NICHOLAS M. TESTA, JR., CFPIM, CSCP, CLTD, CIRM, Jonah is founder and CEO of Acuity Consulting, Inc. a firm specializing in supply chain and operations management and systems consulting and training. Acuity performs supply chain, Lean, process improvement, system implementation and business consulting. Business comes from repairing or improving existing enterprise and supply chain systems.He served as 2006 President of APICS, the Association for Operations Management. Nick served 8 years on the APICS Board of Directors. He has APICS also been International Conference Chairman, President of the Orange County Chapter, Chairman of the Voice of the Customer Committee.Nick Instructs at the college and gradulate level and in industry in technical and management subjects. He has spoken at many professional and management meetings and is an internationally known speaker. Nick holds a BS in Physics from the University of Santa Clara, MBA from the University of Southern California, APICS’s CFPIM, CSCP, CLTD, and CIRM, CSUF Certificate in Production and Inventory Control, and Goldratt Institute Jonah.Although he began his career in aerospace, most of it has been in the commercial sector. His assignments in materials and operations positions included MRP, ERP, SCM, LEAN, CRM, data warehousing, business intelligence, and E-Commerce as well as operational and inventory problem solving. He has worked for Becton Dickenson, Sargent Industries, Xerox Corporation, American Edwards Laboratories Division of American Hospital Supply Corporation, Newport Electronics Inc., and Checks in the Mail. He served as Vice President of Operations for some of these companies before entering consulting. He held senior positions in several consulting firms including Vice President and Business Unit Manager.Specialties: Supply Chain, Operations Management, Lean, Theory of Constraints, Inventory Management, Process Improvement, Statistical Process Control, Logistics
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