Continuous Improvement Conference Set for April in St. Louis

Most companies are improving; however, the critical question is whether they are improving fast enough to develop a competitive advantage. To help answer this question, consider attending the 2012 Continuous Improvement Conference April 1-4 in St. Louis, MO.

The event, presented by Printing Industries of America in partnership with the Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) and with support by Cal Poly's Graphic Communication Institute, will give you strategies, ideas, and examples that have been proven effective in reducing costs and lead time, and boosting customer satisfaction. It's the only conference focused on helping printing and converting companies achieve operational excellence with Lean Manufacturing and other management and quality systems.

The conference is ideal for executives, as well as operations, production, and quality managers.

Keynote presentations include:

• Mike Rother, author of Toyota Kata and Learning to See
  Rother will share the best ways to manage people to achieve continuous improvement, adaptation, innovation, and superior results.
• Michael Bremer, author of Escape the Improvement Trap
  Bremer will discuss why many organizations work hard to improve but fail to better their competitive position.
• Bob Chapman, chairman and CEO, Barry-Wehmiller Companies
  Hear one of the most inspiring corporate leaders and sought-after speakers in American manufacturing discuss people-centered leadership.

Early Bird Bonus
Register by February 17 for your choice of one of the following books—Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results or The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything.

To learn more and to sign up, please visit www.printing.org/ciconference.