 900 million barrels of oil.

Greg Williams, Lean Advisor

Greg Williams is an internal Lean Advisor for Aera Energy LLC. He started his 27 year career in the Oil & Gas industry as an Operator in the oil field (digging ditches, maintaining oil wells, injectors, and steam generators, operating water & oil dehydration facilities, etc.) Over the years he has worked in various supervisory capacities in Operations and Engineering.

Greg has spent the last ten years as an internal consultant working with all levels of the organization to create a culture of Continuous Improvement - helping to drive the Lean transition for the past five years. He provides Lean training for executive teams, engineering teams, service organizations, operations teams, and the supplier community. Greg has also facilitated the re-design of key business and engineering processes as well as facilitating kaizen events throughout the organization.