Attendees learn lean from GM, Harley, Campbell Soup and others

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Manufacturing leaders from facilities in the United States, Canada and Indonesia attended Reliable Plant magazine's fourth annual "Lean Tools for Maintenance & Reliability" conference. The event was held October 6-8 at the Marriott Hotel in Chicago.

Among the companies that sent plant leaders and/or teams to the event were Abbott Laboratories, AstenJohnson, BAE Systems, Frito-Lay, Georgia-Pacific, Kimberly-Clark, Kolbe and Kolbe Millwork, Novartis Health, Novelis, Pratt & Whitney and Shell Oil.

Sponsors of the conference were Brady Corporation, Dow Corning Molykote, General Physics and W.W. Grainger.

The event featured three days of keynote addresses, case studies, panel discussions and white papers.

Keynote addresses were given by: