Continuous Process Improvement, Manufacturing & Leadership
Amrish Thaker, Independent Consultant
Continuous Process Improvement, Manufacturing & Leadership
Amrish Thaker is a seasoned leader in the field of Continuous Process Improvement using Lean manufacturing and principles of Toyota Production System. His aim is to help create better safety, quality, delivery, inventory management, reliability, staff optimization and profitability. He also provides leadership training and coaching in areas including Kaizen events training, daily management, problem solving, 7 habits of highly effective people and team building for success.
Amrish worked at the high-end furniture brand Miller Knoll, and Brown Printing as Corporate Continuous Improvement Director. He worked very closely with Shingijutsu using Toyota Production System and Lean principles for process improvement.
He also served as President/CEO at MULLER MARTINI CORP. - mailroom division, industrial manufacturing, managing a P/L of $120 MM; and regional director of Operations for Valassis/ADVO managing their California and Arizona facilities in the packaging and direct mail/marketing space with $160MM in P/L. Amrish was responsible for various multimillion dollar "Greenfield" plant startups, plant management and domestic/international manufacturing support at RR Donnelley.
Amrish holds a BS and MS in Electrical engineering and an MBA in marketing and finance. He is a certified Six Sigma- Black belt, and a Lean practitioner. Amrish has professional and cultural experience in Western and Eastern Europe, India, China, South America, and South Africa.
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Value stream mapping: A lean manufacturing method that analyzes the flow of materials and information to bring a product to a customer. The goal of value stream mapping is to minimize waste and maximize value.
Swim Lane Mapping: is similar to a flowchart in that it maps out a process, decisions, and loops. It places events and actions in "lanes" to delineate a person/group responsible, or a specific subprocess
A swim lane map has three elements: time, people (or job functions), and tasks and has it genesis in LEAN Manufacturing.
Lunch included - Social hour from 12:00pm to 1:00pm / Lunch 1:00pm -2:00pm
2:00pm - 4:00pm Speakers Presentation.
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