Plastic Ingenuity specializes in custom thermoforming solutions for Healthcare, Food, and Consumer Products. With seven strategic locations, they are one of North America's largest custom thermoformers—bringing packaging visions to life, scaling product delivery, and building long-term partnerships that extend beyond the lifecycle of the product.

At their Mazomanie plant, the Plastic Ingenuity team has launched an innovative floor engagement initiative called Rock & Pebbles. This program invites team members to contribute ideas that enhance overall processes and suggest line-specific improvements. The initiative has energized engagement across every level—from the shop floor to the corporate office.

Join Plastic Ingenuity for their upcoming event and discover creative strategies to inspire your team, foster ownership, and drive meaningful process improvements.

Agenda

8:45 a.m.   Arrival, registration, and networking

9:00           Welcome – new members, current members, and guests

9:15           Plastic Ingenuity Company Overview

9:30           Process Improvement through floor engagement and communication

10:15         Plant Tour

11:00         Member Q&A

11:15         Small Group – How do we Improve Boulders and Pebbles Program

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:45         Review AGV Implementation Process

1:15          Small Group Activity- Tour Feeback- Positive approaches and improvement opportunities

2:15          Roundtable discussion topics & member updates

                 AME consortia business – news and upcoming events

3:00 p.m.  Adjourn

Novonesis is a trailblazing global bioscience company revolutionizing the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries with innovative natural ingredient solutions. At their Madison, WI facility, the focus is on developing and manufacturing cutting-edge bulk probiotics that drive health and wellness.

During our upcoming visit, the Novonesis team will lead us through a dynamic deep dive into Training Within Industry (TWI) – Job Instruction. They’ll share the impact TWI-JI has had across their organization, demonstrate their training approach, and walk participants through the key principles in action.

Attendees will have a unique hands-on opportunity: a practice session where you’ll apply TWI practices and receive real-time feedback from TWI-certified trainers—an invaluable experience for anyone looking to enhance frontline skill development and instructional clarity.

This session isn’t just instructional, it’s transformational. Get ready to explore how Novonesis is setting new standards in bioscience innovation and operational excellence, and walk away with practical tools to elevate your team.

Agenda

8:30 AM        Welcome and kickoff

8:45 AM       Purpose of TWI-Job Instruction

9:00 AM       Showing alone, telling alone & power of combining both

10:00 AM     4 Step method & job breakdown sheets 

11:00 AM     Practice Session

11:30 AM     Lessons learned, what’s worked and what’s not

12:00 PM    Lunch

12:45 PM    Q&A and Wrap Up

1:00 PM      Adjourn

This event will not Include a plant tour or member round robin during the event.  We are having a unique repeat event at Novonesis because of the great interest in TWI.

Green Bay Packaging started manufacturing corrugated boxes with one box plant in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1933. Today, GBP has over 40 locations nationwide. We continue to be a family-owned, American-made manufacturer leading the way in award-winning sustainable, innovative manufacturing. We are a full-service, vertically integrated manufacturer of corrugated packaging, folding cartons, and coated label products in addition to sustainably managing 450,000 acres of timberlands to achieve a high standard of environmental stewardship.

See our Strategy Deployment in action - creating clear alignment from frontline to leadership. Then, discover how our people-focused approach to problem solving translates conference room strategy to machine improvements and bottom-line results.

Finally, we'll share our journey from basic continuous improvement tools to building an Operating System founded on two core principles: Respect for All and Pursuit of Perfection.

Agenda

8:45 a.m.    Arrival, registration, and networking

9:00           Welcome – new members, current members, and guests

9:15           Lean Journey – From Tools to an Operating System (6S, Standard Work, A3’s, MDI, Strategy    Deployment, Visual Management)

10:15         Strategy Deployment – Aligning problem solvers for facility-wide change

11:15         Facility Tour – Strategy Deployment driven improvements

11:45         Q/A

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:30 p.m. Tour + Presentation Feedback: +’s and deltas

1:15           Small Group Activity:

        -          What KPI’s measure culture and servant leadership?

        -          How can we shift CI coaching from the CI Dept to Dept Managers?

2:00           Round Table Discussion

             ·         Member Updates – Top 3 CI initiatives

                  ·         What’s New? What do you need help with?      

2:55          AME Consortia Business- news and upcoming events

3:00 p.m.  Adjourn

Charter Wire was founded in 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Charter Wire has grown into a leading steel supplier and manufacturer of Engineered Shaped Wire, Cold Finished Bar, and Cold-Headed and Stamped Components to various industries including Automotive, Agriculture, Construction, Consumer, Industrial, and Oil & Gas. With two facilities in Milwaukee, we are well positioned to support our customers with their steel cold rolling and forming manufacturing needs.

Charter Wire LLC is a member of the privately held Charter Manufacturing family of companies, with whom we are vertically integrated to provide best-in-class support, service, and turn-around times for our customers.  Charter Wire benefits from strong synergies in metallurgy, process control, and quality assurance - backed by a culture of continuous improvement and long-term customer partnerships.

Agenda

8:45 a.m.  Arrival, registration, and networking

9:00          Welcome – new members, current members, and guests

9:15          Charter Wire Overview

•      Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence Journey

•       Visual Management and 5S

• ·         Problem Solving

10:45         Charter Wire 81st Street Plant Tour

11:45          Q/A

12:00 p.m.  Lunch

12:30          Leader and Operator Standard Work

1:00            Small Group Discussion – Digital vs hand-written metrics and data visualization/tracking

1:30            Small Group Activity – Tour Feedback Exercise

2:00            Round Table Discussion

•    Member Updates – Top 3 CI initiatives

                        What’s New? What do you need help with?

2:45             AME Consortia Business- news and upcoming events

3:00 p.m.     Adjourn