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TechTrends e-Newsletter I January 2004 Page 4 of 5 <br /> Time: 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. <br /> Location: Technology Plus Center, Mankato, Minn. <br /> • Cost: $280 <br /> Featured Speaker: <br /> • Jan Hepola, MTI <br /> MTI ISO Registration Series: Internal Auditing <br /> Dates: 2/9/04 and 2/13/04 (two-day session) <br /> Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. <br /> Locations: 2/9/04-Edina, 2/13/04-Brainerd <br /> Cost: $600 <br /> Featured Speaker: <br /> • Techlogic Inc. <br /> MTI Tech Forum: Information Technology_Security <br /> Date: 2/19/04 <br /> Time: 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. <br /> Location: TBA <br /> Cost: $149 <br /> Featured Speaker: <br /> • Dr. Mark Charmichael, Upstream Solutions <br /> MTI ISO Registration Series: Customer Satisfaction Measurement <br /> • Dates: 3/1/04; 3/4/04 <br /> Time: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. <br /> Locations: 3/1-Edina; 3/4-Brainerd <br /> Cost: $150 <br /> Featured Speaker: <br /> • Techlogic Inc. <br /> For more information on these and other MTI programs, <br /> call 612-373-2900, 800-325-3073, or e-mail: <br /> www.minnesotatechnology_.org/events/TechForums/index.asp, <br /> «Previous I Issue Home I Next >> <br /> The Smart Office <br /> Lean principles can work equally well in an office as they do on a shop floor. <br /> In recent years, lean manufacturing-a systematic approach to identifying non-value <br /> activities to improve quality-has become an increasingly popular tool for U.S. <br /> businesses. And with good reason-lean principles offer manufacturers a potent way <br /> Ai to trim waste, manage inventory, bolster shop floor efficiency, and increase profit <br /> margins. <br /> But lean isn't only for the shop floor. As anyone who's spent time in an office setting <br /> http://www.minnesotatechnology.org/publications/techtrends/2004/January/printVersion.asp 3/2/2004 <br />