UPCOMING EVENT: 12/15/2025 - Lean Learning Webinar: Product Pipeline Flow - Maximize Flow in the Product Development Pipeline

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Be a part of AME Seattle Consortium

Is your company located in the Seattle area and committed to continuous improvement?

Join the AME Seattle Consortium today and become part of a collaborative learning network of local companies that are committed to performance excellence and collaborative learning. Consortium membership is open to companies from any industry (manufacturing, health care, financial services, software, distribution, information technology, and more) in the Seattle area with a desire to share and learn to become part of this practitioner-to-practitioner network.

Leverage collective resources and knowledge and improve your approach to improvement!

Our Vision

Build an engaging professional community that drives enterprise excellence.

Our Mission

To advance operational excellence by fostering continuous learning, applying lean principles across all sectors, and empowering the next generation of lean leaders.

Upcoming Events

Event List

Key Event Highlights

Lean Learning Webinar: Understanding Customers - The Unique Way to Study Customers During Product Development

Speaker: Larry Navarre
Date/Time: 01:00 - 02:00pm PT on 12/15/2025
Key audience: Program/Project Management, New Product Development, R&D, and Engineering practitioners, and their organizational collaborators, in organizations that seek to apply principles of innovation excellence in organizations practicing operational excellence
Key takeaways: The system dynamic that makes multi-project management so difficult; Challenges in successful management of the product development pipeline; Overcoming pipeline challenges with simple methods from Lean Systems; Methods to maximize flow for reliable new product launches

Future events

12/04/2025 - Seattle Consortium Monthly Board Meeting - Virtual (by invite only)
12/15/2025 - Lean Learning Webinar: LPPD: Portfolio Flow: How to Align Innovation to Organizational Goals and Manage Project Portfolios for Maximum Value by Larry Navarre
01/06/2026 - Lean Workshop: Lean Fundamentals: A Practical Way to Start Your Lean Journey and Prepare for Lean Bronze Certification (5 sessions)
10/26 - 10/29/2026 – AME Milwaukee 2026 Conference - In Person & Virtual

Company Tours

Fluke Corporation Tour

November 11

AME International Conference

AGENDA: TBD

The AME International Conference returns in Milwaukee in 2026!

At AME Milwaukee 2026, we embrace a "yes/and" approach to enterprise excellence. Learn how innovative organizations are using technology to elevate — not replace — people. Discover how they're creating sustainable systems that serve customers, employees, communities and the environment.

Experience operational excellence in action through local tours. Connect in hands-on sessions, interactive workshops and networking events. Be inspired by visionary keynote speakers and leave with ideas you can apply right away. Share, learn and grow with us in Milwaukee at the AME International Conference!

Join us Monday, October 26 – Thursday, October 29, 2026, at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the 42nd annual AME International Conference. Designed by practitioners, for practitioners, this global gathering brings together continuous improvement professionals from every industry and at every level — from the front office to the front lines.

For an introduction to the AME Seattle Consortiums benefits, offerings and more. Contact Ryan Zeng, AME Seattle Consortium Executive Director, at Ryan@AMESeattle.Org or 206-228-9122.

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