Jim Tyson, Partner

Senior APS Lean Consultant 


Summary:      A visionary leader with over 30 years of accomplishments in various positions of manufacturing management. Mr. Tyson has worked in a variety of career growth positions from hourly employee to General Manager of six operations including facilities in U.S., France, and P.R. with GTE and Osram /Sylvania.  Work situation experiences include high-volume lamp making, stampings, glass, wire drawing, circuit boards, reel to reel plating, and electro/mechanical control devices serving both domestic as well as international customers.  Mr. Tyson has had extensive experience serving the automotive industry (primarily Ford Motor Company) where his facility supplied all Ford’s Body and Assembly facilities, and earned Q-1 status.

 

Areas of Expertise:

·   Continuous Improvement (i.e. Cycle Time Compression)

·   Business Performance Measurements

·   Business Requirements Planning (MRPII)

·   New Product Introduction

·   Asset Improvement (i.e. inventory, receivables, payables)

·   Quality Systems (i.e. ISO9000, and QS9000)

 

Education:      B.A. Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA

Industrial Engineering Courses, Univ. of Tenn. and Univ. of South Carolina.

 

Experience:    1998 – Present President, JAT Consulting

                        1990 – 1998    General Manager/Plant Manager, Osram/Sylvania York, Pa.

                        1984 – 1990    Plant Manager, 4 locations, GTE/Sylvania

                        1975 – 1984    Materials Manager, 2 locations, GTE/Sylvania

                        1967 – 1975    Held various middle management positions, GTE/Sylvania