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SUMMARY:Sustaining Lean Improvements Through Employee Engagements
DESCRIPTION:Sustaining Lean Improvements Through Employee Engagement\n\n\n\n\n\n**Exclusive to Manufacturers**\n\nWhat to Expect\n\nYou may have integrated lean practices throughout your business\, but are you empowering employees to see waste and eliminate it?\n\n\n\nDavid Ahlquist\, Enterprise Minnesota continuous improvement expert\, will show you how to engage employees in eliminating waste\, producing higher quality/volume products in less time\, while maximizing productivity.\n\nYou will gain:\n\n\n	Increased employee skills and behaviors that align with company values\;\n	Increased focus on value-added activities\;\n	Improved productivity company-wide\; and\n	Strengthened continuous improvement efforts.\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nAny manufacturer who knows basic lean concepts and has implemented early steps in Value Stream Mapping\, 5S\, and Kaizen events\, yet seeks a higher level of continuous improvements.\n\nRegistration\n\nThis event is exclusive to manufacturers and is free of charge. Registration is required.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; line-height: 1.2\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans Condensed&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span style="font-size:28px\;">Sustaining Lean Improvements Through Employee Engagement</span></h1>\n\n<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; line-height: 1.2\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans Condensed&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-align: center\;"><br />\n<img alt="Enterprise Minnesota Manufacturing Workshops" src="http://www.enterpriseminnesota.org/assets/business_events/Manufacturing-Workshops-Logo-400x87.png" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; height: auto\; max-width: 100%\;" /></h4>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.3rem\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-align: center\;"><span class="fontSize18px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; font-size: 1.8rem\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">**Exclusive to Manufacturers**</strong></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.3rem\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span class="darkBlueText" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(3\, 47\, 96)\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">What to Expect</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; line-height: 1.7\;">You may have integrated&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.enterpriseminnesota.org/consulting-services/lean-manufacturing" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(148\, 33\, 53)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; border: none\; cursor: pointer\;" target="_blank"><span class="redText" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">lean practices</strong></span></a>&nbsp\;throughout your business\, but are you empowering employees to see waste and eliminate it?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; line-height: 1.7\;"><a href="https://www.enterpriseminnesota.org/about-us/our-experts/david-ahlquist" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(148\, 33\, 53)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; border: none\; cursor: pointer\;" target="_blank"><span class="redText" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">David Ahlquist</strong></span></a>\, Enterprise Minnesota continuous improvement expert\, will show you how to engage employees in eliminating waste\, producing higher quality/volume products in less time\, while maximizing productivity.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.3rem\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">You will gain:</p>\n\n<ul style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0.5rem 1rem\; outline: none\; padding: 0px 1rem 1rem\; zoom: 1\; list-style-position: initial\; list-style-image: initial\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">Increased employee skills and behaviors that align with company values\;</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">Increased focus on value-added activities\;</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">Improved productivity company-wide\; and</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">Strengthened continuous improvement efforts.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.3rem\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span class="darkBlueText" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(3\, 47\, 96)\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">Who Should Attend</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; line-height: 1.7\;">Any manufacturer who knows basic lean concepts&nbsp\;and has implemented early steps in Value Stream Mapping\, 5S\, and Kaizen events\, yet seeks a higher level of continuous improvements.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1.3rem\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, Arial\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 15px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span class="darkBlueText" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\; color: rgb(3\, 47\, 96)\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;">Registration</strong></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; outline: none\; padding: 0px\; zoom: 1\;" />\nThis event is exclusive to manufacturers and is free of charge. Registration is required.</p>\n
LOCATION:Bigwood Event Center 925 Western Avenue Fergus Falls\, MN 56537
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