After being laid off as a project industrial engineer when P&G acquired Gillette, Steve Wilkinson was told he could never find a job in biotechnology, let alone become the leading character in optimizing their manufacturing workflow. Despite this, Steve successfully optimized workflows by eliminating delays, interruptions, and bottlenecks. This resulted in improved costs, productivity, efficiency, and lead times. Steve's notable achievements included saving 100,000 annual labor hours at one site, eliminating production bottlenecks, and reducing costs. See how to develop a continuous flow of improvements.
Steve is eager to share his expertise to help you achieve better results. He implements a process he developed called "Observe, Analyze, Improve." This streamlined approach simplifies lean processes by eliminating hundreds of wasteful steps in your manufacturing or service processes. "Create a Continuous Flow of Improvements" will accelerate your improvement journey. Steve holds an MBA from WPI and is a certified Lean Practitioner. Together, let's bring back jobs from overseas! Meet me at the Gemba.
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Stephen Wilkinson is a Certified Lean Practitioner with an MBA and BS in Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
His improvement career started as an Army Airborne Combat Engineer, where he turned around the failing performance of the Brigade motor pool maintenance.
After serving 4 years with the Army, he took an assignment as the Pringles Potato Chip lab and Pampers production manager at P&G.
At Gillette, he managed projects at increasing leadership levels in Industrial Engineering and co-led the lean transformation of the Gillette facility.
As a senior IE, he led improvements at Amgen in RI. The leaders at Amgen entrusted Steve with his most significant projects: improving production cycle time and developing the breakthrough "Observe Analyze Improve," eliminating 100,000 labor hours of non-value-adding effort. He authored corporate playbooks on leading Kaizens, Standard Work, and How to Observe Your Process for Improvement Opportunities.
After training 1,200 professionals, saving millions of dollars, and implementing hundreds of improvements, he now resides in Florida and serves as a lean consultant at https: //www.RapidLeanCoach.com. Steve can be reached for help with your organization at RapidLeanCoach@gmail.com.
