ISA - Competitive (Lean) Manufacturing

Competitive Manufacturing Diagnostic Tools

The ISA for Competitive Manufacturing has collated a range of Diagnostic Tools to be used by Small to Medium industry to assist diagnose their business needs. To download the tool please click on the appropriate link.

Monash Business Marketing Diagnostic Tool

Diagnostic Tool available from : http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/surveys/mkt/index.php?sid=5

This business diagnostic tool has been donated to the CM ISA by Monash University and Laney Pickett Thomas - Consultants To Management Pty Ltd

Research Team Background

Ken Grant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at Monash University, Australia. His areas of research have been centred around the marketing interface with SME's and the evaluation/performance measurements of sales and salesforces. He has co-presented papers and authored in a number of articles related to sales, SME's and marketing strategy.

Richard Laney has considerable experience in facilitation workshops, business planning and improving marketing performance and productivity in medium sized, high growth businesses. Since 1993, Richard has been a Sessional Lecturer in Strategic Marketing at the Department of Marketing at Monash University.

Bill Pickett specialises in strategic and business planning and implementation for small and medium sized enterprises. Bill has been a Sessional Lecturer at the Department of Marketing at Monash University since 1986. Over the last six years he has specialised in the capstone unit "Case Studies in Strategy".

Hanny Nasution holds PhD in Marketing; and she is a Researcher in the Department of Marketing at Monash University. Her research interests include marketing strategy and productivity, market orientation, customer value, tourism/hospitality marketing, and sales management. Her research works are being published in the European Journal of Marketing, and International Journal of Hospitality Management.

The Institute for Lean Systems / TexSkill (Australian Division) LEAN Diagnostic Tool

Diagnostic Tool available to download : Download Here

This Lean Systems diagnostic tool has been donated to the CM ISA by Ray Littlefield, Australian Operations Director for TexSkill / The Institute for Lean Systems

Ray Littlefield

Ray organises and leads lean transformation programs throughout businesses worldwide. He has extensive experience engaging team members in applying lean thinking to improve their processes in several, vastly different industries from Manufacturing to Health Care. Ray has lived the ‘Toyota Way’ and shares his understanding in a unique way that resonates with people throughout an organisation.

Over the years, Ray has had the opportunity to serve clients such as Bonds, Boeing, Dana Corp., Columbia Forest Products, Ford Motor Company, Ingersoll-Rand, Rolls-Royce, SPX Corp, Toyota, and Skiers Choice. Ray holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, a M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and is currently pursuing his PhD. He resides in Melbourne Australia where he is working in partnership with TexSkill Limited, a Not for Profit Registered Training Organisation.

Competitive Manufacturing Diagnostic Tool

Diagnostic Tool available to download : Download Here

This Competitive Manufacturing Diagnostic Tool has been donated to the CM ISA by Ian Wood, Director of the College of Manufacturing Excellence

Ian Wood

Ian has an extensive background of driving change through teamwork with sound knowledge of the Competitive Manufacturing tools. With many years experience with multinational "Kodak Australasia"; Ian has considerable experience as a Process & Product Engineer and Production Manager. Ian has been an integral part of successfully delivering "Lean Manufacturing" improvements to many Australian furniture manufacturers.