Mike Osterling

About Mike Osterling

20+ years of leadership in Lean transformations in a variety of industries (manufacturing, distribution, energy, service, financial services, healthcare, etc.). Extensive work experience in Mexico (80%+ bilingual; English & Spanish). MBA in International Management, BS in Production and Operations Management. Lean Facilitator certification by University of Kentucky, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and CPIM certified by APICS. Frequent speaker at local and national conferences (e.g. AME, ASQ, APICS and IIE). Author of serveral books including \"Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation\" as well as \"The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service and Technical Environments\" and \"Metrics-Based Process Mapping: Identifying and Eliminating Waste in Office and Service Environments.\" Specialties: Lean Management Coaching (leadership and front lines), Training, Facilitation and Implementation.

Experience

1. Instructor

   Tkmg Academy, Inc

   Aug 2019 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

Education

• San Diego State University

  MBA, Production & Ops, Int'l Business

  1983 — 1992

• Drexel University

  Business Administration, Accounting

  1978 — 1980

Skills

• Toyota Production System
• Performance Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Kaizen
• Value Stream Mapping
• Smed
• Process Improvement
• Lean Management
• Pdca
• Materials
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• A3
• Organizational Development
• Team Building
• Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Operations Management
• Inventory Management
• Coaching
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• 5s
• Tpm
• Manufacturing
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Jit
• Public Speaking
• Management Consulting
• Six Sigma
• Kaizen Facilitation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Change Management
• Training
• Quality Assurance
• Consulting
• Business Process Mapping
• Lean Thinking