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Sarah's areas of expertise include:

• Materials Science
• Six Sigma
• Theory of Constraints
• Lean Manufacturing

Sarah has spent most of her career providing manufacturing process improvements and project management. She has held key positions in process control and operational management.

She joined Precision Castparts Corporation in Portland, Oregon, in 1990, where she was assigned the task of improving product quality and reducing lead-time. Through this challenge, she was introduced to the Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma. She was formally recognized as achieving excellent results. Inventory was reduced 70%, lead-time was reduced by 56% and quality was improved 75%.

In 1998, she joined Precision Machine Works in Tacoma, as the Production Manager. Sarah was the internal TOC expert, project manager, and internal consultant in a TOC implementation. Lead-time and inventory were reduced 42% and quality was improved 40%. Through participation with a consulting team put together by Boeing, Sarah was introduced to the principles of Lean Manufacturing. She has been using her knowledge of both Lean and TOC to implement a unique combination of the two at companies to help them achieve dramatic reductions in inventory and lead-time.

Sarah is a graduate of Iowa State University with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering.