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Larry
G. Anderson
Mr. Anderson is a senior management and training professional
with over 30 years of experience in management, training,
and engineering. He has a strong lean manufacturing
and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) improvement
background that includes a variety of functional experience. A
people-oriented leader with a bottom-line focus, he
possesses exceptional motivational skills.
As principal of Anderson and Associates, Mr. Anderson
consults for small and mid-size businesses implementing
world-class management techniques. His
services include directing organizations in developing
a vision and mission, choosing applicable tools, and
implementing the world-class transformation. In
addition, he provides process and management improvement
training for divisions of major corporations and develops
college courses. His accomplishments include
establishing a Total Quality-Based Technology curriculum
for an associate's degree credit program for North
Central Texas College and providing lean manufacturing,
total quality, and statistical process control instruction
for Collin County, North Central Texas, and Richland
community colleges.
From 2001 through 2003, Mr. Anderson served as vice
president of operations for American Excelsior Company,
a 15-site, $60 million national foam fabrication firm. Recruited
as a member of a senior team tasked with turning around
the company's finances, he established operational
accountability of site general managers and implemented
corporate reorganization to create a focus on operational
results. In addition, he implemented lean
manufacturing concepts and restructured the MRP system
to support the company as a national entity.
Previously Mr. Anderson was employed by Beckett Corporation,
a privately-held company providing condensate and
specialty pumps to the HVAC industry and OEM customers. As
president of the Industrial and OEM division and corporate
vice president of Operations, he implemented the separation
of the business into two autonomous divisions. Through
the application of lean manufacturing techniques and
MRP system restructuring, he achieved quality and
manufacturing performance improvements that led to
a 15% sales growth and 2.6% increase in operating
profits. As vice president of Operations,
he spearheaded a transformation to flow and just-in-time
manufacturing, achieving inventory reduction of more
than 50%, on-time delivery improvement of over 95%,
and sales growth of 1.8%.
Prior to joining Beckett Corporation, Mr. Anderson
held management positions with Snyder General Corporation,
Packless Industries, and American Standard Trane,
where he implemented team-based manufacturing and
numerous quality and productivity improvement programs. Earlier
in his career, he was employed by General Electric
Company in a series of increasingly responsible management
and engineering positions.
Mr. Anderson serves as an examiner for the Shingo
Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing and the Texas
Award for Performance Excellence.
Education
Masters degree in Engineering Management, University
of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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