April Monthly Chapter Meeting (In Person)
April 16 | 6:00-7:30 pm
Chapter Meeting (In Person)
1.5 PDUs (Ways of Working) Self Reporting
The first 15 minutes will be focused on chapter information / upcoming events, followed by our learning topic:
Reduce Waste by Achieving Smooth Flow
Creating smooth flow in your work can help you eliminate waste and create more engagement with your team members. Waste is easy to talk about, but it is so much better to experience firsthand through a hands-on competition. Roll up your sleeves in this session, and let's see how smooth we can make work flow!
Learning Objectives:
- Explain value vs waste and know the industry standard eight wastes.
- Recognize what smooth flow looks like and how to measure it.
- Apply smooth-flow concepts through a hands-on actvity.
About our Speaker: Branden Clements
Branden Clements is a Director of Lean at Barton Malow. In this leadership role, he leads a team focused on improving enterprise processes and developing a Lean culture within the company’s self-perform trades. He loves facilitating cross-departmental workshops and seeing the light bulb
moments when people better understanding what they do and how they can do it better. He believes that small change is the key to improvement, and that cumulatively, it becomes significant over time. He has a dual degree Master of Architecture and Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering & Management from the University of Michigan. He holds the PMP certification and is a licensed architect in the State of Michigan.
Branden enjoys playing tennis in his free time. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Novi. He is a triplet – he has two brothers that are the same age.
Branden has presented Lean at 6 different AEC conferences over the past three years.
