Learn from leaders building “lean for the long term” who found ways to overcome the resistance and tough obstacles that frustrate most transformations.

NA2010 (April 26-29, 2010 at Cleveland's I-X Center) is the largest material handling and logistics event held in the US in 2010 with 400 exhibitors and 60 educational sessions including a keynote series and supply chain summit.

The Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2010 is an invitation-only event for senior-level manufacturing executives. Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2010 will provide you with the opportunity to gain insight and expand your knowledge, network with your peers, and walk away with a tangible action plan to address the toughest economic environment we have seen in years. Don’t miss the premier event for progressive manufacturers and help your company thrive.

Training Within Industry is needed more now, in this down economy, than ever before. It was in a time of crisis that TWI proved its worth more than 60 years ago, and leading organizations are turning to TWI again. Why? Get more done with less machines and manpower Improve quality, reduce scrap by achieving standard work across workers and shifts Reduce safety incidents Decrease training time, especially for temporary workers Reduce labor hours Reduce grievances Transfer knowledge from a skilled, retiring workforce to an unskilled, green workforce

Far from a traditional conference, the Lean and Green Summit will be highly participatory, before, during, and after. Participants are treated to practical presentations, followed by World Cafe session in which attendees interact in small groups to make personal applications. The Summit will also employ Open Space in which attendees have the opportunity to drive the agenda, personalizing the discussions per specific needs. Finally, those companies that send teams of 3 or more will be eligible for private facilitation with one of the subject matter experts in attendance. The purpose of these sessions will be to help devise an actionable "game plan."

Join more than 500 top-level executives from across the globe for what has become THE catalyst for change in progressive, forward-thinking companies like Boeing, LaZBoy, Capital One, Buck Knives, Cummins Inc., Glad Manufacturing, Parker Hannifin, Wahl Clipper, The Wiremold Company, Textron Inc., and hundreds more, large and small, private and public.