Ralph Seely

About Ralph Seely

30+ years of applying Lean Toyota Production System (TPS) principles and concepts.25+ years of experience in facilitating manufacturing and transactional (office) kaizen workshopsRoles include Lean leader and coach, lean transformation site leader, and lean practitioner/consultantLed VSM and Kaizen workshops in the following industries-Retail-Agriculture-Manufacturing-Biotechnology-Healthcare-Textiles-Energy-Aerospace -Defense-Government-Manufacturing-Biotechnology-Gaming/Hospitality-Private Equity-High Tech-Aerospace/Defense-Financial Services-Technology-Construction-Non-Profit-Energy-Food and Beverage-Telecommunications Specialties: Lean tools-Problem Solving (PS)-Standard Work (SWK)-5S/Visual Management (5S/VM)-Material Pull System/Kanban (MPS)-Value Stream Mapping (VSM)-Manufacturing and Transactional-Production Preparation Process (3P)-Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED)-Variance Reduction (VRK)-Transactional Process Improvement (TPI)-Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)- Advanced Lean Leader certified-Trained and mentored by Shingijutsu USA in advanced lean TPS concepts, principles and application. Including 6 weeks of hands on and application of lean tools at Toyota and Japanese companies under the coaching of Shingijutsu consultants (pioneers of the widely praised Toyota Production System and disciples of Taiicho Ohno (Father of the Toyota Production System (TPS)

Experience

1. Lean Transformation Practitioner Mentor, Facilitator, and Trainer Operational Excellence Coach

   NEXT LEVEL Partners®, LLC

   Jan 2015 — Present

   NEXT LEVEL Partners®, LLC.(NLP) capabilities and proven methods will help you drive accelerated business performance resulting in sustainable competitive advantage - and ongoing growth in revenue, profit, and cash flow.We are original architects and practitioners of one of the most successful and respected business operating environments, the Danaher Business System (DBS). Our leadership team has over 40 years of collective expertise driving superior shareholder value creation. Our team of lean / sigma practitioners is unmatched in real-world experience and success implementing Toyota Production System and Six Sigma methods enterprise-wide. Global Lean Practitioner, trainer and coachSince joining the NLP team as a Lean Practitioner in January 2015, I have facilitated 75 VSM/Kaizen workshops and mentored various domestic and global clients & teams towards annualized hard savings of $8M+. These workshops resulted in significant impact on in ongoing growth in revenue, profit, and cash flow.Typical results include:• Lead Time reduction-50%• Cycle Time reduction-30%• Inventory reduction-40%• On Time Delivery-40%• Setup/Changeover reduction-78%• First Pass Yield (Quality)-50%Conducted Lean workshops in the Gaming, Defense, Retail, High Technology, Construction, Private Equity, Aerospace, Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Medical Device and Security industries.As a lean sensei (coach), provided guidance to company leaders on Lean transformations, Lean Leader training and coaching, and integration of Lean into company cultures. Additionally, led global Executive Lean/Value Stream Mapping workshops and Executive Lean Overview sessions that included the top 300 Executives and Business leaders for two Fortune 500 companies. I believe the key to sustainable improvement is focus on the cultural aspects that will naturally drive the bottom line hard savings impacts and EBITDA in the right direction.

Education

• United States International University - Africa

  Total Quality Management (TQM) Certificate, Lean/Continuous Improvement

  1992 — 1993

• Golden Gate University

  Master in Business Administration (MBA) , Operations Management

• Golden Gate University

  MBA, Operations Mgt

  1994 — 1995

• Penn State University

  BS, Meteorology

  1983 — 1987

Skills

• Project Management
• Total Productive Maintenance (Tpm)
• Supply Chain
• Performance Metrics
• Workshop Facilitation
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Assurance
• Team Building
• Value Stream Mapping
• Organizational Change
• Process Improvement
• Aerospace
• Lean Transformation
• Logistics
• Transactional Kaizen
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Coaching
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Production Planning
• Production Preparation Process (3p)
• Process Engineering
• Kaizen
• Operations Management
• Smed
• Toyota Production System
• Performance Improvement
• Six Sigma
• Change Management
• Kaizen Leadership
• Kanban
• Employee Training
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Instructor-Led Training
• Leadership
• Lean Tools
• Continuous Improvement
• Process Optimization
• Root Cause Analysis