Verka Alexieva will share the story of her personal improvement journey and the experience of the local LEM Bulgaria leadership team with Hoshin Kanri for strategy deployment as their compass for operational excellence, collaboration, and sustainability.

Festo has worked for over 10 years to implement its own lean production system. Following the successful implementation of that system in the company's production processes, the team decided to expand it, in order to cover processes within the whole company. In this session, Denitza Borisova will share the company's journey to extend the Standardized Production System to cover not only Production, but also Intralogistics, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, HR and even the Technical Engineering Center.

WITTE Automotive Bulgaria has worked for over 10 years to implement its production system and achieve stable and sustainable development in conditions of continuous growth. Dr. Hristo Hristov will share the company’s journey in a challenging economical and labor environment. The presentation will focus on leadership development and the role of leaders to develop a company culture focused on operational excellence. Dr Hristov will share several practices and methodologies that WITTE has applied in leadership development and outline the great results from their use.

A squeaking noise from chalk on a blackboard, a long line in front of your favorite restaurant...these are all things that irritate us, but can they be useful. I'll share a simple guide through my surprising motivators in business and life that lead me to learnings which will serve me forever.

Hear the fascinating story of how Liebherr created their own Lean Management System from scratch. Ursula will share what challenges the company faced when implementing the so-called "ICE - Innovate, Connect, Execute" system, its main principles and factors for success, along with many examples of ICE's application.

Operational Excellence Award Ceremony, Live Performer, Networking