Hach Executive Chuck Scholpp to Give Keynote Presentation on Need for Lean Water Operations at Dayton Water Conference

WHO:

Chuck Scholpp

Director, Integrated Information Management Business Development

Hach Company

(http://hachwims.com)

Charles (Chuck) Scholpp, Director of Hach Integrated Information Management Business Development, is responsible for developing integrated solutions that leverage instrumentation, communications, people and software. Scholpp, a senior leader with more than 10 years of experience managing professional teams, has been with Hach since 2003. In his current position, he is delivering on a vision and strategic plan for offering a portfolio of integrated software, hardware and services to help drinking water and wastewater utilities optimize their effectiveness and efficiency by applying a lean approach to their operations. Scholpp also has served as global product manager, product development manager and vertical market specialist (drinking water and industrial markets).

Before Hach, he was a quality manager and Six Sigma leader for engineered composite materials at Hollingsworth and Vose Company. In 1996 and 1999, Scholpp received the Hollingsworth & Vose President’s Award for outstanding service. Additionally, he served as Vice President of Programs for the Boston Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers from 2000-2001. Scholpp holds a M.B.A. degree with majors in strategy and marketing from Kellogg School of Management as well as a Master of Engineering Management degree from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. He also has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in management engineering with an industrial engineering concentration from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Since 1947, Hach Company has manufactured and distributed analytical instruments, test kits, and reagents for testing the quality of water and aqueous solutions, with products for lab, process, and field. Its products are designed specifically for quality, accuracy, and simplicity, and today are in use around the world (http://www.hach.com).

WHAT:

Keynote Presentation: Lean Operations:  

Control the Cost and Pricing of Water While Improving Efficiency

Today, the water/wastewater industry faces many challenges. Budgets are tight and regulations are constantly changing. More than 60 percent of the workforce is expected to retire in the next four years, meaning decades of  knowledge retention will need to be passed on to the next generation of water/wastewater operators. Additionally, not only are we seeing the need for more and more data collection, but also analysis of critical data, which has led to information overload. With all of these challenges taken into consideration, data collection needs to be simplified.

By applying a lean approach to water operations, the water/wastewater industry may have the solution it needs to streamline processes while cutting costs. “Lean” is a concept that applies to every business and process. Essentially, it is a methodology to help deal with constant change. For the water/wastewater industry, going lean means automating processes, utilizing technology and ultimately, optimizing the business. This presentation will discuss four steps for implementing lean operations. Additionally, Scholpp will discuss how deployment of software programs, such as Hach Water Information Management Solution (WIMS) software can enable a lean facility.

WHERE:

Dayton Water Conference

University of Dayton

River Campus

1700 South Patterson Building

Dayton, OH

WHEN:

Tuesday, May 17

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

CONTACT:

For more information on Hach WIMS, or to set up an interview with Mr. Scholpp, please contact Christin Jeffers at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 19 or [email protected]