1. Welcome to Detroit Frank Hennessey Chairman, Detroit Regional Chamber Chairman, EMCO Ltd.

2. The 10-County Region

3. The Chambers Role Attract business investment to the region. Encourage innovation and creativity through alliances and collaborations. Further public/private sector cooperation. Work to create a skilled workforce.

4. An introduction to Value Stream Mapping Whenever there is a product for a customer, there is a Value Stream, the challenge lies in seeing it. A powerful tool used to identify value-added steps in your processes from the customers point of view. The most important tool that lean thinkers will need to make sustainable progress in the war against waste.

5. Value Stream Mapping is a qualitative tool by which you describe in detail how your facility should operate in order to create (valuable) flow.

7. Creating the Map Identify the Value Stream running all the way from: Concept to launch Order to delivery Raw materials into the arms of the customer. Eliminate steps which create no value, but cause waste.

9. Simple Value Stream: A cola can Eight firms involved. Fourteen storage points Picked up and put down 30 times. 24 percent of raw material scrapped 319 days to do three hours of value-added work.

10. Seven Common Wastes (Non-Value Added) Found in Manufacturing Defects Over production Inventory Motion Processing Transportation Waiting

11. Lean Thinking – Using the Value Stream Map Mark the product flow continuously with no: Detours Backflows Scrap/rework Waiting

13. Four questions to ask Who is my customer? What do I do for them? How well do I do it? How do I know?