Beverly Townsend

Biography

Beverly Townsend is a Lean manufacturing manager and artist from Kentucky. She is an expert in Lean, with years of experience starting at Toyota. She also holds chairman and president’s awards for her Lean achievements in operation excellence for JIT kitting and waste elimination. Her experience involves teaching and mentoring in Lean as well as implementation. Her efforts have transformed facilities into benchmark plants, as well as sustained business and growth.

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

TPS, VSM, Material Flow, Work balance, inventory reduction, JIT, one piece flow, scheduling, Quality control & culture change

Books