MJW Lean Consulting is honored and grateful to be teaming up with the individuals noted here.  Each has a long history and passion for creating and sustaining the most rewarding work environments.   Going forward, and making the most of a variety of skills and experiences, we are intentionally taking steps to provide an even greater impact on, and value for, our customers.

Mike is a motivated, results-driven Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He has trained and mentored many teams, who have consistently improved customer satisfaction by reducing the cost and time to safely produce high quality products and services.  Mike is effective  in partnering with management to solve complex business problems and influence employees toward achievement of organizational goals.

As an integral part of the founding and operation of Go-Lean-Six, Mike believes in their philosophy of continuous improvement through teamwork. As such, he knows what it takes to educate, motivate and empower natural management teams, natural work teams, and special project teams to bring about continuous process improvement in an organization. These value stream transformation teams utilize Lean and Six Sigma principles working to continuously improve the customer-focused metrics of quality, cost, and on-time delivery.

Mike also believes that the road to success starts with one’s customer(s), that employee engagement helps employees own their work and take responsibility for their results, that continuous improvement is a journey (not a destination), and that you must collect data in order to measure, measure in order to improve, and improve in order to be the supplier of choice.

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Mr. Wilson received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Washington State University where he graduated with Honors in 1969. His background includes 20 years in manufacturing management 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 whose 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 US, Mexico and Canada.

Mr. 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 and in-the-boardroom implementation professional.  His first book, How To Implement Lean Manufacturing, was released by McGraw Hill in August 2009 and quickly rose to No. 1 on the Amazon best sellers list. McGraw Hill just released his second book, How To Implement Lean Manufacturing, 2nd Edition and, as expected, sales are extremely strong.

He is well versed in problem solving skills and is an expert in statistical problem solving as well as logical techniques such as the 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.  Mr. Wilson is very comfortable in the boardroom, in the classroom, and even more so on the factory floor. He is equally adept at working with top management as well as the line worker.  He is an aggressive problem solver and with his 47 years in industry, Mr. Wilson has developed the ability to reduce complex problems to simple workable solutions.

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Chris Winder is an Industrial Engineer with over 40 years’ experience in applying and teaching Lean principles. Most recently, Chris worked extensively with the Honda supply base implementing Lean Manufacturing and is committed to seeing business leaders succeed by building reliable processes using the principles of Lean, which have proven to invaluable in manufacturing, service, and clinical settings time and again.

Before beginning his 20-year career at Honda, Chris spent 4 years with Wilson Sporting Goods, where many collegiate and all professional footballs are manufactured, applying the principles of continuous improvement, and before that he worked for 8 years at FL Aerospace (now a part of Honeywell), a small business in Urbana, Ohio that made critical components for the airline industry.  And all this was preceded by 10 years at Rockwell International, where Chris became familiar with the intricacies of processes revolving around assembly, welding, and heavy machining.

Chris has taught and certified individuals and groups in the Maynard Operation Sequence Technique (MOST) motion study principles, has helped lead Honda’s annual Lean conferences for their Tier I supply base, has a deep understanding of process fundamentals, and loves when people who do the processes day in and day out are given the opportunity to implement needed changes that benefit not only their immediate state of affairs but the overall health and well-being of the organization.

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MJW Lean Consulting LLC RECEIVES VETERAN INSTITUTE FOR PROCUREMENT START CERTIFICATION

Dublin Ohio, 10/13/17; MJW Lean Consulting LLC recently completed the Veteran Institute Procurement (VIP) START Program, a comprehensive training and certification program designed for veteran owned businesses that want to enter or expand their business growth into the federal marketplace through best business practices.

On October 5, 2017, MJW Lean Consulting LLC was one of 49 businesses from 19 states and the District of Columbia to graduate from the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) START Program.

“This has to be the most comprehensive and relevant instruction possible.  I had heard positive reports from other small business owners who had taken the training, but it was not until I had the chance to take the classes that I learned how invaluable it is.  And the real ‘winner’ is the taxpayer as the veteran owned small businesses, with a heart to do what’s right and make a difference, get a chance to win contracts with the federal government.”

The first program of its kind in the nation, VIP START is conducted by professional subject-matter specialists in the essentials necessary to win government contracts: law, accounting, insurance, human resources, marketing and proposals. The curriculum is designed to help companies accelerate the rate at becoming procurement ready. The program also provides participants with access to Federal and prime contracting executives along with a national network of veteran-owned small businesses that they can team with on opportunities or serve as mentors.

"We are honored to give back to the men and women who served our country by providing them with the tools necessary to succeed as government contractors." said Barbara Ashe, President of the Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation. “We hope this training fosters their success as businesses and employers.”

VIP START is a three-day, 27-hour comprehensive certification program. Participants must be a C-level executive in a Veteran-owned small business operating for at least 1 year with one year of revenue generation; must be a W-2 in their company, or full time employee, and spend 100% of their time in their business; and a small business. With volunteer instructors and at no cost to participants, VIP START is fully funded by the Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation, partners, and VIP sponsors.

For information:  mike@mjwleanconsulting.com

For information on VIP: Barbara Ashe, 301-738-0015 x215; bashe@mcccmd.com

For additional information, please visit www.NationalVip.org or the Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation.