Stephen A. Ruffa
Author, Going Lean: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits
Stephen A. Ruffa is an aerospace engineer, a business researcher, and a Shingo Prize
winning author. His distinctive observations on lean dynamics are framed by his
unique government-industry study of aerospace producers, his projects demonstrating
key underlying principles, and his research of today’s leaders across manufacturing
and service industries.
Mr. Ruffa spent the first 25 years of his career with the U.S. Department of Defense engaged in everything from the design, manufacture, test and repair of cutting-edge aircraft to implementing major business improvement initiatives. He ultimately led a worldwide manufacturing benchmark study of 17 major aerospace manufacturers, demonstrating how “lean” concepts could break the cycle of escalating costs in aircraft production. His results were praised by the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office, the Aircraft Industries Association, and academia.
Mr. Ruffa’s works have been widely recognized. He is the author of numerous articles and the books, Going Lean: How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits (AMACOM, 2008), and Breaking the Cost Barrier: A Proven Approach to Managing and Implementing Lean Manufacturing (John Wiley & Sons, 2000).
Mr. Ruffa is President of Lean Dynamics Research, a research, training, and management
advisory firm specializing in helping corporations and other institutions apply lean
principles to overcome challenging business conditions. He will be teaching about
Lean Dynamics’ role in innovation at the University of Maryland, Clark School of
Engineering. Learn more at www.leandynamics.net
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