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SEPTEMBER SHORELINE FORUM PDM

3/4/2021

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Presentation of Launch

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021
Location:  ​Holidays Pub & Grill
PDM Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
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Speaker:  Kym Leibham, Director of Strategic Outreach, Lakeland University

Topic:  Lakeland University's Student-Run Enterprise

Leibham, serves Lakeland University in the role of director of strategic outreach responsible for expanding the university’s external partnerships and creating alignment around partnerships and university goals.  More specifically, she is developing a new venture, student-run businesses, to fill the need for co-op employment placements.

Kym also has more than 25 years of experience in event planning, marketing and fundraising, and is the founder and CEO of EventWise, a Sheboygan-based event meeting and strategy planning firm.  Among Kym’s core competencies and foundations of her business approach are time management expertise, attention to detail and communication.    
           
As an instructor and mentor, Kym strives to empower Lakeland students to develop professional abilities, entrepreneurial problem-solving and strategic thinking while understanding and growing soft skills.

Kym has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s in Business Administration from Lakeland University.
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About the Presentation:
Lakeland’s new student-run business enterprise will put students in positions to make real-world business decisions, lead teams of their peers, and be responsible for all aspects of the businesses from financial success to marketing strategies.  These powerful experiences will provide students with an opportunity to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that is applicable in any field of study while developing the next generation of emerging leaders.  The presentation will share information about the business divisions, planning and implementation process, and future hopes.

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MARCH SHORELINE FORUM PDM

3/4/2021

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RESCHEDULED TO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2021

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FEBRUARY SHORELINE FORUM PDM

2/1/2021

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Tour & Presentation of Boortmalt USA Limited, Sheboygan

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021
Tour Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
PDM Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
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Speaker:  Eric Hanson, Plant Manager of Boortmalt USA Limited

Topic:  Tour and History of Boortmalt
Eric has worked as the Plant Manager for Boortmalt USA since 2014 when the plant was malting for Cargill Inc.  Prior to 2014, he worked as the EHS Manager for 7 years with Land O’Lakes Inc in Denmark WI, and Kiel WI.

About the Presentation:
Eric will highlight story of Boortmalt, where they came from and where they are going.  The plant first started malting in 1856. In the early days it was floor malting, and it would take several employees hours to turn the barley by hand. 

Today they have equipment that helps us move the barley through the process.  Capt. Pabst would bring his ship to the shores of Sheboygan to pick up finished barley, Malt.  From the top of their silos, you can see for miles on a clear day, the area around the plant now covered with houses, at one time were fields full of Barley waiting to become Malt.

About the Tour:
Directions ->
https://www.google.com/maps/search/boortmalt+in+sheboygan/@43.7474005,-87.7288056,17z/data=!3m1!4b1

Parking - Please park in front of building on 704 South 15th Street, Sheboygan. 

Required PPE for Tour:
  • Please refrain from wearing open toe shoes
  • Eye protection, Bump Caps and Hi-VIS vests will be provided
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SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER PDM'S

9/21/2020

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In an effort to keep all of our members safe, our Chapter will not be offering any PDM's in September or October.  Please join us for our first Virtual PDM in November.
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NOVEMBER SHORELINE CHAPTER PDM

9/21/2020

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​Virtual Meeting via Zoom

​Joint with Massachusetts Minuteman Chapter of Boston (Regional)
Zoom link to be provided after registration
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020
PDM Time: 5:45 – 7:20 pm
​Speaker:  Daniel A. Marino, Senior Partner of Marino Associates, LLC
Topic:  Coping with the Speed of Change

DANIEL A. MARINO is a Senior Partner of Marino Associates, LLC, a manufacturing consulting firm specializing in ERP/MRP II, Lean/Agile Manufacturing, JIT, Six Sigma, and related consulting and education.  Prior to establishing his own firm, Mr. Marino was a Senior Consultant with Robert Abair Associates.  Dan has also held the positions of Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations with Gerber Technology, Inc., Tolland, Connecticut, Director of Manufacturing and Materials, for a high tech CAD manufacturer, Vice President of Manufacturing for a large capital machine manufacturer, as well as Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and MRP II Project Manager for a large capital equipment manufacturer.

A proven world-class manufacturing executive, Mr. Marino has been fortunate to enjoy a track record of successfully directing the manufacturing activities of world leading companies. H e is listed in “Who’s Who in American Manufacturing.”  Mr. Marino has more than thirty years in materials and manufacturing with experience in ERP, Lean/Agile Manufacturing process, JIT, MRP II, Capacity Planning, Lean Supply Chain Management, and Global Procurement. Mr. Marino has planned, structured, developed, and directed company-wide training and education programs. Mr. Marino has implemented SAP’s R3 ERP system in a global environment, Oracle’s ERP system, Microsoft NAV, and EPICOR.

Mr. Marino has led the efforts of three acquisitions, two in the US and one in Europe.  Dan has managed in a multi-plant environment, at facilities in the US and Europe.  Dan’s expertise in facility layout and product flow, allowed for the consolidation of plants, and major improvements in material flow and logistics.  Dan has numerous successful Lean, Supply Chain, Customer Relationship Management, and ERP Optimization programs.

Mr. Marino has a Degree in Business Management from NEC.  In addition, he has taken extensive courses in Manufacturing Engineering, completed a one-year technical program in Industrial Engineering, and achieved CPIM from the American Production and Inventory Management Society.  He is a certified instructor for Boston Universities Corporate Education Center and is an Adjunct Professor at Bentley College.  Mr. Marino also has extensive knowledge in both SAP and Oracle ERP systems.  As a popular public speaker, Mr. Marino has enjoyed delivering numerous presentations over the years to a variety of professionals and organizations.  He is a frequent speaker and educator on the local, national, and international level.  He is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Manufacturing Association of Connecticut, and a member and former VP of Education and Research of the American Production and Inventory Control Society.

Mr. Marino is considered a motivator, and is recognized as leader within his field, working with companies such as AT&T, Marotta, GE, Canberra, York Air Conditioning, Valent, Distek, Hussey Seating, Hasbro, Hadco, Lego, and Natick Labs.

About the Presentation:

Over the last 25 years, Dan Marino has had the opportunity to work with many different companies all over the world.  These companies have been in various stages of their Life Cycle, some of the companies were in a tremendous growth cycle, some very mature with steady growth intrinsically and through mergers and acquisitions, and others on the end of their life cycle, trying to figure out the next chapter for their companies.
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Regardless of what life cycle companies are in, Dan typically got asked by Senior Management very similar questions:
•    What will it take to improve the alignment of strategy and execution?
•    What will it take to improve processes and systems in all areas?
•    What will it take to improve the ability of employees to embrace change?
•    How can we improve the process of coping with change in all departments?
•    How can we eliminate the amount of change and the speed of change?
•    What systems can I purchase to improve my capability to manage change?
•    Do we need more complicated and detailed processes and systems to manage change?
 
The challenge for manufacturing companies in the 21st Century is to embrace and mange change in all its forms:
•    Volatility - this change is unexpected or unstable and may be of unknown duration, but it is not           necessarily hard to understand.
•    Uncertainty - despite a lack of information, the event's basic cause and effect are known. Change       is possible but not a given.
•    Complexity - The change has many interconnected parts and variables. Some information is               available and is predictable, but the volume or nature of it can be overwhelming to process.
•    Ambiguity - This is change where no precedent exists: you face "unknown unknowns."
 
The alternative to pushing back on change and fighting it, is to embrace it as a fact in business today, and by all trends will persist and prevail.
Some of this 2020 year special challenges and changes we need to cope with, and embrace a new way of operating within, would be:
•    For Work from Home (WFH) folks,
o       Communication / virtual meetings & telecons, etc,
o       Work – life balance / challenges
o       Technology / equipment / ergonomics / etc,
o       Productivity (many say it has improved).
o       Management’s “new” changed viewpoint towards working from home.
o       Employees in general are embracing it – are you?  Good points / bad points?
o       Etc
o       How long is this expected?  Google/Facebook = into 2021 (and perhaps forever for many of their workers). 
o       Long-term effect on real estate (companies may not need as much real estate – ex: multiple companies are moving out of high-cost rent areas like Boston, etc, to lower cost / smaller footprint locations).
•    For people going in to the work place:
o       Staying safe challenges / equipment at work challenges / social distancing while in work, etc
o       Some people getting COVID hazard pay adder, some not.  Effect on morale.
o       Multiple guidelines/new rules = effect on productivity?
 
This very upbeat and interactive talk will provide food for thought, when it comes to the speed of change, and how to cope.

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