"The Search for Manufacturing Excellence" Lead team of 7 people that facilitated the following 7 plant tours for big AME event. Produced $100,000 revenue and $40,000 profit. A self assessment of overall program using the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award criteria scored in range 4 of the 7 ranges. Leadership was 70 out of 90 points possible.

 "Employee Involvement, Cycle Time and Quality Improvement," 3M Magnetic Media Plant, Hutchinson, MN.

 ZYTEC SHOWCASE: "Continuous Improvement and Benchmarking", winner of 1991 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and first winner of Minnesota Council for Quality Award, Zytec, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.

 "From Market Needs to Customer Satisfaction", strategic planning process, quality improvement in supplier service support and supplier base management, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Hutchinson, Minnesota.

 "Excellence in Manufacturing EIM", cell downsizing continuous setup reduction and teamwork, 1992 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Industry Weeks "Top 10" Award, Dana Gresen, St. Paul, Minnesota.

 "Global Time Based Manufacturing Strategies", self managed work teams in an union environment and flexible automation, Honeywell Home and Building Controls, Golden Valley, Minnesota.

 "Short Cycle Manufacturing Cycle Time Reduction", Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award including strategic planning benchmarking and customer service, IBM, Rochester, Minnesota.

 Created and organized the first "Upper Midwest Systems Expo," September 1991. Lead a team of 10 people and combined 10 competitors' mail lists and then located a sponsor. AIM (Automatic Identification Manufacturers) resulted in a regional conference with nearly 1000 attendees. This provided a nucleus for AIM to start local chapters. Minneapolis was the first local chapter of AIM.

 Started Dytec's' QUALITY journey by first training management on TQM principals with help of outside consultants, suppliers and customers. Brought customers in to address entire company on customer expectations. Put every employee through mandatory off site training at the ZYTEC SHOWCASE, a customer that won the Minnesota Quality Award and Malcolm Baldridge Award. Volunteer quality training is ongoing through participation on the Dytec Quality Council (4 person committee at quarterly intervals.)

 Created the Bar Code Master Plan Kit, a planning and design tool to help project managers in a hands-on team environment create a process flow analysis for bar code data collection. Complimenting the kit is the Master Plan Manual which uses process visualization techniques to design a bar code system.

 Created the Big Picture Workshops. Organized 10 non-competing vendors to sponsor a "total solution" workshop where attendees put their plan on paper. Using a very consultative approach with physical participation helping the attendees put together an R.F.Q., request for quote, in two days. These regional conferences start in Boston and end up in Anaheim completing a circuit of 10 cities in one year (learning process).