Tom Jackson

Tom Jackson is an Associate of TranSystems | The ACCESS Group whose Fortune 100 experience is balanced with a strong background in smaller to mid-size “wear many hats” manufacturing management. He has demonstrated transformational leadership for over 20 years in production environments from high volume to low volume and engineered-to-order. Tom has worked with industries including aerospace, automotive, heavy industrial equipment, metal forming, machining, injection molding, remanufacturing, medical instrumentation, and others in both consulting and full time positions. Companies that he has worked with in both consulting and full-time roles include Camau-Pico, Clarion Technologies, Eaton Aerospace, Eaton Hydraulics, Falk, Melling Automotive, Rexnord, and Stryker Medical.

Tom’s depth of knowledge across all manufacturing functions from strategy planning and finance, to marketing and engineering, to quality systems and tooling, to assembly and logistics, give him the background required for leading cross-functional teams to achieve major Lean improvements across the whole value-stream. As a division manager he provided the change-agent leadership in the turnaround of an aerospace machining facility batch manufacturing with a low single digit bottom-line to a best-in-class Lean Enterprise with strong double-digit EBITDA. He has also led and mentored Advanced Manufacturing Engineering teams whose Lean Six Sigma projects have resulted in millions of dollars of demonstrated cost-savings. Tom is seasoned at using all the Lean tools in Kaizen events that have brought sustainable improvements to over 40 facilities. His “hands-on, go see” approach is user friendly for top executives and manufacturing floor operators alike.

Tom’s educational background includes Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Business Leadership from Baker College in Flint, Michigan. He has numerous certifications in Lean Sigma tools including Value Stream Mapping, Standardized Work, Pull Systems, Set-up Reduction, 5S, Visual Controls, Variation Reduction Kaizen, and Strategy Deployment. Tom has developed Lean training material which is in use at companies from small job shops to major corporations.