About the Authors
James G. Correll
Jim Correll, a retired principal of Oliver Wight who started in 1984, served eight years as chairman of Oliver Wight Americas and co‐chairman of Oliver Wight International. As a consultant, he has assisted more than 32 companies attaining Class A performance. These companies include numerous Caterpillar divisions, US Army Material Command and the four supporting Commands, Imperial Tobacco, General Dynamics Land Systems, Martin Marietta Astronautics, Boeing Portland, and Tektronix, Inc.
Jim gained his Class A experience as an employee of Hyster Company; Wagner Mining Equipment, a division of PACCAR; and Tektronix. At Tektronix he served as the Class A implementation manager for the component division. In that capacity, he developed a new organizational structure, implemented new software, and designed and delivered an effective educational training program for both the new software and the behavior changes required to obtain bottom‐line results. Jim was the driving force behind the achievement of Class A in the Metal Products Division in less than one year.
A certified Fellow of APICS, Jim has served on the board of the Portland chapter and has spoken at APICS chapter meetings and international conferences, as well as at numerous other professional organizations. Jim is co‐author of An Executive's Guide to Achieving Class A Business Excellence. He also co‐authored Achieving Class A Business Excellence: An Executive's Perspective and Gaining ...
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