Accomplishment and Certifications

• Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management
  Sciences in 2005 for Improving Throughput at General Motors. Documented increases in
  profit of over $2B.
  

• Chairman’s Honor Award  in manufacturing for leading the efforts to increase throughput in
  GM.
  

• Boss Kettering award (internal to General Motors) for use of simulation to create virtual
  machines that can be used to pre-program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s)
  before the actual installation of the equipment, reducing programming time, shortening
  product launch times, and increasing profitability
  

• TOC expertise  – our case study within GM is used in the 20th anniversary version of The
  Goal by Eli Goldratt.  
  

• Viable Vision Consultancy - Able to teach and deliver the Viable Vision offer.
  

• Expertise in Statistical Engineering (Red X) in manufacturing.  Red X is a technical problem
  solving strategy that was pioneered by Dorian Shainin nearly 60 years ago, which links
  engineering sciences, statistics and logic to solve technical problems with a high level of
  statistical confidence.  We generated $25M in results in the first year of operations.
  

• Application of  TOC concepts to help identify, resolve, and further improve method of
  applying Red X to manufacturing..
  

• Global application of the Throughput Improvement Process (TIP).  TIP is used in multiple
  regions (6 plants in Europe, one in Australia, a Holden plant AP) and across Powertrain
  and Metal Fab.  The Saab plant increased its throughput by 6 JPH,
  

• Improved design of manufacturing systems for throughput, especially in Body Shops.  New
  Body Shops consistently hit their throughput targets, with less investment and inventory.
  

• Other customers - Johnson & Johnson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Dollar Thrifty
  Rental Cars.