Mike Wroblewski

Current

• Lean Sensei at Batesville Casket Company
• Founder and Contributor at Got Boondoggle? lean blog site
• President and Co-Founder at Victory Alliance Technologies

see less...

Past

• Manager of Quality and Continuous Improvement at Matthews International, York Casket Division
• Director of Operations at Telamon Corporation
• Plant Manager at Wood-Mizer Products

• Industrial Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer/Manufacturing Manager at Hill-Rom Company

see less...

1 more...

Education

• GMI Engineering and Management Institute (now Kettering University)
• Miami University
• White Oak High School

see less...

Connections

223 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• Victory Alliance Technologies
• Got Boondoggle?

Mike Wroblewski’s Summary

For over 24 years, I have been working in manufacturing management growing my technical skills and passion for teaching Kaizen, Lean Principles, and Six Sigma. My journey into lean began in the early 1980's while working as an Industrial Engineer for the Hill-Rom Company. Under the watchful eye of Shigeo Shingo, I improved a die changeover from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes. I learned first-hand from the master, Shigeo Shingo, the techniques of the SMED system along with the early teachings of eliminating waste from manufacturing operations.

During my 16 years at Hill-Rom, I continued my lean training and implementation of the Toyota Production System under the masters from Shingijutsu Consulting and other renowned consultants from Japan. I implemented numerous improvements including the design and installation of Hill-Rom's first paced assembly line, reducing mixed model welding set ups from 4 minutes to 6 seconds and compressing assembly leadtimes from 6 days to less that 1 day.

I have personally worked with hundreds of employees in both union and non-union companies leading the way of lean transformations. Most importantly, I understand first-hand the complexites of day to day frontline management and know how to improve processes leading to getting results through the development of people.

As a Lean Sensei, I teach the principles of lean and kaizen while remaining forever a student of continuous improvement.

Mike Wroblewski’s Specialties:

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System, Quality Systems, Kaizen, Lean Enterprise, Lean Office, SMED, Standard Work

Mike Wroblewski’s Experience

• Lean Sensei

  Batesville Casket Company

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HB; Consumer Goods industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

• Founder and Contributor

  Got Boondoggle? lean blog site

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

• President and Co-Founder

  Victory Alliance Technologies

  (Management Consulting industry)

  September 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)

• Manager of Quality and Continuous Improvement

  Matthews International, York Casket Division

  (Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)

  2001 — 2006 (5 years )

• Director of Operations

  Telamon Corporation

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

• Plant Manager

  Wood-Mizer Products

  (Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

• Industrial Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer/Manufacturing Manager

  Hill-Rom Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Medical Devices industry)

  1982 — 1998 (16 years )

Mike Wroblewski’s Education

• GMI Engineering and Management Institute (now Kettering University)

  MS , Manufacturing Management , 1994

• Miami University

  BS , Production and Operations Management , 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Chi Fraternity

• White Oak High School

  High School Diploma , College Prep , 1975 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  President of National Honor Society

Additional Information

Mike Wroblewski’s Websites:

• Victory Alliance Technologies
• Got Boondoggle?

Mike Wroblewski’s Groups:

Lean and Six Sigma Blogging

•    GMI (Kettering University) Alumni
•    Miami University Alumni Association
•    Lean Six Sigma
•    Eagle's Nest--Eagle Scout Award Recipients
•    Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Experts
•    Lean Practitioners
•    Superfactory
•    The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence
•    Toyota Production System Network
•    AME (Association for Manufacturing Excellence)
•    Global Green Lean Sigma Network
•    Lean & Green
•    Gemba Academy
•    Lean Learning Center

Mike Wroblewski’s Honors:

Eagle Scout 1975
Vigil Member of the Order of the Arrow
BSA District Award of Merit
BSA Silver Beaver
WoodBadge Staff
BSA 1997 National Jamboree Staff
NOAC Staff

Mike Wroblewski’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch