Vision
Provide outstanding and provocative lean learning events that help Michigan organizations pursue excellence and make our state the best place in the country to live, learn and earn.
Mission
Educate people, share knowledge and create lean awareness across industries and functions in order to promote innovation, job growth and organizational success.
Team
Members
Vera Szram-Senyk, Kate Sweeney, Debra Levantrosser Setman, Bijay Nayak, Howard Weston,
Lauren Stewart, Betsy Williams, Jessica Chaplin, Jessica Morales, Sue Emery
Team
Norms
• Meeting Frequency: monthly at a minimum
• Our Role: recommend specific events to the board, liaise with the hosts/guest speakers, finalize the agenda for each event, select the date and logistics, establish an event feedback process, report the feedback to the board monthly
Type of
Events
• Benchmarking Tours
• Training
• Leadership Panels
• Information Sharing Sessions
• Webinars
• Coaching Sessions
• Collaborative programs with existing MI lean user groups and professional organizations
Other Ideas
Sponsorships, Partnerships of conferences & seminars, an annual MI Lean
Conference
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 September 14, 2012: Kaizen for Beginners in Sterling
Heights
 October 5, 2012: Healthcare Summit in Clinton Township
 November 2, 2012: Benchmarking Event with Micron
Manufacturing in Grand Rapids, MI
 December 7, 2012: End of Year Event and Networking
Reception in Lansing, MI
Know of an organization or person willing to host or sponsor an event? Email the leaders of the Event Committee, Vera Szram-Senyk at vera.szramsenyk@mclaren.org or Kate Sweeney at csweene1@hfhs.org
.
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 Benchmarking
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BCBSM
DTE
Amway 
 Trinity Health

Leadership panel with DTE Energy’s CEO and COO
 Training sessions

‘Careers in Lean’ with Oakland University students
 Webinars
 Open Discussions with Experts
 Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals
 Government Projects
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State of MI
City of Detroit
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