Experts in Supply Chain Management, Quality and Operations Management

Supply Chain Management

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  • Supplier Evaluation
  • Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) Management
  • Supplier Development
  • Defect/Root Cause Analysis


Quality System Management

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  • Quality System Development
  • Document Creation
  • Quality Management System Auditing
  • Problem Solving Activities


Operations Management

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  • Performance Management
  • Business Metric Development
  • Lean
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Training

The Team

Raymond Burkart Chief Executive Officer

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Ray Burkart has extensive experience in executive leadership positions. Ray has enjoyed a versatile leadership career, where he has specialized as a turnaround executive of financially distressed business units. His career includes:


· Global Procurement Supplier Quality and Logistics Manager for Columbus McKinnon.

· President of Superior Machine Company of South Carolina, Inc., a machining and fabrication Company serving the steel, pulp and paper, and mining industries.

· Turnaround Executive for Matthews, Young and Associates, as well as serving as CEO and principal for The JEM Company, Inc. In this role, Ray has served as CEO, COO, and CFO for client companies.

· Ray is a retired colonel in the United States Marine Corps reserve.

· Ray received a Masters in Strategic Studies at the Army War College, a Master’s in Finance & Public Administration at the University of Baltimore and a BS degree at Indiana University.


Allen Huffman

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An Air Force veteran who has served in positions including Plant Manager, Director of Manufacturing, Operations Manager and Quality Manager.  Allen holds a BS in Business Management from Gardner-Webb University.  Allen has published in Quality Progress an article titled "Lean Today, Here Tomorrow", as well as a thesis titled " Six Sigma, Fact or Fiction", analyzing different quality processes including Six Sigma, Lean, Theory of Constraints among others.  He is dedicated to working hand in hand with your team to provide tools that will generate measurable and sustainable improvements to your bottom line results.