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John
H. Puckett
President
Visions of Excellence
Mr. Puckett has over 40 years of experience in manufacturing,
including industrial engineering, program management,
production operations, material management, and executive
management operations. His areas of expertise
include business development, team-based manufacturing,
lean manufacturing, and supply chain management. Mr.
Puckett’s experience in lean manufacturing includes
training and facilitation in production demand flow,
Kaizen process improvement, process improvement tools,
and Strategic Planning.
Mr. Puckett is the founder and President of Visions
of Excellence consulting and currently serves on the
Board of Directors of M2 Global Technology and Callaway
Park Church and is a Senior Examiner for the Shingo
Prize in Enterprise Excellence.
Mr. Puckett also was co-founder and vice president
of manufacturing for XEL Communications, Inc. of Aurora,
Colorado, a manufacturer of private line/special service
telecommunications equipment for telephone companies
and other companies that maintain their own telecommunications
networks. Recognized by IndustryWeek
magazine as one of America’s Top 10 Plants in 1995,
XEL was an industry leader in the development and
implementation of major cultural change through the
philosophies of lean manufacturing and self-directed
work teams in the manufacturing environment. During
his 13-year tenure at XEL, Mr. Puckett was responsible
for all manufacturing operations including purchasing,
material management, production, manufacturing engineering,
and test engineering. He facilitated the
implementation of just-in-time manufacturing and surface
mount technology and the integration of total quality
control and world-class manufacturing philosophy into
XEL’s manufacturing operation. He also
was responsible for the development and management
of an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) business
segment within the corporation.
Prior to joining XEL, Mr. Puckett held manufacturing
management positions at GTE Communications Systems,
Storage Technology Corporation, Teledyne Microelectronics
Corporation, and RCA Corporation.
Mr. Puckett has been a member of the Association of
Manufacturing Excellence for over 22 years and has
served as President of the Southwest Region, Vice
President of Products and Internet Development, Vice
President of Alliances and was recognized with AME’s
Lifetime Achievement award in 2005. He
is also a senior member and former President and Director
(Rocky Mountain region) of the Institute of Industrial
Engineers. He served as a Judge for Industry
Week’s Top 10 Plants for 5 years. He belongs
to the Alpha Pi Mu engineering honor society and was
listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
Education
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE), Georgia
Institute of Technology
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