LONDON, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --     Running from 30th - 31st October 2007 and supported by workshops on 29th
October plus a site visit on 1st November. The Hotel Okura, Amsterdam brings
together leading quality and process excellence professionals from across
Europe.

The full speaker line up has been announced visit:
http://www.iqpc.com/nl/eurosummit/news

Keynote addresses will be provided by:

- Dr. Jeff Liker, Professor, Industrial and Operational
Engineering,

University of Michigan and Author of 'The Toyota way'

- Bill Black, Chief Quality Officer, EADS

The focus of this event will be on building the perfect process
excellence programme and will include insights into:

Lean - Launching Lean in all business functions

Integration - Combining process improvement projects into one operational
excellence strategy

Business Alignment - Maximum impact through VOC and a corporate wide
strategy

Change Management - Leadership, motivation and communication

Benchmarking - Building a strategy through benchmarking positions with
the rest of the European market

Senior level attendees may attend the exclusive VP and Senior Director
Benchmarking Forum to network and exchange ideas with European counterparts.

Workshops supporting the event will run on a range of Process Improvement
subjects including:

Dr. Jeff Liker - 'Using the Toyota Way...' will run from 18:00 to 21:00
on Wednesday 31st October - Places on this Workshop are limited.

A - Simple steps toward Lean integration

B - Deployment health checking: How to benchmark and improve your
company's Lean Six Sigma Programme

C - Using visual Six Sigma

D - Using Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement hand in hand

E - Strategic Lean thinking

F - Sustaining Six Sigma: Using the Maturity Model as a guide

G - Applying Lean in transactional environments for a competitive service
delivery

H - Harnessing the power of DfSS

I - Lean for Manufacturing - Lean versus Outsourcing

There will also be a 2 Master-classes running on 29th October

J - Successful Deplyment - Run by Dr. Ian Wedgewood, Director, Sigma
Breakthrough Technologies and author of 'Lean Sigma - A Practitioner's Guide'

K - Two Part Master-class run by Fujitsu and Unipart:

i) Simulating Lean: A first step in engaging leadership
ii) Leading in a Lean Environment

To see Lean in action, a Site Visit is organised to see the Nuon Customer
Contact Centre and Headquarters. Transport is provided on 1st November.

For further Press information and Public enquiries contact:

    Donna Blake: 44-(0)20-7368-9350
    donna.blake@iqpc.co.uk
    Visit: http://www.iqpc.com/nl/eurosummit/news