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December
2009
Volume 4 Issue 12 |
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Upcoming Events: |
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5th Annual Lean Accounting Summit
Register with "LAN" as the promo
code and get $150 off the
registration fee. Available for new
reservations only. September
22-23, 2009
Orlando, FL
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Editor
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Lean
Accounting Trip to Japan
Lean
pioneer, Norman Bodek is working to solidify the itinerary listed
below and making plans for his trip in April. Bodek will
take a limited team of 20 executives on a trip that focuses
on Lean Accounting principles and practices.
The trip
will visit numerous plants where participants see first-hand
what lean looks like when fully applied throughout the
enterprise. In addition to plant tours, workshops will be
held with several former Toyota executives. They will share
their experiences with how the accounting function interacts
with lean operations.
Bodek
assures that new thinking will be discovered as few
Westerners have heard of many of the concepts that will be
covered, like the "J Cost" theory which provides a tool for
measuring the true impact of lean. Or the “technology
strategy map” which is used to attain world class status,
internationally competitive, in categories, such as:
Autonomous maintenance, defect countermeasures, JIT,
automation, technology transfer, equipment management,
set-up improvement, morale, cost, safety, delivery, movement
management, small group activities, and more.
Reservations have started to come in and will likely
increase in December and January. If you are interested in
this trip, please contact
Dwayne Butcher
and let him know of your interest. He'll keep you updated on
the number of available spots.
Bodek
has made available a PDF brochure suitable for printing.
DOWNLOAD the printable brochure.
Learn more about this trip on the Lean Accounting Summit
site.
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TRIP ITINERARY |
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Day 1
Fri. April 16 |
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Day 2
Sat. April 17 |
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Evening dinner on your own |
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Visit the local Ginza (stores and
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Day 3
Sun. April 18 |
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Breakfast on your own |
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Bus to meeting place |
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Trip orientation and workshop with Norman
Bodek |
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Late morning and afternoon workshop with
Mr. Monden. Topics will include:
1) Mini-profit center / line-company
systems
2) Kaizen cost management / kaizen
costing
3) Target costing |
Workshop with Mr. Tanaka
1) "J Cost" Theory: An evaluation
measure of the effect of TPS. |
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Bus back to Royal Park hotel. |
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Evening dinner on your own |
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Visit the local Ginza (stores and
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Day 4
Mon. April 19 |
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Breakfast on your own |
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Site Visit #1: Toyota Fork Lift |
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Site Visit #2: Canon Copier Plant |
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Bus back to Royal Park hotel. |
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Evening dinner on your own |
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Visit the local Ginza (stores and
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Day 5
Tue. April 20 |
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Breakfast on your own |
Workshop with Mr. Nakamura
- Be one of the first in the Western world
to learn how to develop a "technology
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Day 6
Wed. April 21 |
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Breakfast on your own |
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Site Visit #4: Toyota |
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Breakfast on your own |
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Site Visit #5: Aisin Seiki |
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Bullet Train to Kobe/Osaka |
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Stay in Kobe/Osaka |
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Day 7
Thu. April 22 |
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Breakfast on your own |
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Site Visit #6: Panasonic |
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Site Visit #7: Komatsu |
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Late afternoon we take the train to Kyoto |
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Stay at Kyoto Grand Hotel |
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Day 8
Fri. April 23 |
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Breakfast on your own |
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Site Visit #8: Kyocera |
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Stay at Kyoto Grand Hotel |
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Day 9
Sat.
April 24 |
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Options:
1. Take bullet train to Tokyo and then bus
to Narita Airport back to U.S.
2. Stay in Kyoto for a sightseeing day then
take the bullet train to Tokyo, stay at the
Royal Park - $300 additional fee |
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Day 10
Sun.
April 25 |
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Bus to airport and return home. |
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DOWNLOAD the
printable brochure.
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