Gerber Lean Manufacturing System

Gerber appoints experienced leader and lean consultant to its head operations position. This position will continue to dirve adoption of Gerber's lean initiative. ...

... "He has 26 years experience in high technology aerospace and commercial manufacturing, including 17 years with United Technologies' Sikorsky Aircraft Division, where he played a pivotal role in Sikorsky's Lean transformation. Mr. Mele was also a partner with Accenture, where he consulted global high technology manufacturing firms in planning and execution of end-to-end business transformations. Mr. Mele holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut, an MS in Computer and Information Science from the University of New Haven and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development. " ...

Via Gerber Scientific: Senior Vice President, Operations

Aviation Today: Sikorsky: "We will examine a key part of that plan - the company's efforts to adopt lean manufacturing and overhaul its production processes ... "