Jun 4, 2025 - Jun 5, 2025

Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) - Portland Lean Summit 2025

June 4–5, 2025 | Portland, Oregon | Radisson Portland Airport Conference Center

Theme: Foundations for the Future

This mini-conference is designed for CI professionals, leaders, and emerging leaders who want to explore cutting-edge Lean practices, learn from real-world case studies, and build new skills—without having to travel far from home.

Kelly DePaolo and I serve on the AME West Region Board, we had lot of fun curating a program packed with topics to inspire and challenge your thinking, including:

🎤 Keynotes

• The Future of Continuous Improvement is Human – Reframing performance through clarity, team empowerment, and addressing “human waste” like burnout and disengagement
• Leading Large-Scale Lean Transformation – Intel’s approach to making leadership participation central to enterprise change

🎒 Workshops

• Maximizing Change Readiness through Improv Skills – Build presence, adaptability, and communication
• Tech-Enabled Standard Work at the Speed of Change – Use AI, AR, and smart tools to revolutionize training
• Leadership Resilience with the 3 Cs (Commitment, Control, Challenge) – Strengthen your ability to lead under pressure

🏭 Tours & Practitioner Sessions

• Visit companies like Oregon Tool and PECO/Astronics to see grassroots Lean and visual systems in action
• Learn how to apply AI, Power BI, and data analysis to CI, and build the case for automation with real ROI models

🎯 Learn more & register here.

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