Three speakers drawn from industry will headline the inaugural session of the Lean Manufacturing Seminar Series, Friday, February 1, on the UWindsor campus.

The Windsor-Essex chapter of Professional Engineers Ontario presents “Learn to Leverage Lean” at 10 a.m. in Vanier Hall’s Winclare A room. The event features:

• Massimo Risi, Global Head—Small Vehicles Program, Chrysler LLC
  In 2010, Risi was appointed head of World Class Manufacturing at Chrysler, responsible for directing its implementation across all manufacturing facilities.
• Sardar Asif Khan, head of the Industrial Engineering Department at Chrysler’s Mack Ave Engine Complex
  Khan brings more than 22 years of engineering and management experience to help companies transform from traditional to lean manufacturing.
• Paul Howlett, president of EDI Consulting Group
  Over the past 15 years, Howlett has worked with people in organizations using lean manufacturing techniques to help them see and implement improvement opportunities.

The series is co-sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering.