David Levy
Shenzhen, China
I left the USA for Taiwan and China in 1987. After more than 10 years in Taiwan working in business intelligence, international trade and quality consulting, I fell into a China-based position requiring a significant manufacturing turnaround in 2000.
The first Chinese manufacturing operation that I turned-around went through several transformations. First as a non-productive, unmanaged tenant in squalor, to a functioning plant with greatly improved output, to an ISO certified facility, to a LEAN/JIT manufacturing operation led almost entirely by local talent.
My second turnaround produced similar results. I has found a personal formula that brings the value out of a Chinese manufacturing operation where others were prepared to shut the operation down.