NMMU Business School Hosts Lean Manufacturing Conference Featuring International Lean Manufacturing Expert John Bicheno

28 November 2011 - The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Business School announced today that it will be hosting a two day Lean Manufacturing Conference from 30 November to 1 December 2011 at the Kelway Hotel in Brookes Hill Drive, Humewood, Port Elizabeth.

This conference is an extension of a series of workshops on Lean Manufacturing that have been hosted by the NMMU Business School since 2004 and will feature the popular UK expert on Lean Manufacturing, John Bicheno.

John Bicheno is the author of several books on various aspects of Lean implementation. He is also the programme manager for the Masters Programme in Lean Operations at the Cardiff Business School in the United Kingdom. Mr Bicheno is the guest of Professor Koot Pieterse, Lean practitioner and lecturer at the NMMU Business School, who has also guided research and authored books on the implementation of Lean in South African industry.

"The concept of Lean Manufacturing originated at Toyota and results in a smooth, steady flow of goods or processes with the minimum of waste in effort and resources. In recent years Lean has been adopted in a variety of enterprises such as services, healthcare and banking. Owing to its increasing implementation in industry and its ability to drastically improve the efficiency of business, the NMMU Business School recognised the need to host a conference around Lean Manufacturing," said Professor Pieterse.

In addition to the conference at the Kelway Hotel, Mr Bicheno will be presenting a masters class on Lean problem solving as well as a two-day specialist workshop on Lean implementation. Interested parties can contact Ms Ane' Venter either by email or telephone on +27(0)41 504 3777 for more information about these events and workshops.