Aaron Styles, Vice President of Operations is a production system development specialist with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Lean Manufacturing Certification from the University of Kentucky. Aaron has 22 years experience in classical industrial engineering, lean manufacturing deployment, production system design, simultaneous engineering, manufacturing operations, and supply chain development in the electronics, packaging, construction, consumer goods, and automotive manufacturing industries. He has assisted companies of various sizes ($18mio/year to $40bio/year in sales) on 3 continents, from job shop to mass manufacturing environments. Aaron has a proven track record of applying lean manufacturing principles and methodologies to a wide range of business problems in order to achieve bottom-line results with high return on investment. Aaron and his family live in Mauldin, South Carolina and attend Holland Park Church.
Styles, At-A-Glance- Industrial Engineering Background
- Strategic Improvement Planning (Hoshin Kanri)
- Management Alignment
- Raw Materials to Finished Goods Value Stream
» Production System Design
» Creation of Continuous Flow
» Pull Systems
» Material Delivery Systems
» Visual Management
» SMED
» 5S
» Standardized Work
» Packaging Engineering
» Operations functional excellence
- Supply Chain Development