Matt Zayko has more than 25 years of experience in leading lean enterprise improvements in numerous industries by helping them transform product development, engineering, manufacturing, service processes, and operating systems. Matt worked in a variety of staff- and management-level roles under the guidance of former Toyota mentors for Chrysler / University of Michigan, Gelman Sciences, Delphi, and Pall (now part of Danaher) before starting his own consultancy and affiliating with the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI). Matt has authored numerous works based on successful transformation, including articles that have been published in "Journal of Quality Engineering", "IIE Solutions", "Journal of Cost Management", a chapter in the 1998 Shingo-Prize winning book "Becoming Lean", and white papers for the Lean Enterprise Institute. Matt is a frequent presenter at conferences related to lean transformation and a long-time faculty member of LEI ([...] working closely with smaller, entrepreneurial-minded organizations, as well as larger, global companies. Matt received his M.S. in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Eric Ethington is passionate about improvement, with over 35 years of experience feeding that passion. Starting as a fabrication area industrial engineer at General Motors' AC Spark Plug division, making today better than yesterday has always been part of Eric's routine. For 22 years Eric had formative experiences at Delco Electronics and Delphi, making him comfortable working with front-line operators within the plants up to senior executives at the company headquarters alike. Eric's final years at Delphi had him leading the company's corporate lean team, and developing and implementing processes specifically targeted at improving new product launch performance. Eric then spent the next five years in an executive position at Textron, supporting lean and six-sigma activities across several diverse businesses and industries. It was during this period that Eric earned his six-sigma black belt in design. Since 2009, Eric has continued learning and advancing both the science and art behind lean throughout the enterprise, working in diverse industries such as aerospace, healthcare, services, manufacturing and logistics. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial Engineering from Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute) and an MBA in Operations from the University of Michigan, Flint campus. He supports the Lean Enterprise Institute in support of their Lean Product & Process Development initiative, and he serves on the Board of Directors at Goodwill Industries of Mid-Michigan.

Chapter-1: The Situation Chapter-2: Context Chapter-3: Concepts Chapter-4: Converge Chapter-5: Configure Chapter-6: Confirm Chapter-7: Continuously Improve Chapter-8: Conclusion