COLLEGE
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PRESENTS THE FIRST
WOOD INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT
SERIES WORKSHOP
BLACKSBURG,
April 29, 2003 - Lean
manufacturing is simply
a method of doing
more for less. This
is also the topic
of the First Wood
Industry Management
Series Workshop that
will be held on May
5-6 at the Donaldson
Brown Hotel & Conference
Center on the Virginia
Tech Campus.
Lean
manufacturing systems
are the most comprehensive
of the popular production
management concepts
because it addresses
product, process,
and human-related
issues in the production
system.
The
Center for Forest
Products Marketing
and Management is
offering this workshop
to help managers in
wood products businesses
identify target opportunity
areas in their company
for lean manufacturing,
give a step-by-step
guide for the implementation
of “lean systems,”
and show how these
steps will lead to
significantly reduced
manufacturing costs
and increased competitiveness.
This course is designed
for upper and mid-level
production managers.
Earl
Kline, a professor
in forest product
manufacturing and
a member of the Center
for Forest Products
Marketing and Management
at Virginia Tech,
and Dan Cumbo, a research
associate with the
center, will be the
course instructors.
Kline has over 14-years
of experience in industrial
systems engineering
for wood products
manufacturing.
There
is a registration
fee for this workshop.
For more information
contact Bob Smith
at (540) 231-9750
or rsmith4@vt.edu.
There will be lodging
available at Donaldson
Brown Hotel & Conference
Center as well.
