Tour Japan's Leading Manufacturing Companies

Tour Features:

• Our tour is the only way to learn how to reduce your costs and increase your profit
  margin company wide.
• You will learn how to manage your operations with half the staff needed.
• Seeing world-class Lean operations means that you can be profitable at any level
  of production.
• We can semi-customize the tour for groups of 5 or more to get some of the key
  questions answered for your business.
• We do offer group discounts.

• How to reduce the cost of manufacturing,
  
• Service Level while dealing with staff layoffs,
  
• How to deal with supply chain issues in an economic downturn,
  
• How to manage cash flow and lines of credit,
  
• How to get more out of your staff and become more productive,
• How to leverage technology to adapt to the new economy,
  
• How to effectively lead change in an economic downturn to prepare for the upswing.
• Kaizen Training using Toyota's production line (Simulation Dojo)  

  "Learn the secrets to adapting your operations
   with the current economic climate!"
  - Khemanand Shiwram

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• Apply fundamental management skills, concepts and techniques
• Build high-performance teams through more effective communication
• Develop effective Lean tools and measures for productivity and effectiveness
• Implement quality concepts at the process, department, and enterprise levels
• Evaluate and respond to risk at the structural and organizational levels
• Identify improvement initiatives and goals and follow those through from start to finish
• Establish a dependable control and monitoring system for operations management

• Create organizational goals linked to the bottom line
• Estimate organizational measurements using simple techniques
• Assemble an improvement tram and gain commitment on objectives
• Plan, estimate and organize your department or division
• Identify customer requirements using proven techniques
• Apply simple but effective tools to identify and respond to organizational risks
• Create an environment where speed and quality are not working against one another

Dr. Michel Mestre

For the last 30 years Dr. Mike Mestre has been on a journey studying productivity and working on turnarounds with various companies, worldwide. After receiving his Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Mestre started his professional career at Boeing where he was involved in the planning and engineering of the 737 production line. He then moved from Seattle to Buffalo, NY to work with The Carborundum Company where he held the positions of new products commercialization, marketing and Economic and Strategic Planning Manager.

With years of education and practical experience, he founded a management consultancy firm which focused on turnaround operations to make companies profitable. For the next 13 years, Mike pioneered change-management in a variety of industries across the globe. Through corporate and consulting experience he developed his philosophy that the performance of an organization is a direct reflection of management practices.

Mike left the consulting industry to focus full-time on organizational performance and started his professorship at Trinity Western University, formalizing his experience with different management techniques and cultures of implementation. He is committed to the idea that management’s true responsibility is to instill a culture that values innovation and compels everyone to give his or her best effort. It is this steadfast conviction that has led Dr. Mestre to Japan many times, to study and develop relationships within organizations that have reached this goal. The value that Dr. Mestre adds to Enna’s Japan Study Mission lies in his high-level comprehension of Lean, his researched opinions, and the practical experience he carries in transferring knowledge from paper to practice.

Dr. Mestre is currently the Senior Professor at Northwestern University in Kirkland, WA and Adjunct Professor at Kyoto International University, Kyoto Japan. He was also invited as a research fellow at Nagoya University, Japan; Tilburg University, The Netherlands; and, Warwick Business School, United Kingdom. In addition to these accomplishments and honors, Dr. Mestre is an active member the editorial advisory board of the International Journal of Business Performance Management and the Center for Interdisciplinary Strategic Management Research, London, England.

As one of your tour hosts Dr. Mestre provides a great degree of knowledge about business and the benefits of different management systems. He has taught and led over 20,000 people in organizational change in 20 different industries.

Education:
B.S. Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
M.B.A. Pacific Lutheran University.
M.S. Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo.
Ph.D. Business, Middlesex University, London, UK.

Collin McLoughlin

In 1996, Collin visited Japan without knowing it would change his personal and professional life forever. After touring the premier companies of Japan, he became fascinated with the efficiency of their manufacturing practices and the promise it held for industry across the globe.

Over the course of the following 12 years, Collin helped lead the startup of an internationally recognized consulting firm. During the five years Collin spent there, he transformed its consulting model to a value-based model and parted ways as the most successful member of its consulting team. His departure from this firm was the first stepping stone on Collin’s journey to international recognition as a true innovator in the field of process improvement. His next step found him in Brussels, Belgium, where he accepted a position from DHL Express Logistics to become their Infrastructure Engineering Manager, responsible for implementing a strategic process improvement plan for 300 fulfillment and distribution centers across three continents.

From his days as captain of his ice hockey team to forging his own publishing company, leadership is a natural fit for Collin. His scholastic aptitude and shop-floor work ethic has produced a Lean education that is unparalleled in applying theory to real-world application. In 2004, Collin established Enna Products Corporation to put his unique skills to work in providing companies with the materials to lead their own process improvement efforts without the aid of consultants. In every product and book Collin publishes, you will find the focus is always on providing the trainer with the knowledge necessary for success. Enna’s slogan of “Knowledge into Practice” is reflective of this outlook and serves as the defining difference between other publishing companies and Enna.

As one of your tour hosts, Collin brings a wealth of experience and insight to the needs of your company. He has lead many trips to Japan and personally trained over 4000 people in process improvement, and has training experience in 12 different industries. If you have a problem, chances are he has seen it before; he is the author of over 150 published products in the process improvement field. Collin’s knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and leadership skills have provided companies around the world with the framework to success, but his most unique asset is empowering others to succeed. Let him put you in contact with the resources and people to accomplish that success.

Education:
Six Sigma Black Belt, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
MBA, Operations Strategy, Warwick Business School
Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
BBA, Honor’s in Finance, Trinity Western University

Philip Goritsas

Mr. Goritsas is the cofounder of Enna Inc. The company develops and sells Lean Manufacturing Material companies around the world in 30+ countries focusing on the process improvement niche. Previous to launching Enna, Philip was a Supply Chain Systems Manager for DHL Express Logistics located at there Global Coordination Center in Brussels, Belgium. There he worked to increase service level management throughout Europe, Middle East, and Africa for DHL Express Logistics. Philip’s focus and strength is on the value-added processes of customer service and how important customer “face-time” is to the future development of business and business growth.

Philip brings to our Japan Trip extensive knowledge in change management and the commercialization of products. An improvement focuses person he developed consulting materials that became the standards for a leading kaizen consulting company and its clients. Through this development he was responsible for the commercialization of training materials and standardizing the technique of Kaizen and Lean consulting. He was also responsible for commercializing this material into what is known today as Lean Training Material.

Philip is responsible for the marketing development and online deployment of Enna. He developed and launched all aspects of Enna’s internet sales division, reseller, and distributor networks. Enna’s network of interlinking websites provides readily available products to commonly needed solutions in the Lean Manufacturing Industry. Philip fields inquires and queries from people around the world concerning Lean Manufacturing related topics from Lean Administration to Strategic Planning.

Prior to his career in Lean Manufacturing, Philip worked for 11 years in the foodservice distribution industry culminating as General Manager for a regional food service company. As General Manager, Philip was responsible for deploying resources and capabilities to turn the business back to profitability. His policies created a cultural change allowing the business to double its net sales in four years and continue to succeed at taking market share away from its competitors.

As one of your tour hosts Philip provides a perspective that more productivity on the shop floor provides more customer service resources to differentiate your business from competition. Philip holds a Bachelor of Management in Information Systems from the University of Lethbridge, Canada.

Education:
Bachelors Management Information Systems, University of Lethbridge, Canada
11 Years of Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Experience

About Enna

Enna is a developer and manufacturer of innovative, action-oriented training / workshop training packages developed for internally led process improvement initiatives.

Enna’s strategic partners are leading industry experts in process improvement. These relationships along with Enna’s development knowledge of digital media, technology, and printing capabilities create an industry best solution package. Enna is able to combine world-class methodologies into a comprehensive package that helps your management team lead and communicate in the most effective manner.

Enna is committed to providing change agents and facilitators with the best combination of industry change management knowledge and workshop facilitation skills.

Our Solution Packages represent the culmination of the company's experience and research into the methods of process improvement and their application in improving organizations. In addition to the Solution Package and related products, Enna provides company specific customized training materials for companies in Canada and the USA.

Our company is founded on the belief that for a Lean Transformation is to be successful in your company, it will not just be because your people know the principles; it will be because they practice the principles. This leads to solutions that allow companies to internalize training programs by using Enna’s products to gain the experience and wisdom of consulting through the use of our products.

Questions or information requests regarding our line up of Solution Packages, Facilitator Guides, Training/Visual Aids, or Tools & Resources should be directed to info@enna.com.

Customized Private Tours

Along with Enna's Public Tours, we also offer Private Customized Tours. Each Tour will:

• Be completely customized by Dr. Michel Mestre, Collin McLoughlin and Enna.
• Tour companies based on your company's industry, maximizing your experience.
• Allow more people within your company to receive the knowledge to implement lean.  Increasing your ability to implement lean within your own company successfully.
• Customized lesson plans and training workshops.
• Excusive access to management executives.

• What do you build/make with the people that will be going on the tour.
• What are the responsibilities (in the company) of the people going on the tour. We suggest listing their names and responsibilities.
• Annual volume of products, by product.
• Seasonality of production by product.
• Number of employees within the organization.
• How the organization is structured (organizational structure chart).
• Rank the level of Lean knowledge for each member going on the tour, years of experience,   role in Lean, and number of workshops lead.
• Provide some summaries of the workshops you have done with a picture of the product.

We ask all this so we can arrange a tour that will align with your company's specific needs and requirements.

*Note: Private Tours currently require a 4 month lead time and require a minimum of 15 people. Price will be determined by total number of participants and tour specific details.

For the last 30 years Dr. Mike Mestre has been on a journey studying productivity and working on turnarounds with various companies, worldwide. After receiving his Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Mestre started his professional career at Boeing where he was involved in the planning and engineering of the 737 production line. He then moved from Seattle to Buffalo, NY to work with The Carborundum Company where he held the positions of new products commercialization, marketing and Economic and Strategic Planning Manager.

With years of education and practical experience, he founded a management consultancy firm which focused on turnaround operations to make companies profitable. For the next 13 years, Mike pioneered change-management in a variety of industries across the globe. Through corporate and consulting experience he developed his philosophy that the performance of an organization is a direct reflection of management practices.

Mike left the consulting industry to focus full-time on organizational performance and started his professorship at Trinity Western University, formalizing his experience with different management techniques and cultures of implementation. He is committed to the idea that management’s true responsibility is to instill a culture that values innovation and compels everyone to give his or her best effort. It is this steadfast conviction that has led Dr. Mestre to Japan many times, to study and develop relationships within organizations that have reached this goal. The value that Dr. Mestre adds to Enna’s Japan Study Mission lies in his high-level comprehension of Lean, his researched opinions, and the practical experience he carries in transferring knowledge from paper to practice.

Dr. Mestre is currently the Senior Professor at Northwestern University in Kirkland, WA and Adjunct Professor at Kyoto International University, Kyoto Japan. He was also invited as a research fellow at Nagoya University, Japan; Tilburg University, The Netherlands; and, Warwick Business School, United Kingdom. In addition to these accomplishments and honors, Dr. Mestre is an active member the editorial advisory board of the International Journal of Business Performance Management and the Center for Interdisciplinary Strategic Management Research, London, England.

As one of your tour hosts Dr. Mestre provides a great degree of knowledge about business and the benefits of different management systems. He has taught and led over 20,000 people in organizational change in 20 different industries.

Education:
B.S. Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
M.B.A. Pacific Lutheran University.
M.S. Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo.
Ph.D. Business, Middlesex University, London, UK.

Led by Collin McLoughlin

In 1996, Collin visited Japan without knowing it would change his personal and professional life forever. After touring the premier companies of Japan, he became fascinated with the efficiency of their manufacturing practices and the promise it held for industry across the globe.

Over the course of the following 12 years, Collin helped lead the startup of an internationally recognized consulting firm. During the five years Collin spent there, he transformed its consulting model to a value-based model and parted ways as the most successful member of its consulting team. His departure from this firm was the first stepping stone on Collin’s journey to international recognition as a true innovator in the field of process improvement. His next step found him in Brussels, Belgium, where he accepted a position from DHL Express Logistics to become their Infrastructure Engineering Manager, responsible for implementing a strategic process improvement plan for 300 fulfillment and distribution centers across three continents.

From his days as captain of his ice hockey team to forging his own publishing company, leadership is a natural fit for Collin. His scholastic aptitude and shop-floor work ethic has produced a Lean education that is unparalleled in applying theory to real-world application. In 2004, Collin established Enna Products Corporation to put his unique skills to work in providing companies with the materials to lead their own process improvement efforts without the aid of consultants. In every product and book Collin publishes, you will find the focus is always on providing the trainer with the knowledge necessary for success. Enna’s slogan of “Knowledge into Practice” is reflective of this outlook and serves as the defining difference between other publishing companies and Enna.

As one of your tour hosts, Collin brings a wealth of experience and insight to the needs of your company. He has lead many trips to Japan and personally trained over 4000 people in process improvement, and has training experience in 12 different industries. If you have a problem, chances are he has seen it before; he is the author of over 150 published products in the process improvement field. Collin’s knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and leadership skills have provided companies around the world with the framework to success, but his most unique asset is empowering others to succeed. Let him put you in contact with the resources and people to accomplish that success.

Education:
Six Sigma Black Belt, Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
MBA, Operations Strategy, Warwick Business School
Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
BBA, Honor’s in Finance, Trinity Western University