2006 Lean Accounting Summit

CD Package Lean Principles in Accounting $49
CD Number	Title and Description
1	"Business Process Improvement and Accounting Simplification" - Bob Dean and Bill Schwartz Bob Dean and Bill Schwartz will describe how TBM clients have used kaizen to improve key financial business processes including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and the Month End Closing process. In dozens of examples, companies have eliminated process steps, improved worker productivity, and reduced process lead time. Companies have compressed the monthly closing cycle from weeks to days. Bob and Bill will also describe how a Lean Implementation can simplify financial reporting, performance metrics and internal transactions.
2	“Extending Lean Thinking to the Office” - Drew Locher A Lean Enterprise relentlessly drives "Non-Value-Added" waste by improving the flow of materials and information. It is imperative that companies apply lean thinking to all processes - non-production as well as production. By redesigning key business processes, tremendous benefits to the organization can be realized. This presentation will define the manner by which Lean Thinking is applied to information processes. A thorough review will be conducted of the “future state” questions that are part of the value stream mapping tool, and how they are used to design lean business processes. The future state questions embody Lean Thinking, and its key concepts of value, flow, pull and leveling.
3	"Lean Logistics and the Lean Supply Chain" - Robert Martichenko, President, LeanCor LLC Are you hearing more and more about Lean and Supply Chain Management? Not sure what it all means for Logistics and Supply Chain Management in your organization? Lean Manufacturing continues to increase in strategic popularity as organizations strive to increase flow of material and reduce waste at all levels. Consequently, it is vital to educate ourselves on Lean and the implications to Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Mr. Martichenko will explore the relationship between Lean, Logistics and Supply Chain Management. In a practical and informative manner, Robert will address Lean methodologies that apply directly to Logistics and Supply Chain Management. At the end of this presentation, you will understand how Lean can be applied to eliminate waste in Logistics and the Supply Chain.