Mike Weishaar began his Lean career as an executive at Genie Industries, a company well known for its advances in world class manufacturing.  Reporting directly to a former executive from Honda, Mike learned and applied the processes and philosophies of the Lean management system. 

 

President of Rendezvous Industries, a luxury RV manufacturer, Mike led the Lean effort.  Application of Lean principles reduced customer delivery lead times, eliminated materials shortages and improved product quality.  Mike was asked by the department of labor and industry, to serve as the industry representative on the Washington State legislature.

 

At Boeing Mike worked with the senior management team implementing Lean for all major airplane programs. Focusing on total productive maintenance (TPM) and worldwide asset management, Mike created and deployed TPM training for all major programs and their tier-1 suppliers. 

 

VP of Operations at Glacier Bay, a yacht manufacturing company, the Lean effort focused on factory flow, full scale kanban implementation, engineering, customer service, extended supply chain management and sales. 

 

CEO of United Marine, a yacht management company, Mike applied Lean principles to full scale disaster recovery projects.  Pull planning, last planner scheduling, six week look ahead and daily management processes support complex project delivery.

 

Executive consultant for John Black and Associates, Mike extended his Lean experience into the healthcare industry.  Mike was asked to work with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health to value stream map the legislative process as it pertains to healthcare.  Also by special request, Mike was asked by John Black and Premier Brad Wall to lead a 3P process to support the hospital redesign in North Battleford Saskatchewan.

 

Currently Mike serves as CEO of Lean Integrated LLC and Lean Integrated International.  2023 marks Mikes 38th year of Lean implementation.