Industrial Experience:• Over 20 years of progressive, international, corporate experience (more than 10 years at Plant manager / Director / VP level) with a variety of industries with multinational market leaders such as Dunlop, Slazenger, International Playtex, United Biscuits, (largest UK cookie manufacturer), Wrangler Jeans, and Tampax. • Held positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, from Production Supervisor through Plant Manager to VP Manufacturing, in line management roles; and as Industrial Engineer, Distribution Manager, Quality Control and R&D Manager in staff/support positions. With several of these companies, played an integral, ‘hands on’ role in the successful implementation of modern management philosophies and techniques such as Lean Manufacturing, TQM, ‘Just In Time’ (JIT), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), SPC, MRPII, Set Up Time Reduction, Employee Involvement and Team Centred Manufacturing, resulting in substantial cost savings and operational improvements.Business Consulting:• For the past 20 years Welsh and Associates have implemented programs and approaches such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement and Total Quality Management for market-leading organizations. organizations such as Shaw Communications, Husky, Marsh McLennan, Bombardier Aerospace, Toshiba, Honda, General Motors, Magellan Aerospace, Bruce Power, OPG, Hudson Bay Company, Baxter Corp., Chrysler, Solium Financial, Magna, Velcro, Alcatel, Siemens, Ingersol Rand, Lear, Tower Automotive, Dana, Faurecia, C.C.L., Steelcase, DairyWorld Foods, Volkswagen, Wal-Mart, CIBC, BMO, ASL Distribution and several Health Care Organizations (Mt. Sinai, St. Michaels, Hamilton and London Health Sciences, Halton, CCAC;s, UHN). Cities of Mississauga, Fredericton and Barrie in Government.Lean Manufacturing:Consulted and trained in the areas of Quick Set-up, Error-Proofing, TPM, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen Workshops, Cell Design, Work Standardization, 5S and Visual workplace, Kanban and Flow production and Lean Assessment and Metrics.