One Size Does Not Fit All. What Is Lean Manufacturing, and What Has It Got to Do with Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers? Deciding Where to Start Your Lean Journey. Make Your Product Flow: Redesign Your Process. Getting the Right Layout and Equipment. Developing an Organizational Structure and the Leadership to Sustain It. Measuring Success: Selecting the Right Metrics. What Do I Make Next? The Keys to Production Planning. What I Need When I Need It: Managing Materials. Developing Your Team. Locking in the Gains: The Need for Standardization. Resourcing the Change.
Tim McLean is the founder and managing director of TXM, one of the
Asia Pacific’s leading Lean consulting companies. Tim was first
introduced to Lean and Operational Excellence in the late 1980s as
a young production manager of a small plastics extrusion plant,
part of German global chemical manufacturer, Hoechst AG. Tim went
on to lead a range of medium-sized manufacturing plants across the
plastics molding, packaging, printing, and chemical industries for
major companies, including Hoechst AG, Amcor, and PPG. Tim was
fortunate to be coached by a succession of mentors steeped in the
principles of Lean. As an operations manager and general manager,
Tim then faced the real challenge of applying these theories to
drive performance in his plants. After a successful 16-year career
leading manufacturing operations, Tim turned down a transfer to
Europe in order to set up TXM, a consulting business in Australia
aimed at helping other manufacturing leaders like himself achieve
their goals. TXM has since grown to be one of the leaders in Lean
in Asia and the Pacific, operating from offices in Australia and
China and carrying out projects with small, medium, and large
manufacturers throughout the region. In line with Tim’s experience
and values, TXM has developed a reputation for delivering practical
outcomes for manufacturers, especially SMEs. It is this experience
that Tim has drawn on in writing Grow Your Factory, Grow Your
Profits.
Tim and TXM have an extensive network throughout the Asia Pacific
region, and Tim is a frequent speaker at industry events, including
the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Conferences, Lean
Enterprise China, the International Society of Pharmaceutical
Engineers, Australian Manufacturing Week, and many more. TXM has a
weekly blog (www.txm.com.au/blog) to which Tim is a major
contributor, and Tim’s quarterly e-newsletter goes out to more than
2,000 manufacturing leaders around the region
(www.txm.com.au/resources/newsletters ).
Tim also provides articles to a wide range of manufacturing
industry publications, including Australian Manufacturing
Technology, Manufacturers Monthly, Australia-China Connections,
China Sourcer Magazine, etc. Examples of these articles can be
found at www.txm.com.au/resources/articles.
Tim and TXM have a strong social media presence, primarily on
LinkedIn, with over 1,000 connections, three groups (Australian
Manufacturing Futures, Total Excellence Manufacturing, and Lean
Support China), and regular and popular contributions to Lean
interest groups across the globe. TXM also actively promotes its
content via Twitter, Facebook, and a YouTube Channel
(TXMLeanVideo).
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