Rapid Plant Assessment Tool Webinar

Announcing A Special WMA & Chamber Event: Thursday, May 14, 2026!

Rapid Plant Assessment (RPA) Tool/Approach
A Must-Know for Manufacturing Leaders and LSS Practitioners
Featuring Renowned Developer, Dr. R. Eugene Goodson

In as Little as 30 Minutes, An Experienced User of This Tool Can Determine..
1. How Effective Does The Factory Operate?
2. How Much is The Factory Improving Operational Effectiveness Over Time?
3. What is a Factory’s Strengths and Weaknesses?

Before and after this landmark factory assessment tool was published in a 2002 issue of the Havard Business Review, the Read A Plant Fast Assessment Tool has become a widely employed standard. From groups performing due diligence exercises, as part of a potential acquisition, to business and factory leaders, to those working to benchmark and improve on operational effectiveness with applying Lean Six Sigma Techniques. This is a powerful tool you can start employing now!

Agenda:
1. Learn about the ‘Read A Plant Fast’ Assessment tool from the creator of the tool:
a. Understand the tool and the process
b. How to interpret assessment results
c. Seeing opportunities from the results
d. How you can apply to your factory
2. See statistics collected from over 4,000 factory assessments employing this rating system.
3. Opportunities to ask Dr. Goodson questions about the assessment process.

For: Anyone associated with factories, from commercial lending to operations leaders to continuous improvement practitioners and others.
When: Thursday, May 14th, from 2:00-4:30, Central Time
Format: Webinar, Plus In-Person Watch Party at The Chamber (RSVP for in-person)
Cost: WMA & Chamber Members $10, Non-Members $25

How to Register: Go to the following registration link:
https://www.wichitachamber.org/index.php?src=events&srctype=detail&refno=12497

A special thanks to sponsor Techam Solutions (www.techamsolutions.com) a proud member of WMA!

Dr. R. Eugene Goodson
Dr. Goodson has unique expertise in his Rapid Plant Assessment process. He has taught this lean tool in many courses to universities and businesses. Dr. Goodson has been engaged by numerous companies over the last 30 years, compiling a database of over 4,000 factory assessments.
The Rapid Plant Assessment process is now employed by many companies as their primary lean assessment tool. Companies that have engaged Dr. Goodson for RPA workshops include NUMMI, Ingersol Rand, UPS, BorgWarner, Parker Powis, Honeywell, Ball Aerospace, QuadGraphics, Schlumberger, AIP Aerospace, Alticor, ABB, MANN+HUMMEL, Thetford, Guardian Glass, Williams Controls, Southwall Technologies, Behr, Cummins, Danotek, eControls, Jervis-Webb, MCI, ITT, UTC, Morbark, Bergstrom, E-One, Fleetwood, Wheeled Coach, Magna, and Siemens, and many others!