Ted Mayeshiba

Ted Mayeshiba started a management consulting practice, in 1991. His practice concentrates on the implementation of Lean practices in a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, biopharmaceutical, electronics as well as municipal governmental and non-governmental agencies. Ted has implemented Lean, through extensive training of executives, management and line operators. His clients include aerospace, automotive, biopharmaceutical, entertainment, government and non-governmental agencies. He is recognized nationally as an authority on Lean practices, and has been invited to participate in Lean seminars as a speaker or trainer by Fortune 100 companies and other academic institutions.

His over 25 years of management experience include positions in Industrial, Facilities and Manufacturing Engineering with General Motors (Hughes Aircraft, Electro Optical and Spaces Systems; General Motors Vehicle Assembly), General Electric, Gillette, Becton Dickenson and Crown Zellerbach. His experience included profit/ loss positions responsibilities in the areas of operations, project, construction and engineering management. Specifically, (during his time at what is now Raytheon) his accomplishments included the initiation and design of a simulation process to evaluate layout design, capacity and cost for products not yet produced. His cost projections were used extensively for bids for new business. (A report of the findings and methodology were presented at the IIE conference in 1990) Ted also was instrumental in initiating a DFMA program (at what is now Boeing Satellite Systems) which saved over $2MM per satellite and enabled the fulfillment of contractual offset by simplifying an operation so it could be transferred to the contracting foreign nation (off-shoring). Finally, his research for General Motors resulted in architecting a system to improve quality and reduce dealer claims. This system was adopted by all 23 GM assembly facilities in the U.S. and Canada. His application of industrial engineering principles has enabled the realization of these achievements.

Ted has also applied his industrial engineering experience to government agencies as the Facility Manager for the City of South Gate, CA. The City asked for his expertise in setting the technical infrastructure, facility spending, and project management of this implementation. This included planning and execution of the water management, security of the physical properties, water system and integration with the Police and emergency operations system for the City. By application of industrial engineering principles, he was able to help the City reduce its operating budget per person, while increasing service levels. Further, he is now working with the second largest school district by applying "Lean" and industrial engineering principles to streamline service delivery through the implementation of SOA.

Ted is currently a lecturer in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Southern California. He is associated with courses which include the capstone Senior Design Project, Computer Systems, Engineering Economics, Operations Management, Project Management, Lean Operations and Introduction to Industrial Engineering. He is currently the President of the Los Angeles chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Senior Member of the Institute. His experience in industry has enabled Ted to enrich the classroom teaching of industrial engineering principles.

Ted is a graduate of Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute) 1974, Flint MI, with a Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering. He also has a Masters degree from the University of Southern California in Business Administration (1979).