Luis Garcia

KILA Associate

Luis has over 15 years of Lean experience in the areas of health care, manufacturing leadership, process engineering and distribution leadership. Most recently he has worked with a multi hospital system as both a hands-on consultant within the nursing units and in ancillary units improving clinical, support and administrative processes as well as serving as an advisor to the executive offices focusing on strategic initiatives and their deployment. Luis has also played a key role in a variety of industries including textiles, clothing, hi-tech/electronics, window manufacturing, job shops, and continuous processing environments. His key areas of expertise include Lean; Six Sigma; Operations Service and Manufacturing

Among his many contributions, Luis has been able to deliver dramatic results in the areas of:

Lead time/Wait times

• Typical reduction between 40% and 70%


• Emergency Reroute hours reduction by over 55%


• Recently led his team to impact margin by $50+ Million over 4 years

Quality

• Focusing on the vital few factors and increasing output outcomes by over 60% after the first iteration


• Mistake-Proofing/Error Reduction


• Typical improvements greater than 50%


• Luis has led Lean transformations both culturally and technically in the US, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, Italy and Canada in addition he speaks Spanish and English fluently and can communicate effectively in French and Portuguese.

Education:
Luis holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and a MS in Management in addition to TPS (Lean) training from Toyota Supplier Support System and Six Sigma training from a GE Master Black Belt.