Best Practices for Operational Excellence 2022
We're getting back together again — just in time for our 20th anniversary!
The 20th Annual Best Practices in Operational Excellence Conference will be held in-person at the Blackwell Inn and Pfahl Conference Center located on The Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio. Join us September 21-23, 2022 to discuss all things process improvement. Best practices will be shared in keynote presentations, workshops, and peer-to-peer discussions. This is a great opportunity to learn from others and network in a casual setting. Don't miss it!
The conference opens at 8:00 AM ET on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 and will adjourn at noon on Friday, September 23, 2022.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - Friday, September 23, 2022
Why Attend the Annual BP4OpX?
The registration window is now closed.
Please contact MoreSteam support: support@moresteam.com if you have any questions.
BP4OpX is an invitation-only gathering of executive leaders involved in Lean Six Sigma, product and service design, and process improvement training.
Designed to foster conversation and encourage networking in the field of Operational Excellence.
Presentations are from fellow OpEx leaders in the field.
Focused on practical application and knowledge that you can take back to improve your program.
The registration fee of $495 includes two and a half days of sessions, breakfast and lunch both days, and a networking reception with dinner.
Attendees come from multiple industries and have continuous improvement programs that range from long-standing to brand new.
Previous Attendees
- 5/3 Bank
- AEP
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Arizona Governor's Office
- Boeing
- Cardinal Health
- Constellation Energy
- Ecolab
- Ernst & Young
- GE Aviation
- Grange Insurance
- Honeywell
- LabCorp
- Liberty Mutual
- Lilly
- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
- Mars Petcare
- Mount Carmel Health System
- Nationwide
- OSU Fisher College of Business
- Progressive Insurance
- Rolls-Royce
- Southwest Airlines
- T. Marzetti
- The Wendy's Company
- Uber Technologies, Inc.
- United States Postal Service
- University of Notre Dame
- USAA
- West Pharmaceutical
Best Practices for Operational Excellence 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Breakfast & Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Welcome / Introductions |
| 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | Break |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Creating a Culture of Innovation and Learning Aravind Chandrasekaran - The Ohio State University |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Developing the Next Generation of Lean Problem Solvers Alan Goodman - Instructional Chair, Quality and Engineering - MATC |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Lessons Learned: How We Improved our Continuous Improvement Training Oscar Marshall - Amazon |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Increasing Certification Pull Through Kevin Norman & Megan Johnson & Renee Snell - Fifth Third Bank |
| 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM | Rolling With The Punches: A Continuous Improvement Deployment During the COVID-19 Pandemic Robert Henderson & William Daley - Edmund Optics |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Coaching in a Blended Learning Training Model Gus Lage - Medtronic |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Afternoon Break |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Cool New Stuff from the MoreSteam Labs |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Prep for Dinner |
| 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Social Hour & Casual Dinner at UnderStory 2571 Neil Ave | Columbus |
Thursday, September 22, 2022
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Breakfast & Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Day 2 Opening |
| 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM | Stories of Lean Transformations Kim Scibelli - Senior Director Operational Excellence - Kite Pharma |
| 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | Everything Else: What Coaches Do To Create Successful Practitioners |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM | Using Machine Learning to Predict Student Success After Training Nick LaRosa & Xander Hathaway - MoreSteam |
| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | The Evolution of Operational Excellence at USPS Jewelyn Harrington - Sr. Director Operational Excellence - United States Postal Service |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Digital Innovation vs. Traditional Improvements: The impact of technology on Lean Methods Pam Wright - Capital One |
| 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Pivoting during COVID: Process Modeling in Healthcare David Wittman - St. Jude's Children Hospital |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Break |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Assessing the Maturity of Your Operational Excellence System Bill Hathaway - CEO - MoreSteam |
| 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM | Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare, A Case Study Kathleen Sharp - Senior Lean Business Leader - Atrium Health |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Recap and Discussion of Lessons Learned |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks |
Friday, September 23, 2022
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
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| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 12:00 PM | Adjourn |