The Business901 podcast featured Lonnie Wilson, author of How To Implement Lean Manufacturing published by McGraw Hill and released in August, 2009. Dager, the host of the Business901 podcast says, "What was unique about this discussion was Lonnie focused on the hardest of all subjects, sustaining. He furnished sound practical advice that I found unique in this day of technology. No magic button, no new software, straightforward, roll up your sleeves, this is what you do advice. I found that refreshing!"
Lonnie is the Owner/Principal of Quality Consultants and an expert in Lean Manufacturing techniques and applications including the implementation of the Toyota Production System. He not only instructs management professionals in the applications of these lean techniques; he is an on-the-floor-
He is also presenting at the Industry Week Best Plants Conference and will share tips that teach and motivate the manufacturer just beginning on the road to excellence and provide more advanced lessons to manufacturers further along the journey. The conference will be held April 19-21, 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio. Details can be found on the link included on the right. Lonnie's topic, "Are you Engaged in Continuous Improvement or Continuous Catch-up? will be part of the Advanced Continuous Improvement Track held on April 20th.
Lonnie Wilson has 20 years of manufacturing management experience with Chevron Oil Company. During this time, he held management positions in facilities planning, oils planning, quality, IT, environmental engineering, process engineering, designs engineering, production and maintenance.
In 1990 he started Quality Consultants. Clients include firms in manufacturing as well as the fields of education, healthcare and other service sector businesses. Quality Consultants serves small firms as well as Fortune 500 firms in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Wilson is an expert in Lean Manufacturing techniques and applications including the implementation of the Toyota Production System. He not only instructs management professionals in the applications of these lean techniques; he is an on-the-floor-
He is well versed in problem solving skills. He is an expert in statistical problem solving as well as logical techniques such as Kepner-Tregoe methodology. He is a Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and he not only utilizes the Six Sigma tools but he is an active Six Sigma trainer.
Wilson has a bachelor's in chemical engineering from Washington State University. He is an active Senior Member of the American Society for Quality and is the past Chairman of the Education Sub-committee.
Business901 provides direction in areas such as Lean Six Sigma Marketing and Achieving Expert Status. Business901 has designed their services and product offerings so that they are implementable systems that work in the real, not enough time, not enough people world we operate in. We provide tools that simplify the marketing process, not complicate it. Joe Dager is President of Business901 and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
