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John
H. Puckett
President
Visions of Excellence
Mr. Puckett has over 35 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 statistical process control tools and methods. He
is founder and president of Visions of Excellence,
a consulting firm specializing in coaching companies
in the transition to lean manufacturing.
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, as well as 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 serves as vice president of Strategic
Alliances for the Association for Manufacturing Excellence
(AME). He is also a former president (Southwest
region) of the AME, a senior member and former president
and director (Rocky Mountain region) of the Institute
of Industrial Engineers, and a member of the American
Management Association and the American Electronics
Association. He belongs to the Alpha Pi
Mu engineering honor society and was listed in Who's
Who in Finance and Industry. Mr. Puckett
is currently an examiner for the Shingo Prize for
Manufacturing Excellence and an evaluator for IndustryWeek’s
Best Plants competition.
Education
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE), Georgia
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