Learn from others. Talk with your peers. Hear new ideas and benchmark your operations' knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Professional Associations

July 20, 2010: One of the country's largest woman-owned businesses and one with a powerful team environment that has turned this company around, Power Partners, Inc, will host a one day seminar/workshop "How To Achieve and Sustain Manufacturing Excellence." Power Partner makes overhead distribution transformers for customers worldwide.

August 10, 2010: Daman Products Company, one of the AME Manufacturing Excellence Award Winners honored during the 2009 conference, is opening their story and their operations to the first 20 people to register. Discover how this small machine shop developed close supplier and customer relationships while implementing operational excellence as a continuing way of life.

October 13 - 15, 2010: The Supply Chain Council (SCOR) Executive Summit will be in Houston, Texas. Presenters include operations and supply chain executives with DuPont, Coca-Cola, and Kraft as well as industry observers (economist, professor, and research companies).

November 15 - 19, 2010: Baltimore MD is the host city for the AME 2010 international conference. Don't miss this opportunity to tour world class operations, hear from practitioners, participate in small group workshops, and network with over 1500 of your peers -- people who can help you and your company move forward with operational excellence.

At Your Convenience:

While it is too late to apply for the AME Manufacturing Excellence Award this year, many organizations are finding the application a valuable tool for self-assessment. Consider creating an internal team to review it and then explain it to your leadership team. That process can help understanding and alignment.

Watch and listen as Currier Plastics describes key results from focusing on Operational Excellence. Daman Products is another AME 2009 Manufacturing Excellence Award winner sharing its story on YouTube. And just in case you haven't seen it, watch a Boeing plane being assembled.

Fulcrum Senior Executive Forums

At the request of business owners and operations executives, Fulcrum ConsultingWorks, Inc. moderates peer group conversations on topics of interest. The 15 Forums held to date addressed issues ranging from metrics, planning for disaster, and creating organizational alignment to security, doing business with large companies, and managing benefits costs. Email Fulcrum to discuss hosting a forum on a topic of importance to you.