Wittke Inc. and Leach Co. (People).Leach Co., an Oshkosh, Wis.-based maker of rear loader A program routine that copies a program into memory for execution. refuse bodies, has promoted Bruce Yakley to vice president and general manager. Leach is part of Federal Signal Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., operating under Federal Signal's Environmental Products Group (EPG (Electronic Program Guide) An online listing of TV or other programs. Periodically, EPGs are downloaded into set-top boxes so that viewers can preview offerings by time or category and set reminders. ). Yakley is responsible for leading Leach's technical Bruce Yakley and production resources, driving continuous improvement, and controlling product cost while ensuring optimum quality. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and 30 years of experience in engineering and operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. . Also at Federal Signal, John Foord has been named VP/general manager of Wittke, Inc., a refuse collection body maker based in Medicine Hat, Alberta Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat", is a city located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, the eastern terminus of the Crowsnest Highway, and the South Saskatchewan River. , Canada. Wittke is also part of Federal Signal's Environmental Products Group. Foord's new responsibilities include overseeing the smooth integration of Wittke products and services into the EPG product line. He also leads the continued implementation of lean manufacturing Lean manufacturing is the production of goods using less of everything compared to mass production: less human effort, less manufacturing space, less investment in tools, and less engineering time to develop a new product. initiatives at Wittke. |
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