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The meeting topic: A Voice from the Real World, Implementing Lean at Hallmark Cards Hallmark is a household name
throughout the nation and sells its products in over 100
countries.
In business for over 100 years and privately held,
Hallmark has always held itself to a high standard of
quality in both its team members and its products.
It has withstood the tests of time by adapting to
the market when needed yet not falling for the latest
business trend.
This is no easy feat.
Some of the dynamics associated with all that is
Hallmark; distributed manufacturing and distribution
facilities, multi-national supply chain management,
corporate oversight and management, several wholly-owned
subsidiaries and thousands of retail outlets selling
their products. Even with Hallmark’s size and
complexities, they are consistently named "One of the
Best Places to Work" as was the case as recently as
2010. But it can't all be unicorns and
rainbows can it?
Alas no. As a 100-year old organization, it takes
a lot of hard work and diligence to sustain such a track
record. One
such aspect is in its adoption of Lean principles.
At this month’s meeting Kathy Hallberg, Lean
Strategy and Implementation Manager at Hallmark, will
share her experiences and some lessons learned in the
last five years.
Kathy's background includes24 years at Hallmark
with positions in Finance, Hallmark International,
Global Procurement, and most currently, the Business
Process Management organization.
She has a B.S. from the University of Central
Missouri and a Masters of International Management from
Thunderbird in Arizona.
Kathy was one of four individuals in 2007 asked
to learn and implement Lean at Hallmark.
She has spent time teaching and coaching Lean
thinking and approaches in the Lawrence manufacturing
facility, the Creative division, Global Procurement, and
Accounts Payable.
She is currently working with the Technology and
Business Enablement and the Demand and Inventory
Planning divisions.
She is an extended member of Hallmark’s Agile
proof of concept team and is excited about the
possibilities resulting from the combination of it and
Lean.
Hope to see you
there!
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Agenda
* 6:30 Networking
* 7:00-8:00 Presentation
* 8:00-8:30 Open forum.
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