Michel Baudin

San Francisco Bay Area, CA United States

Owner at Takt Times Group

Apparel / Fashion

Fascinated with the art of making things, I am on a mission to improve it. Trained in engineering, applied math, and data science. I got my feet wet in production in the early 1980s, and later apprenticed under master Japanese consultant Kei Abe for eight years, starting my own group in 1996. I have been consulting since 1987 on lean manufacturing implementation in industries ranging from automotive and aerospace to electronics and frozen foods. Instructor with UC Berkeley extension, the University of Dayton and the Hong Kong Productivity Council. Author of four technical books entitled Manufacturing Systems Analysis (1990), Lean Assembly (2002), Lean Logistics (2005), and Working with ...