Title: “I’d love to find a supplier
that offered free materials”: How to expand into new
markets using low-cost solutions.
Description: This panel will explore identifying
opportunities that address unmet needs or problems in the
marketplace, and how these can be leveraged to create a successful
business. The entrepreneurial companies on this panel have
all created products or services using either other people’s
waste or identified new solutions to old problems using simple,
low-cost materials. Find out how they did it and learn how
you can start or expand your business.
Jim Quinn, Hazardous Waste Program Manager at METRO, Portland,
OR received a BA in
Chemistry from Reed College in 1984 and an MS in Environmental
Management from the University of San Francisco in 1990.
Prior to entering the household hazardous waste (HHW) field,
Jim worked for seven years in the hazardous waste management
industry, serving as chemist and regulatory compliance officer
for a small hazardous waste recycling company in Northern
California. Since 1991 he has been with Metro, in Portland
Oregon, a metropolitan area-wide agency that oversees solid
waste disposal in the region. He manages Metro's Hazardous
Waste Program, which includes two hazardous waste facilities,
a series of HHW collection events every weekend March through
November, a small business hazardous waste collection program,
and a successful latex paint recycling facility. Jim is also
vice president of NAHMMA, the North American Hazardous Materials
Management Association.
Tim Leahy
Director of Marketing & Buying
Calbag Metals Company www.calbag.com
Calbag Metals has been a family held and run business for
over 90 years spanning three generations. Calbag
purchases, segregates and packages non-ferrous metals including
aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel, zinc and exotic
metals for reuse in the manufacture of new products throughout
the world. Calbag is the largest non-ferrous recycler
in the Pacific Northwest with yards in both Portland and Tacoma. We
spend our time finding the 'highest and best' use for all
of the metal purchased.
Tim Leahy has been with Calbag Metals for nearly 10 years,
devoting much of his time with procuring and purchasing metal
from industry on the west coast. He runs a buying
team of six with a combined 85 years of experience.
Title: “Do my customers care if
my business offers environmental or social benefits?”:
How to increase company brand equity through a values-based
communication strategy.
Panel Description: Learn how communicating
the environmental and/or social benefits of your business
activities can create value. Many consumers don’t
see value connected with these benefits in the context of
business practices, especially when it means higher prices.
There is however an increasing target customer segment that
is becoming more aware and concerned about products and
services they purchase. A strategic marketing plan can communicate
these benefits to both customer groups. Hear firsthand what
some companies are doing, and find out how values-based
marketing can help your organization.
Panel Instructors:
Kelly Cahill
Rapid Refill Ink http://www.rapidrefillink.com
Rapid Refill Ink is a U.S.-based retailer that utilizes
state-of-the-art technology and equipment to remanufacture
cartridges. Rapid Refill Ink opened its first store in November
2002 and expects to have 75 locations open by the end of
2004, generating $38 million to $40 million in revenue.
Projections for 2005 include 200 stores in operation with
revenue of approximately $120 million. 20 stores will be
open primarily in the Pacific Northwest and the East Coast,
including eight locations in Oregon.
Rapid Refill Ink’s commitment to the environment can
be seen in the design of its stores. The carpeting in Rapid
Refill Ink stores is 52 percent post-consumer content and
made in part from recycled milk containers. The walls are
made of 100 percent wheat stock and the countertops from compressed
sunflower seeds. The flooring in the store’s production
areas comes from reclaimed tile and its brochures are printed
on recycled paper.
But Rapid Refill Ink’s biggest impact is in what could
ultimately be the millions of inkjet and laser toner cartridges
it keeps from landing in the world’s landfills. In the
United States alone, nearly eight cartridges are thrown away
every second, according to Recharger Magazine. What’s
more, each plastic toner requires 3-1/2 quarts of oil to produce;
2-1/2 ounces of oil are used to produce each new inkjet cartridge.
Thor Hinckley Manager, Renewable Power Program Portland General Electric
Thor has been the manager of PGE’s renewable
power program since October 2000. These include PGE’s
Clean Wind, Green Source and Healthy Habitat renewable power
products, and formerly PGE’s Solar for Schools program.
Thor was responsible for the development of PGE’s Commercial
and Industrial Green Power program in 2003.
Thor’s responsibilities include the marketing of Green
Energy all PGE customers; currently these programs have approximately
33,500 residential and over 600 businesses customers enrolled.
In addition he directs the installation of PGE’s solar
power projects, including the Solar Pioneer solar project
on Oregon’s State Capitol in Salem.
Thor formerly served as an assistant to Portland City Commissioner
Dan Saltzman as liaison to the Bureau of Environmental Services
and the Portland Sustainable Development Commission. As an
environmental engineer Thor was a principal in Environmental
Management Solutions a Portland Environmental Engineering
and Consulting firm from 1989 to 1998.
Thor currently serves on the Portland-Multnomah County Sustainable
Development Commission, the Oregon Energy Trust Renewable
Advisory Committee and the 1 st Unitarian Universalist Seventh
Principle Committee. Thor received his undergraduate degree
at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, is currently an MBA
candidate at Marylhurst University in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Adrienne Kringen
Community Relations Manager
Oregon Environmental Council
Adrienne joined OEC as Community Relations Manager
in June 2004. With a diverse background in museum work, architecture
marketing and community outreach, she has been involved with
sustainability issues in Portland for more than five years.
She has assisted businesses to implement sustainable practices
from within and has worked with community organizers on understanding
social change. Leveraging this experience, she helps OEC reach
a broad audience and increase participation in OEC programs
around the state.
Founded in 1968, The Oregon Environmental Council (OEC) is
a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with more than 2,000
members throughout the state. OEC brings Oregonians together
for a healthy environment. Via programs such as the Bottle
Bill, curbside recycling and the creation of local watershed
councils, OEC has played a leadership role in helping Oregonians
be part of the solution to environmental problems. OEC’s
current programs focus on protecting kids’ health from
toxic pollution, cleaning up Oregon’s rivers, and protecting
our climate by curbing vehicle pollution. For more information
about OEC, visit its Website at www.oeconline.org.
Title: “I never knew paying my
employees would pay off”: The case for managing
your most valuable resource -- human capital.
Description: Paying a living wage can
offer benefits beyond a happy and productive employee.
This panel will focus on the quantitative costs associated
with hiring and firing practices and demonstrate how retaining
employees through good HR practices is more cost effective
over time. Learn how to manage one of your largest assets
and increase your businesses potential.
James R. Terborg received his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology
from Purdue University in 1975. He currently is the Carolyn
S. Chambers Professor of Management in the Lundquist College
of Business at the University of Oregon. At various times
he has held the positions of Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs, Head of the Management Department, Director of
the Institute of Industrial Relations and Academic Director
of the Oregon Executive MBA program within the college of
business.
He has published over 50 articles and book chapters on the
topics of employee attitudes, work motivation, absenteeism,
job performance, leadership, the measurement of change,
and health promotion programs at the worksite. He has consulted
with NIKE, Sears, Weyerhaeuser, the Adolph Coors Company,
the Oregon Restaurant Association, the Penrose-St. Francis
Health System, the City of Eugene, and the U.S. Forest Service
in addition to working with smaller companies in the Northwest.
He is a Fellow in both the American Psychological Association
and the American Psychological Society. He was elected Chairperson
of the Organizational Behavior Division in the Academy of
Management for two consecutive years. He previously served
on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal,
Journal of Applied Psychology, American Journal of Health
Promotion, Journal of Employee Assistance Research and the
Journal of Quality Management.
Title: “My employees don’t
understand our company’s vision”: How to manage
change in your organization
Description: Once your organization has
decided upon a vision or goal of using more sustainable
practices in your business operations, how do you get your
employees value this goal, too? When management decides
that a new direction or vision for the company is warranted,
getting all employees on board is a critical success factor
in being a competitive business. Companies that have a strong
culture and strong vision are more competitive because everyone
is clear about the direction everyone is working towards.
This panel will provide information on how to successfully
manage culture change within an organization in order to:
Increase employee unity
Improve your competitive position within your industry
Increase your organization’s ability to deploy
new strategies
Justin Yuen is President of FMYI [For MY Innovation],
a collaboration software company producing tools to manage
sustainability programs. Before launching FMYI, Justin was
a Senior Manager in Corporate Sustainable Development at
Nike, Inc. His accomplishments included creating innovative
organizational change programs, rolling out collaboration
tools, building the business case for sustainability, and
managing global employee training. Prior to that, Justin
was Nike's head of Footwear Quality for the Europe/Middle
East/Africa region in the Netherlands. Justin currently
serves on the Advisory Committee of the Education for
Sustainability Western Network and the Advisory Boards of
the Oregon Natural Step Network, and Portland State
University's Implementing Sustainability Program. He also
was on the Advisory Board of the University of Michigan's
MBA Corporate Environmental Management Program, and
is a guest host of Greendrinks Portland. Justin has a degree
in International Studies from The Johns Hopkins University.
Don Schneider
Psychologist
Psychologist Don Schneider has worked with numerous public
and private organizations over the past 25 years, helping
them learn to effectively manage the stresses of dysfunctional
work-group dynamics caused by incessant organizational change.
Today’s business environment of dwindling investment
capital, declining natural resources and intense global
competition requires continual organizational and individual
adaptation which can easily overwhelm and burnout even the
most sturdy workforce.
Having been on the “inside” of dozens of different
workplace systems, Don has experienced many ill-fated attempts
by organizations to address mounting economic and contextual
pressures – yielding to the temptation to value short-term
profit over people.
Don has worked closely with business leaders, Human Resource
professionals, managers and line-workers as an advocate
for discovering and embracing those systemic principles
which organizations need to incorporate in order to retain
and build upon their most precious asset – their workers.
Shannon Tocchini joined Louisiana-Pacific Corporation in
1992, and is currently a Senior Project Manager with the
Corporate Environmental Affairs group. Ms. Tocchini has
been an active member of the team that developed Louisiana-Pacific's
environmental management system and transformed the company's
environmental performance.
In 1994, Shannon developed the tracking and reporting program
that is the foundation for LP's Waste Reduction and Recycling
Program. She has also worked on a variety of internal and
external communication initiatives including environmental
performance and sustainability reporting. Ms. Tocchini has
been active in development of performance metrics, environmental
education and training, and is currently working on sustainability
program development. She has presented on these topics to
universities, government agencies, business groups and non-profits,
locally and internationally.
Ms. Tocchini holds undergraduate degrees from the University
of Oregon in International Studies and Political Science
and a Master of Business from George Fox University. Ms.
Tocchini has completed diverse post-baccalaureate and graduate
studies in sustainability, industrial ecology, ISO 14000,
lead auditor training, international finance, international
transportation, hazardous waste regulations, and environmental
compliance.
Bob Doppelt is the academic coordinator for the Sustainability
Leadership Academy and leads the core seminars. Mr. Doppelt’s
field of expertise is sustainable development, organizational
change, and watershed management. He is director of the
Program for Watershed and Community Health (PWCH), a sustainability
research and technical assistance program in the Institute
for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon.
Mr. Doppelt is also a courtesy associate professor in the
Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at
the UO.
Mr. Doppelt is a Principal with Factor 10 Inc., a sustainability
change-management consulting firm. He is a graduate of the
International Program on the Management of Sustainability,
Ziest, The Netherlands, and a founding member of the International
Network of Green Planners, based in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Mr. Doppelt is the author of Leading Change Towards
Sustainability: A Change Management Field Guide for Business,
Government, and Civil Society (Greenleaf Publishing,
United Kingdom, October 2003) and is the lead author of
the book Entering the Watershed (Island Press,
1993).
Title: “How can I control my energy
bill instead of it controlling me”: Managing energy
usage for maximum efficiency and cost savings.
Description: Many new alternative energy
products and services are being introduced to the market
to address the growing concern of increasing energy expenses.
Hear about different products and issues that can save your
business money and address this expense before it gets out
control.
Panel Instructor:
Thor Hinckley
Manager, Renewable Power Program Portland General Electric
Thor has been the manager of PGE’s renewable power
program since October 2000. These include PGE’s Clean
Wind, Green Source and Healthy Habitat renewable power products,
and formerly PGE’s Solar for Schools program
Thor was responsible for the development of PGE’s
Commercial and Industrial Green Power program in 2003.
Thor’s responsibilities include the marketing of Green
Energy all PGE customers; currently these programs have
approximately 33,500 residential and over 600 businesses
customers enrolled. In addition he directs the installation
of PGE’s solar power projects, including the Solar
Pioneer solar project on Oregon’s State Capitol in
Salem.
Thor formerly served as an assistant to Portland City Commissioner
Dan Saltzman as liaison to the Bureau of Environmental Services
and the Portland Sustainable Development Commission. As
an environmental engineer Thor was a principal in Environmental
Management Solutions a Portland Environmental Engineering
and Consulting firm from 1989 to 1998.
Thor currently serves on the Portland-Multnomah County Sustainable
Development Commission, the Oregon Energy Trust Renewable
Advisory Committee and the 1 st Unitarian Universalist Seventh
Principle Committee. Thor received his undergraduate degree
at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, is currently an
MBA candidate at Marylhurst University in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Title: “My company wants to operate
sustainably, but my suppliers think that’s just a
bunch of nonsense!”: How to measure the impact of
your supply chain and motivate your suppliers to be use
sustainable practices.
Description: Many companies are interested
in implementing sustainable practices into their organizations,
however, when it comes to sourcing products and services
that are critical to their business success, finding like-minded
companies can be challenging. This panel will cover the
following topics:
Why measuring the footprint of your supply chain is
a growing business concern
How to measure and analyze the impact of your supply
chain
Ways to innovate in your supply chain to reduce its
environmental impact
This panel will include discussion by Mike Evans of Schenker,
Inc. on how Schenker's Environmental Services (SENSE) has
developed solutions to measure the environmental footprint
of a supply chain. The panel will also feature Dave
Newman from Nike, Inc., who will discuss how his company
has worked with Schenker and its suppliers to find ways
to address the environmental impacts of its supply chain.
Panel Instructors:
Mike Evans
Regional Accounts Development Manager
Schenker, Inc. www.schenkerusa.com
Mike Evans, regional accounts development manager has 17
years work experience in the Freight and Logistics Industry.
Prior to a being relocated from South Africa to the West
Coast of the USA he was involved in developing Supply Chain
Solutions to get South Africa's Wine products to International
Markets. Mike arrived in California in 1999 and over the
last 4 years has helped to develop standard logistics and
operating solutions specific to the Hi-Tech and Semiconductor
market.
He Joined the Schenker / Nike team in July 2004 as Regional
Accounts Development Manager. Mike also has a Diploma in
Supply Chain Management from the University of South Africa.
Dave Newman
Manager, Global Sustainable Logistics
Nike, Inc.
Dave Newman, a twenty one-year veteran of Nike, is the manager
of global sustainable logistics, designing various components
for environmental initiatives within transportation. He
recently coordinated Nike's global inbound logistics emissions
footprint, which was articulated in the World Wildlife Fund
Climate Savers Program.
Dave has a B.S. in Business and has held various positions
in finance and managing global logistics functions. Dave
is also serving as member of advisory boards within sustainability
and transportation.
Title: “Everyone seems to want a
hand in how I run my business.”: Learn why anticipating
all stakeholders’ positions may be in the best interest
of your company.
Description: Principles of corporate law
require a corporation's directors and officers to operate
its business in a manner they reasonably believe to be in
the corporation's best interests. Traditionally,
a corporation's "best interests" have been considered
to be whatever is in its shareholders' financial interests. Accordingly,
corporations typically are operated in a manner that places
their shareholders' financial interests above all else.
However, "all else" includes the employees who
actually operate the businesses, the communities where they
are located and the ecosystems that sustain them.
This panel will explore the possibility of creating a new
kind of corporation. Business owners and lawyers
are currently debating the creation of a new corporate mandate
that would define "best interests" more broadly. The
idea is to operate corporations in a manner that takes into
consideration the various constituencies that bear on their
businesses. Instead of operating solely in a manner designed
to increase profits for the shareholders, this new type
of corporation would consider the effects of its actions
on all of the following:
Employees
The communities in which the corporation operates
The environment
Both long-term and short-term interests of the corporation
and its shareholders
Customers and suppliers
The goal of this new corporate mandate is to create businesses
that are more sustainable.
Panel Instructors:
Robert C Illig
Assistant Professor of Law
School of Law
University of Oregon
After graduation from law school, where he was a John W. Wade
Scholar and Senior Managing Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review,
Robert Illig practiced corporate and securities law in the
New York and London offices of Nixon Peabody LLP. While in
practice, he handled a wide range of negotiated transactions
in the US and overseas, including public and private mergers
and acquisitions, securities offerings and private equity
transactions. Professor Illig began his academic career at
the University of Missouri-Columbia before joining the UO
faculty in 2004.
David Brahbender
Attorney and founding shareholder
Endeavor Law Group, P.C.
David Brabender, is a 24-year business attorney and a founding
shareholder of Endeavor Law Group, P.C. Endeavor Law Group
is a business-only law firm located in Eugene with a focus
on closely held business representation, including start-ups
and emerging businesses, securities law and capital formation,
mergers and acquisitions, tax, executive compensation, technology
transfer, franchise law and commercial transactions. The firm
represents a number of companies focusing on sustainable products
and business practices, including Upstream 21 Corporation,
Good Company, SeQuential Biofuels and Rising Moon Organics.
After receiving his J.D. degree from Gonzaga University and
his LLM degree in taxation from Temple University, Mr. Brabender
began his law practice at a 200-attorney law firm in Kansas
City, Missouri, spending 15 years focused primarily on mergers
and acquisitions and the representation of entrepreneurs and
their companies. Moving to Oregon in 1996, Mr. Brabender then
practiced for six years as a partner and business department
chair at a large Eugene law firm, acting as lead counsel in
numerous commercial transactions and counseling technology
sector businesses, from start-ups to large multinational corporations.
As one of the three owners of Endeavor Law Group, Mr. Brabender
continues working with a variety of start-up and emerging
growth businesses in the Willamette Valley with a focus on
corporate law, tax, equity compensation, licensing, technology
transfer, mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions.
Bryan Gooch Redd
President and CEO
Upstream 21 Corporation www.upstream21.com
Upstream 21, an Oregon corporation based in Portland, was
created to put investors’ capital to work in local communities
by purchasing small, successful companies whose products or
services and business practices are designed to benefit and
sustain their employees, their communities and the environment.
By purchasing these businesses and helping them grow, Upstream
21 hopes to be a catalyst for advancing local economies that
build, rather than erode, natural, social and economic capital
in communities.
Before Mr. Redd helped founded Upstream 21, he worked with
both large and small businesses over the course of 25 years,
with a focus on environmental concerns. Mr. Redd has a B.A.
in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia
and a J.D. degree from Gonzaga University. He began his career
working as an environmental research scientist and then as
the owner of a small environmental consulting firm. After
receiving his law degree, he practiced law as a trial attorney
with the U.S. Department of Justice and then in private practice
in Virginia with a focus on business and environmental law.
Mr. Redd later joined HazWaste Industries, Inc., a private
holding company in Virginia with over 350 employees and multiple
subsidiaries engaged in engineering, remediation, laboratory
services and environmental technologies, eventually serving
as its President and CEO. Mr. Redd moved to Portland in 2000,
serving as a business and financial management advisor to
a variety of small businesses until the founding of Upstream
21 in 2004. Together with Mr. Redd, the co-founder of Upstream
21 is Progressive Investment Management Corporation, www.progressiveinvestment.com,
a leader in socially responsible investing based in Portland.
Title: “I want to run a sustainable
business, but it just seems too expensive to do the right
thing,”: How to influence policy change to benefit both
sustainable business and consumers.
Description: This panel will discuss how
the sustainable business community can leverage its unique
membership as both socially and environmentally conscious
organizations, while representing business in policy influence. Markets
currently do not hold "good information" in that
entire industries receive subsidies and costs are externalized
to consumers. Thus, a true and functioning capital system
is not possible. By shifting subsidies to industries
that reduce costs that are externalized (clean energy, organic
farming, etc.) they become more competitive so both these
businesses and taxpayers benefit.
Dan Carol is the co-founder of The Apollo Alliance and currently
is serving as the organization’s campaign strategist
for the upcoming energy debate. A political consultant
and principal for CTSG (Carol/Trevelyan Strategy Group), Carol
frequently works with progressive advocacy organizations,
labor unions and businesses to roadmap effective advocacy
and issue campaigns and develop engaging content and communications.
Among his firm’s clients are MoveOn.org, The National
Education Association and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Prior to his work Carol previously served as Research Director
for the Democratic National Committee during the 1992 presidential
cycle, where he directed staff work on the Party's platform
and worked in Little Rock on the Clinton debate team.
A former energy policy analyst at the Congressional Budget
Office and new technology consultant to the Congressional
Institute for the Future, Dan has spoken on public affairs
to groups such as the London School of Economics, the JFK
School of Public Affairs, The Gannett Freedom Forum, Roll
Call's Online Politics Conference and the National Democratic
Institute in Washington . As a strategic advisor,
he has served as a campaign consultant to a number of candidate
and communications campaigns, for clients such as the House
Democratic Caucus, U.S. Senator Jon Corzine, The Turner Foundation,
the AFL-CIO, and the International Labor Organization for
their successful, five-year child labor eradication effort.
Ashley Henry
Manager, Environmental and Economic Development Program
Oregon Business Association
Ashley serves as the manager of the Oregon Business Association’s
Environment and Economic Development Program. OBA’s
agenda for Oregon’s 2005 legislative session includes
support of a 7-bill package to encourage Oregon’s emerging
biofuels industry; advocacy on behalf of responsible land
use laws; and the defense of Oregon’s in-stream water
rights law. Unlike most business associations, OBA does not
lobby on policies specific to its member businesses, but rather
focuses its energies on policies to make Oregon a better place
to live and run a business.
The initial inspiration for OBA’s formation was business
leaders’ concern for environmental responsibility and
sustainable business practices. At first, it was thought that
OBA would advocate specifically on environmental policy and
sustainability issues. Since 1999, the organization has emerged
as a practical and bipartisan force to Oregon’s business
and political landscape, providing policy advocacy on other
issues including education, fiscal and health care policy.
Prior to joining OBA, Ashley served as a campaign manager
at both the local and federal levels. She also spent several
years as an advocate for watershed protection and restoration
with several non-profit organizations in central and southern
Oregon. As a singer, Ashley is in the process of forming a
production company that will create musical benefit concerts
for community organizations.
Alison Wise
Director of Public Policy & Development, Future 500, San
Francisco, CA
Executive Director, Sea Change SBIG, Oakland, CA
Founder of the first trade association of businesses working
towards an environmentally sustainable economy, Sea Change
Sustainable Business Interest Group, Alison specializes in
the interaction between public policy and sustainable business.
She has a wide range of experiences all relating to sustainability:
she’s worked with an entrepreneurial sustainable business,
Deep E Co, that made apparel from sustainable materials; she’s
lobbied on energy and toxics policies for the Public Interest
Research Group (PIRG); she’s worked in the socially
responsible investment (SRI) industry with Progressive Asset
Management; and she is the current public policy director
for the Future 500, a network of Fortune 500 corporations
working towards sustainability, in addition to her role with
Sea Change.
Alison is a committed environmentalist with an MBA, traversing
the line between capitalism and the commons. She speaks about
the dynamics between the marketplace and the issues surrounding
good business, and our ecosystem and the need for a new paradigm
of profitability. She is a pioneer in the legislative approach
to accelerating our shift towards sustainability, helping
to initiate the public discussion of the need for legislative
reform to address inadequate information in the marketplace.
Title: “There’s got to be a better
way to do this”: Lean manufacturing concepts for increasing
productivity using existing resources.
Description: What does it mean to be Lean?
Lean is a system of practices that are designed to reduce
waste and process times, while still delivering a quality
product or service. This system reduces costs associated with
waste in all its forms and increases productivity by deliberately
looking at and eliminating all activities that don’t
add value to the customer.
Why would an organization want to be Lean? Lean companies
use assets more efficiently, have high inventory turns, have
shorter process times, better supplier management and lower
overall costs, while still maintaining high quality. This
leads to:
Maximized efficiency
Elimination of bottle necks, wasted time and materials
Reduced costs
By reducing waste of all types and using resources more efficiently,
lean practices can also be sustainable practices. This workshop
will emphasize how to begin implementing lean manufacturing
in your organization, how to identify where to begin and
demonstrate how to use metrics to measure and evaluate performance.
Registration is required. Seating is limited.
Workshop Speaker:
John Valachovic
Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement Consultant
Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership www.omep.org
John Valachovic (John V.) is a lean manufacturing and continuous
improvement consultant based in Portland, Oregon. John joined
OMEP (The Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership) in
January 2003. He helps organizations improve profitability,
performance, quality, safety, and culture. His work runs
a full spectrum: from focused short time-line projects to
large organizational change efforts. Plant Managers, Divisional
Operations Directors, Corporate Technical Leadership, and
Corporate Quality Managers are his primary client focus,
but he is comfortable working in any area or level of an
organization. Recent client industries have included: plastics,
automotive, high tech, pulp/paper, distribution, sales/service,
forest products, food packaging, and consumer products.
John’s list of services includes: lean manufacturing
concepts training and implementation, basic product/process
capability studies, equipment/system performance studies,
market feasibility analyses, supplier certification programs,
detailed gap analyses, organizational assessments, Six Sigma
implementation, ISO 9000 guidance, CQM/CQE coaching, customized
concept training, full system interventions, ongoing focused
guidance, and software training and support. He has become
known for his dynamic, interactive workshops and participative
intervention techniques.
Currently, John is exploring the potential for continuous
improvement philosophy to support more broad-based concepts
such as paradigm shifts, change processes, system dynamics,
constraint theory, supply chain management, and organizational
development.
The Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP) is
a not-for-profit consulting organization in partnership
with the Department of Commerce's National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST). OMEP is part of a national
network of centers whose mission is to assist smaller manufacturers
in becoming more competitive. The MEP Centers partner with
federal, state and local organizations to deliver consulting
services that address the critical and often unique needs
of small to medium size manufacturers.
Over the last 5 years OMEP’s mission has been to strengthen
the local, national and global competitiveness of Oregon’s
smaller manufacturers by providing information, training,
decision support and implementation assistance in adopting
new, more advanced manufacturing technologies, techniques
and best business practices.
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