Session ID:

VS2-08

u Advanced

Lean Business Proce$$
New Techniques for Next Gen Lean Enterprise

The theory behind Lean Enterprise or Lean Business improvement is basic – look for the variation in the overall process, between divisions and centralized corporate functions. The best approach for affecting broad change in your corporate business processes will always depend on the scope of your team – with functions, departments, and divisions that are in the routing between the inception of the demand for the project or service, and receipt of that service by the end user, defined as the customer.

Picking the right approach to map and understand the process at the right level of detail is the key to successful and lasting change. One size does not fit all, and keeping a team engaged and focused until results are achieved, is not the same methodology in the executive suite as they are in the factory. Here is a simple and straightforward schema that has served Victaulic well.

Victaulic is the global leader in our industry. Victaulic designs, manufactures, markets, and sells couplings, fittings, valves, and accessories for mechanical pipe joining. As a global business, Victaulic has Sales and Manufacturing on every continent.

Thier products are sold in a variety of markets including HVAC/PHA (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), Fire Protection, Industrial, Municipal, Mining, and Oilfield. Victaulic products can be found in such landmarks like the Belagio Casino Hotel, Sydney Olympic Stadium, Burj El-Arab and Jumirah Beach Hotel, and many others as well.

Martin McGregor, Director of Lean Enterprise

Martin has worked in the Lean Enterprise field for the past 16 years. He has facilitated or participated in over 1000 Kaizen or Lean events. He has extensive experience in the Lean Enterprise field overseas, frequently traveling to and eventually living in EMEA as an expat, Martin spent 8 years with United Technologies Corporation, in the capacity of Director, EMEA. During his tenure at United Technologies, Martin also held the position of General Manager for a $50M business and 300 employees, with practical experience implementing a Lean Enterprise of his own.

Martin holds a BSIE in Industrial Engineering and a MS in Mathematical and Applied Statistics from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a CQE with ASQ. In addition, he holds executive certificates in Lean from the University of Tennessee and the University of Kentucky. He was a Lean lecturer in the Industrial Engineering college at the Istanbul Technical University while on an expatriate assignment in Turkey. He has been an instructor with the University of Tennessee in the Executive Education Center, teaching Lean Enterprise Advanced Courses, and formerly certifying Lean Blackbelts. He has presented and facilitated workshops, at major Lean conferences with IIE, AME, and IAFIS at the Worldwide Food Expo.

Currently, Martin is Director, Lean Enterprise with Victualic Company of America. He has over 25 years of experience in virtually every functional position in Operations, previously with two major multi-national corporations – United Technologies Carrier Corp and Eastman Kodak Company. Most recently he was President, Team Lean Inc. and has worked as a consultant for 4 years.