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Michael Coulton
Executive Operations & General Management leader in manufacturing, testing, and building products
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Manufacturing and operations leader (industrial engineer turned plant manager) who has driven major operational and business-model change in legacy manufacturing, including demand-driven Kanban replenishment and lead-time reduction. More recently built KPI systems and capacity-scaling improvements at Laboratory Testing Incorporated while integrating an acquisition, and now supports Laminators Incorporated at the board level while hands-on building a formal product development process from ideation through launch.
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Key Strengths
- Implemented Kanban to replace inaccurate forecasting and align production to real demand
- Designed and rolled out KPI systems from near-zero measurement to actionable operational dashboards
- Scaled capacity by targeting setup efficiency and measuring machine runtime/utilization
- Led operational transformation in a traditional manufacturing environment (industrial engineer to plant manager)
- Integrated an acquisition and served as manufacturing/operations expert to a non-operations executive team
- Built a product development process end-to-end (idea assessment through launch) and organized the supporting team
- Balances board-level strategy with hands-on execution based on company needs
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