January 2026 - The Innovair Story

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How to take lean practices from a distribution company and apply them into manufacturing Presented by Ed Boulanger​​​​ and Neil (Sensei) Addison How Lean aligns and impacts our company strategy: Improving our operational efficiency and providing more value for our customers has been a part of our strategic map for the past 10 years. We have applied lean tools and integrated them with other objectives in a detailed cause-effect matrix to have even more impact. How lean encompasses some of our core values: WE are curious, WE are an army of problem solvers, WE are always learning, and WE are winners all will be presented. Examples of how the cause-and-effect relationship between these and lean will be presented along with how they help us provide more value to our customers. We will outline examples of areas where lean was successful but also where we have had challenges learned from them and created future opportunities. WE will outline why we practice lean and describe how it all started for us. WE will showcase HOW we educate our team members and provide real examples of them applying lean in their roles and what the results were. WE will showcase 1 area of our business that is a shining example of using lean tools to create a culture that is conducive to value added processes thru waste elimination Presentation Rating: Intermediate