3P - Production Preparation Process

3P is an explosive, high energy, high impact engagement that utilizes today's most progressive elements of lean, sigma, product development, and design for leanability. 3P consistently produces quantum* change meshing high energy, innovation, and diversity in a radical approach to continuous improvement.

3P received top scores at 2005 AME Conference in Boston, garnering comments including:

• "the real deal, like no performance I've ever seen"
• "you can feel the energy generated from our team during the event"
• "kaizen on steroids, I loved it"
• "different and better, hands on was great"

(*A 2005 study shows Michael's median 3P return on investment is over 40 to 1, with a low of 22 to 1 and a high of 317 to 1.)

Michael is frequently requested by name as a catalyst for actualizing quantum change on some of the world's largest playing fields. Michael's rare blend of extensive technical depth meshed with his results-oriented, high energy, non-traditional style has consistently yielded potent results for some of Fortune 500's Elite.

Michael's career started with the multi-billion dollar tech giant Intel, where he earned numerous factory awards and distinct Engineering honors for his impacts during the Pentium 4™, Centrino™, and Itanium 2™ product launches. He published multiple business process standards and Chaired four International shared learning forums. Michael also sparked a grass-roots Lean effort that grew into a full-blown Lean initiative spanning four continents in only 14 months.

Today, Michael is a full time consultant and "hired gun", business owner, educator, and author. He is an active Board Member for several firms across the United States.