NSRP ASE Lean Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Forum3
                              May 11-13, 2004
                              Norfolk, VA

             (click on the links below to download speakers' presentations in PDF format)


Tuesday, May 11, 2003

 
1. Welcome 
Rick Spaulding - Northrop Grumman Newport News/ NSRP Executive Control Board Member

Executive Perspective

2. Lean and the Department of the Navy: Blocking and Tackling Fundamentals
Nick Kunesh - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Logistics)
3. Navy Repair Speaker
James F. Brice, Assistant Deputy Commander for Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command
4. Ship Repair Industry Speaker
Stephen G. Welch, Vice Chair, Executive Control Board, NSRP/ Chairman & CEO Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation
5. Ship Construction Industry Speaker
John Shephard, Sr., Vice President for Operations, Northrop Grumman Newport News
6. The MARAD/NSRP ASE Industry Partnership In Support of Military/Commercial Shipbuilding Initiatives
John Jamian, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Maritime Administration
7. Enterprise Transformation...Lean Aerospace Initiative & The Air Force Lean Now! Initiative
Terry Bryan, Lean Aerospace Initiative, Stakeholder Co-Director

8. Lunch

Lean Construction Track

Lean Repair Track

9a. Advancing the Lean Enterprise 
Tim Sweitzer,
Northrop Grumman Newport News
9b. Naval Shipyard Lean Transformation: Past, Present, Future
Michael Desjardins, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
10a. Extended Lean Enterprise: The Engineering Value Stream & Design Partnerships 
Michael Rosecrans, Atlantic Marine
10b. Extended Lean Enterprise: Customer Value Stream
Denny Rasmussen, Todd Pacific Shipyards
Cliff Anderson, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
11a. Raytheon Six Sigma Culture on LPD17 Program - Force Multiplier for Productivity
Shawn Roller, Raytheon
11b. Material Value Stream: Becoming Transactionally Lean
John Kilbride, Atlantic Marine
12a. Lean Six Sigma & Vendor Weld Procedure Approval
Deneen Thaxton and Joseph Bollentin, GD Electric Boat Corporation
12b. Lessons Learned from Ball Valve Repair Model Line
Robert Kucner, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
13a. Lean Sigma Application to Acquisition, Design, Construction, and Life Cycle Support
Shawn Wilkerson & David Williams, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
13b. Application of Lean Six Sigma in Design-Build Teams
Ray Williams, Jr., GD Electric Boat Corporation
14. Dinner with Guest Speaker
Lean Efforts Within the United States Army Material Command
Gen. Paul Kern, Commander, U.S. Army Material Command

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

 

Lean Construction Track

Lean Repair Track

15a. AEGIS Lean Transformation: The Road to Maturity
Peter Kampf, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
15b. Lean Implementation in a Deport Overhaul Environment
Kip Browning, Red River Army Depot
16a. Application of Last Planner System of Production Control in Lean Construction
Todd Zabelle, Strategic Project Solutions
16b. AIRspeed Lean Six Sigma Team
CDR Ronald Bethmann, Naval Air Deport Jacksonville
17a. Managing the Design Machine
Ammon Cookson, Lean 360° & Larry Godt, Emerge Business Strategies
17b. Our Lean Journey - Warner Robins Air Logistics Center / Maintenance
Debra Martin, Warner Robins Air Logistics Ctr.

Lean Construction Track

Lean Supply Chain Track

18a. Lean - Will It Become a Permanent Part of Your Business Culture or Just Another "Wilting Rose"
Chuck Gray, Frontier Electronics 
18b. Building Lean Supply Chains
Thomas A. Phelps, PhD, Altarum
19a. Value Stream Analysis with Simulation
Rex Wallen, Northrop Grumman Newport News
19b. Lean Pathways - Getting Results for the Fleet and Shipbuilding Suppliers
Rick Davidson, Dynamics Research Corp.
Ralph Day, Clemson University
David Samiagio, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Bob Levine, L-3 Communications

20. Lunch

21. Tour # 1 - One of the following:
Ford F-150 Plant
Howmet Castings
Johnson Controls
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Northrop Grumman Newport News

Thursday, May 13, 2004

 

22. Panel Discussion: Lean Culture Change and Organizational Issues
Moderator: Carol Davis, GD Electric Boat Corporation
Panelists: Michael Ames, Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Det. Oceana
Dexter Lilley, Northrop Grumman Newport News
Dennis Masse, Bath Iron Works
Tom Van Dawark, Todd Pacific Shipyards
Robert Winton, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
23. Plenary Session Presentation
Art Divens, Executive Director, Amphibious and Auxiliary Warfare, PEO Ships
24. Tour # 2 - One of the following:
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD) Oceana
Howmet Castings
Johnson Controls
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Northrop Grumman Newport News

 

Last update 6/10/04