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S A Partners LLP

4.6

2.89K ratings

S A Partners is a leading provider of Shingo workshops and consultancy support, with five Shingo award-winning publications and global recognition for thought-leadership. Established more than 30 years ago and with offices in the UK, Europe, USA, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, S A Partners is uniquely positioned to support global companies in their Shingo journeys. S A Partners' consulting, training, and coaching business has supported a number of Shingo Award recipient sites, such as Vale, Panalpina, Edwards, and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Its team of Shingo facilitators and examiners delivers each of the Shingo workshops at locations across the world, both onsite and virtually.

Certifications

Discover Excellence Systems Design Cultural Enablers Continuous Improvement Enterprise Alignment Build Excellence

Languages

Danish English German

Locations

Asia Australia/Oceania Brazil Canada Central America China Europe India Mexico Middle East South America Southeast Asia The Caribbean USA

Industries

Agriculture Construction Consulting Defense Contractor Educational Services Energy and Utilities Entertainment Finance and Insurance Food Services Government Healthcare Information (Software, Books, etc.) Logistics Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Aerospace and Parts Chemicals Consumer Goods Energy Heavy Machinery Medical Devices and Equipment Motor Vehicles and Parts Pharmaceutical Military Mining Non-Profit Packaging Printing Professional Services (Legal, CPA, etc.) Waste Management and Remediation Services Wholesale and Retail Trade

Business Processes

Accounting Customer Relations Data Analysis Engineering Financial Analysis Human Resources Leadership Maintenance Marketing Operations Quality R&D, Product/Service Development Sales Supply Chain Technology Manufacturing

Workshop Facilitators

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Brian Hatter

4.5

103 ratings

Brian Hatter is a strong, respected, facilitative leader, mentor, and coach with a proven track record of building successful teams while coaching the personal development of superiors, peers, and subordinates. Mr. Hatter's 35+ years of work experience spans the tier 1 automotive, aerospace, power tools, fluid managemen...
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Bryan Cutliff

4.7

56 ratings

Dr. Bryan Cutliff, FACHE, is an organizational and leadership psychologist, a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and a partner within S A Partners, a global strategy deployment and organization transformation consulting firm. Dr. Cutliff specializes in helping organizations leverage their strategic v...
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Master Trainer

Colin Scott

4.7

436 ratings

Colin Scott oversees the organization’s North America business. Mr. Scott previously worked as a managing director and CEO in the aerospace, automotive and public sectors. He has also worked in food, heavy truck, pharmaceutical, glass, printing and recycling industries. As a master lean coach, Mr. Scott has worked as an a...
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Conor Dawson

4.7

75 ratings

Conor Dawson is a senior consultant and head of the Ireland Region at S A Partners, specializing in operational excellence and lean methodologies. As a proud Shingo Alumni, Mr. Dawson has dedicated his career to helping organizations across diverse sectors—including Food, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, and Healthcare�...
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Garry Corbet

4.7

86 ratings

Garry Corbet is a partner at S A Partners and head of its European business. He has over 10 years experience working in continuous improvement using Lean principles and has held several senior leadership roles prior to joining S A Partners. Mr. Corbet's background is in finance, and he has over 15 years experience in th...
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Gina Liebe

4.5

15 ratings

Ms. Gina Liebe is an experienced program manager of Lean transformations. Before joining S A Partners, Ms. Liebe worked as associate director of operational excellence at Roche in one of their biggest production sites located in Bavaria; as group Lean lead at Borealis, one of Austria’s leading companies; and as Lean tran...
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Jim Mikulski

4.6

78 ratings

Jim Mikulski’s early career included roles as a manufacturing, quality, and project engineer. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Mikulski has progressed through operational excellence leadership positions while working for Armstrong, Textron, and TT Industries. In 2015, he successfully led an enterprise excellence transformation...
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Examiner

John Quirke

4.5

381 ratings

John Quirke has worked in a variety of sectors including electronics, medical device, pharmaceutical and food. Prior to joining S A Partners, he worked with a number of Blue Chip corporations including J&J and Millipore, with responsibility for Lean Six Sigma implementation across European sites. Mr. Quirke is currently...
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Keivan Zokaei

4.7

278 ratings

Keivan Zokaei is a lean expert, consultant, and author. He regularly advises C-suite executives at global companies and has led transformation projects in service, FMCG, and manufacturing industries at Alphabet, S&P Global, Siemens Financial Services, ASSA ABLOY, Welsh Water, Wartsila, Unilever, Marks & Spencer, TES...
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Kenneth Wisinski

4.5

394 ratings

Kenneth Wisinski is a lean management consultant with global reach and the goal of creating cultures of improvement. He is also an executive project management professional, Six Sigma/Lean practitioner, and mechanical engineer with diverse international business experience that enables him to lead any team. Mr. Wisinski ha...
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Richard Guba

4.7

760 ratings

Rick Guba is a senior consultant at S A Partners, as well as a faculty member in the Master of Business Operational Excellence program at The Ohio State University’s Fisher Business College. Mr. Guba joined Fisher in 2016 after retiring from General Electric Company, where he worked for 35 years. At GE, he held multiple m...
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Master Trainer

Richard Young

4.7

229 ratings

Richard Young has worked at S A Partners for over 10 years and is a certified master Lean coach through the Cardiff University Lean Competency System. With over 20 years in global multinationals, Mr. Young has extensive senior leadership experience in operational leadership and logistics and supply chain, coupled with regio...
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