Tim Waddington
Tim's expertise is in operations strategy and improvement. During the last decade he has guided companies across a wide range of sectors in the implementation of Lean Thinking throughout the whole range of Lean techniques. He is sceptical of any 'one size fits all' methodology and his approach to operations and business strategy allows companies to identify the most appropriate techniques, to increase sales and improve margins, for their particular situation.
Tim teaches on the Delos Partnership Limited's Lean and Agile public course, and has facilitated a number of workshops, which have helped companies understand specifically where they add value to their customers, and hence enable them to remove those activities which do not add value. This has enhanced, dramatically, their effectiveness and productivity.
He heads the Special Interest Group in Lean/Agile methodologies for the Institute of Operations Management. This group is developing and trialling the latest Lean and Agile approaches for the Supply Chain and involves the Cardiff Business School, Cranfield University and industrial pilot companies. He is currently assisting companies with the implementation of these strategies and techniques. He also teaches the Operations Strategy and Lean Improvement modules for the Durham University MSc in Manufacturing. Prior to becoming an associate with The Delos Partnership, he was a Director and shareholder of Forward Vision (International) Ltd., a Lean Manufacturing consultancy company and before this he worked for Philips Electronics. A member of the Institute of Operations Management, he has an MBA from Durham Business School.