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12310 TU20N - Introduction to Lean Auto Body

Course Code: TU20N Presenter(s): Chris Ortiz Event Type: Conference Session (90-minute) Tracks: NACE Management

Description:

This course will outline the fundamentals of lean and how it is applied in the auto collision repair industry.  It is a great preliminary look into lean auto body and will cover the following at an introductory level: Body Shop Performance Metrics 8 Wastes of a Body Shop Body Shop Effective Time 5S and the Visual Body Shop The Lean Parts Room Kanban Material Replenishment

Presenter(s):

Chris Ortiz Kaizen Assembly Bellingham WA United States   Chris Ortiz is the president and executive consultant of Kaizen Assembly, Inc., a lean manufacturing training and implementation company. Chris has been practicing and teaching lean for nearly 12 years. He is the author of four books and has written dozens of training manuals, as well as industry articles for national magazines and publications. His work has been featured in Industrial Engineer, Assembly Magazine, Seattle Times, Industrial Management, Collision Repair Magazine, Auto Body News, and various news journals and newspapers. Chris and Kaizen Assembly were featured on the national television show Inside Business Report aired on CNBC and Headline News and he travels around the country speaking at engineering and manufacturing trade shows. Along with Kaizen Assembly’s growing manufacturing client list, it has been helping many auto body and auto repair shops implement lean and witness the amazing results that can be achieved from it.