Podcast #98 – Pat Bergin, President of Aerofil Technology

by Mark Graban on September 3, 2010 · 0 comments

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service corner Podcast #98   Pat Bergin, President of Aerofil Technology leanPodcast #98 brings us Pat Bergin, President of Aerofil Technology, a manufacturer based in Missouri with 400 employees. Aerofil has been on its Lean journey since 2007 under Pat’s leadership – first as a consultant and now as President.

With more than 30 years of operations, finance, sales and marketing experience, Pat has brought both a broad and deep understanding of continuous improvement to Aerofil as President. His mission is the relentless pursuit of excellence through the total elimination of waste. His bio can be downloaded here (word doc). Pat was previously at Esselte, under the direction of Art Byrne (formerly of Wiremold), that Pat learned and developed his Lean (kaizen) management skills under the coaching of Shingijutsu Co LTD (Chihiro Nakao) of Japan, an original architect of the Toyota Production System.

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My Interview with Justin Holland, of GE Healthcare

by Mark Graban Sep 2, 2010 0 comments

Today’s post is an interview I conducted via email with Justin Holland, Managing Principal of GE Healthcare Americas. Before joining GE, he was most recently Vice President of Business Performance at Cleveland Clinic. In this interview we cover topics including how GE integrated lean with six sigma, how healthcare organizations are striving to have a “lean [...]

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New Lean Blog Sponsor: 5Ssupply.com

by Mark Graban Sep 1, 2010 3 comments

I’d like to welcome a new advertiser to LeanBlog.org — it’s 5S Supply, found online at www.5Ssupply.com. I’ve talked with the owner, Tony Manos, and he’s serious about Lean and he’s serious about providing good service and good value to people who need supplies for their Lean journey.

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