September 25, 11:49AM EDT

The Summit has ended and proved to be a great time for participants to connect, network, and grow. More updates to come as well as photo captions.

September 23rd, 11:05AM EDT

Susan Lilly sharing some materials at the BMA Booth...

Jerry Solomon and Rosemary Fullerton share insights from MarquipWard's lean accounting journey...

Staci Gunnell & Todd Banner (standing) use volunteers to demonstrate what they've learned through Autoliv's journey...

Opening keynote presenter George Koenigsaeker, one of the original lean success stories, used volumes of data in his presentation titled "Measurement Can Be Easy"...

Summit participants enjoyed the opportunity to meet George after reading about his multiple lean successes over the years...

Lantech was one of the original companies to implement lean accounting. Here Cathy Taylor shares the story - a story that lean accounting veteran Jean Cunningham was an integral part...

Nick Katko from BMA leads a session on defining value streams...

Brian Maskell, of course. He was a busy man as always answering questions of the many people who've read his books...

Bruce Baggaley of BMA talking with Carl Mason of Boeing...

Terry Begnoche of SME, a longtime Summit Supporter since the beginning...

Norman Bodek, the Godfather of Lean, talking with Tonya Vinas, editor of Lean Accounting News, among others.

Glenn Marshall of Northrop Grumman, and AME, looking over material with Summit participants...

September 21st, 7:48PM EDT

It's the end of a long day of workshops. The participants I had a chance to talk with were thrilled with the challenges and insights of their workshops. Thanks to the workshop presenters for their time and dedication to lean management. Hopefully both the presenters and Summit attendees can mentally refresh because the Summit hasn't even officially begun! Several people I spoke with were headed to the Disney Parks to take in the sights, thrills, and fireworks. See you in the morning.

Dwayne

September 21st, 8:45AM EDT

Summit participants started arriving yesterday and many headed to Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. Had early registration last night and got to see many familiar faces.

There was a flurry of activity as folks registered and headed to the optional workshops. A larger percentage of people are attending workshops than in any previous Summit. Lean Accounting 101, 201, Cost Management, Lean in the Office, Lean Accounting Simulation and more are both educating and providing ideas for competitive advantages.

I just had the honor of spending some time with Norman Bodek. He's a brilliant man and has made significant new discoveries in his recent trips to Japan. Looking forward to his keynote presentation on Wednesday.

Name tags waiting to be claimed by arriving Summit participants...

Materials at the Registration area...

Workshops kicked off at 8:00 a.m. and continued through 5:00 p.m...

Brian Maskell (left) speaking with Norman Bodek. Two of the world's leading lean thinkers!

Enjoying networking and conversation over lunch during the workshops...

It's always good to have the Lean Enterprise Institute represented at the Summit. They do such great work in advancing lean thinking.

BMA is not only here with their booth, but with four staff members...

Nick Katko introducing lean accounting to the largest workshop of the Summit, Lean Accounting 101...

Janice Frampton hosting the Lean Accounting Simulation...

Pascal Dennis discusses the intricacies of Strategy Deployment...

Norman Bodek explaining the importance of Respect for People...

BMA is not only here with their booth, but with four staff members...

Drew Locher teaching his Lean for the Office workshop...

Brian Maskell leading a group through Lean Accounting 201...