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Timothy J. Flynn
42 Ridgewood St.
Ashland, MA 01721
tjfphd@aol.com
(508) 808-8063
Employment History:
Saddle Point Solutions 2015 – present
Position: Principal Consultant
Primary interest is operation process improvement with transportation industries and all aspects of
airline scheduling and maintenance.
Flynn Consulting Services 2003 – 2015
Position: Principal Consultant
Self-started consulting company originally focused on Operations Process Improvement and
supply chain integration. Clients served were primarily from the automotive industry. Major
projects managed include transfer and qualification of product lines to a new facility, leading a
group organized to investigate and resolve and significant quality problem and being interim
Quality Manager.
University of Alabama 2000-2003 Tuscaloosa, AL
Position: Lecturer
Taught undergraduate courses for Operations Management Department and Executive courses for
the College of Continuing Studies.
Alabama Productivity Center 1996-2001 Tuscaloosa, AL
Position: Research Assistant
The Center is affiliated with the University and serves Alabama businesses with consulting
services on scheduling, inventory and quality systems.
Some projects that I was involved with include:
 Real-time re-sequencing at the Selectivity Bank Mercedes-Benz
 Front end scheduling at a major assembly plan Mercedes-Benz
 Impact of assembly schedule on JIT component suppliers Delphi Automotive
 Rounds conversion US Steel
 Scheduling and inventory systems analysis Toysali International
ITT Automotive Aftermarket 1994-1996 Ontario, Canada
Position: Divisional Manager, Total Quality Management

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Responsibilities: Managing all TQ efforts at four manufacturing plants. Included facilitating
management staff in identification of opportunities, facilitation of employee improvement teams,
chaired weekly review meeting of Management staff, identified training needs and in some cases,
provided such training.
ITT Total Quality Management Group 1991-1994 New York
Position: Engineer/Instructor
Responsibilities: Internal consultant within ITT, providing instruction in TQM methodologies to
any interested facility and followed up the instruction with hands-on facilitation of improvement
activities at the facility. Investigated quality methods, via training and study missions, visiting
over 100 sites in US, Canada, Japan and Europe. Consulted in various capacities at 26 sites in
diverse businesses such as biomedical manufacturing, steel stamping, assembly and site
management contracts.
Hi-Stat Manufacturing 1988-1991 Sarasota, FL
Position: Quality Manager (1989-91)
Responsibilities: Managed all aspects of Quality Systems for first tier automotive supplier.
Products: manufactured temperature sensors, assembly of various switches and other sensors.
General Motors 1982-1987 Flint, MI
Position: Industrial Engineer (1987)
Responsibilities: Timing and setting work standards as well as record keeping of same. Assist
Production in improving assembly ergonomics, efficiency and balance.
Position: Co-op student (1982-86)
Assignments: various in all departments of the plant. Included a 3-month stint as first line
Production Supervisor.
Education:
Ph.D. Management Science
University of Alabama 2003
M.S. Industrial Engineering
University of Miami 1990
B.S. Industrial Engineering
General Motors Institute 1987

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Teaching:
University of Alabama Culverhouse School of Commerce & Business Administration
Courses taught:
IM 300 – Introduction to Operations Management
Course Evaluation Average 4.1 out of 5.
IM-321 – Production Planning & Control
Course Evaluation Average 4.3
IM 422 – Operational Scheduling
Course Evaluation Average 4.0
University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies
Introduction to Lean Manufacturing.
Course Evaluation Average 4.6
Executive Overview Course given for top management of companies interested in
applications in lean manufacturing.
Presentations:
Invited
“Application of Lean Production / Manufacturing Methodologies and Tools in the
Minerals Industry.” September, 2003: Alabama Mining Institute (Tuscaloosa).
“Sequencing Methods for Lean Assembly: a Total Systems Approach.”
September 1999: Southern Automotive Conference (Birmingham)
“Scheduling the Supply Chain in a Major Automotive Plant.”
April, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000: guest lecture given in MGS-516, a first year MBA class
at the University of Alabama. Lecture was also given to EMBA class in 1998 and 1999.
“Sequencing for Final Assembly Operations.”
October 1997: Alabama Quality Award Conference (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Honors and Awards:
Graduate Student of the Year, 2001, Department of Information Systems, Statistics and
Management Science, University of Alabama
Selected to participate in INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium 1999

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Alabama Productivity Center – “Outstanding Project Award”, Fall 1999, Fall 1998,
Fall 1997, and Spring 1997
Selected to participate in 1993 TQM Study Mission to Japan. This ITT corporate
sponsored program featured 9 days of practitioner presentations and plant tours
highlighting shop floor improvement activities and supply chain methods in a variety
of industries around Nagoya.
Other:
Served as business analysis consultant to Capstone Medical Center (1998- 1999)
Member of Board of Examiners - Alabama Quality Award 1997-99
(This state level competition is modeled after the Baldridge National Quality Award)
References:
Available upon request