Get major performance improvement using the Lean - Toyota Way!
          Mike Davis, 18 years as a Toyota Executive, makes it simple and easy for you

Toyota 18 years experience

EVP, Co-CEO with 5 Japanese presidents, of an OEM automotive parts manufacturer; 8-fold growth; expanded to a full-service integrator to all car makers in North America. Highlights: highly profitable, full refinement of the Toyota Management System (TPS  & TMS) by "the best from each culture".

Aerospace 10 years experience

• Advisor to 2 Aerospace OEM parts suppliers, 100 employees each. earning the Bombardier 4-Star Certification. 
• Chairman of the Board for one. 
• Started career in Montreal at Canadian Aviation Electronics and Rolls-Royce: Cost Control & Military Contracts Negotiation; working with engineers, plant,  IT et al.

Other industries

• Textiles 6 years:  Audit Manager. 
• Machinery Makers 5 years: Profit teams; ROI; Computer systems; Cost modelling; Negotiations.
• Service organizations:  a 12 companies' Group; a Computer reseller; an Hotel; and Lean hospital initiatives.
• Night School co-founder and Mentor to entrepreneurs.

Professional CMA and Trainer

• Bachelor of Commerce: 97/100 in Quantative Score.
• Professional Order of Certified Management Accountants since 1987
• Professional Manager- the Canadian Institute of Management in 1993.
• Certified Business Trainer "Formateur Agréé" within the last 5 years in Quebec and valid throughout Canada.

Training Received

• 30 education events after university.
• Multi-disciplinary training in Japan, Canada and USA from 10 Japanese CEO's and their 70 experts. 
• OEM training from 7 car companies (our customers) in Canada and the USA
• Legal training in Montreal re Corporate Affairs, Boards of Directors, and individual commercial cases.

Board Member (12)

• Mesotec Aerospace Machine Shop
• Kancorp Automotive parts maker
• Oxtal Creative Web Solutions
• Bussmeyer Group
• Dobson-Lagasse Mentorship Panel
• Magog Community Learning Center
• Entrepreneur Support Network advisory

Prior:

• Auto Parts Manufacturers Association
• Rubber Association of Canada
• WTG Inc. (Toyoda Gosei)
• ET chapter of Cdn Institute of Management
• Sherbrooke Regional Econ. Development

The Hoshin Management System (TMS-Lean-TPS-Hoshin-TQM)

• Proven Toyota teams, we sustained it 18 years , and we grew 8-fold, durable forever.
• Lean Management System execution by the world renouned "Lean - Toyota Way".
• All Corporate objectives are deployed through multi-disciplinary teamwork.
• Growing your capacities and competencies.
• Keeping it simple with 'one-page' and visual control.
• Deployment increases people's morale at all levels of the organization.

Signature ways of Mike Davis

1. Cross-functional teamwork is a constant.
2. From one CEO to another.
3. Provide the lead.
4. 1-page.
5. Best of JPN & NA ways. 
6. Work with your top managers.

Advisory - consultancy services for your CEO, CFO, COO's :

1. "Go Lean": Leading the transformation is my signature offering to you.
2. You need much better profit margins. I can help with Hoshin - TPS - Cost Half.
3. Helping you attain an OEM Customer Certification: 5 star or Gold level. 
4. Increase capacity. Your customers want more from you,  via the "Lean" approach.
5. Turn your organization toward "Total Quality Management". I can help you lead it.

Discrete services "À la carte!"

1. Advisor in control & management.
2. Board member.
3. Brainstorming - group sessions.
4. Change management.
5. Collaboration Model.
6. Competency Model.
7. Corporate Governance.
8. Cost control & 'Cost-Half' method.
9. Customer relations strategies.
10. Due diligence and operations auditing.
11. Executive coaching. 
12. Lean transformation.
13. QC tools and QC presentation.
14. Review existing processes.
15. Risk analysis & decision matrix.
16. Strategic analysis. 
17. Sustainability conference.
18. TPS start-up.
19. TMS-Lean-Hoshin introduction.
20. Visual control start-up. 

Big, bold, stunning improvement is the why to "Go-Lean" right now. 

Basic premise: increase capacity and output with the same resources and create higher quality in Management as well as in Operations.  

Reduce the 8 kinds of waste in all processes: time, material, motion, w.i.p., lack of.., etc.

Signature benefits with Mike

1. CEO's enjoy the camraderie.
2. Clear, clean = quick visual.
3. Control system approach.
4. Hoshin, Lean deployment goes beyond consultants because we actually did it 18 years with an 8-fold growth in sales.
5. How to satisfy the OEM customer.
6. Tools, templates, tips:   100% real.
7. Unique: Hoshin Policy Deployment brings top strategy to daily operations. 

Where we see big reduction:

LOWER = BETTER

• Accidents and health related injuries
• Bottlenecks
• Complaining and in-fighting
• Congestion
• Corrections, repairs, off-line
• Defects flowing out
• Inspection 
• Late shipments
• Overtime
• Product Unit Cost
• Space
• Start-up costs
• Travel distances
• Turnaround cycles
• Wasted time, material, supplies
• Work In Process

Where we see big increases:

HIGHER = BETTER

• Awards
• 'Continuous Education'
• Customer Relations in multiple respects
• Equipment up-time/utilization
• Flow is faster and visible.
• Innovation and collaboration - inside & outside the org.
• Learning and competencies
• Management cohesiveness
• Market development
• Morale is highly in evidence. 
• Product development control.
• Productivity
• Profit margins
• Quality and reliability of product & service
• Sustainability - durable, long lasting success
• Technical improvements
• Throughput