Chris R. Deans

With more than twenty-five years’ experience in lean manufacturing and global supply chain management, Chris now provides executive coaching and operational excellence consulting for multi-national clients such as Jaguar Land Rover, Babcock & Wilcox, GlaxoSmithKline, Starbucks China and Goodyear in Mainland China and Asia-Pacific. As the LeanTech International Consulting (Nanjing) President, Chris has consulted on many OpEx and supply chain projects and developed and led many executive training programs, workshops and seminars. Chris was one of the founders of the China Centre for Operational Excellence that established the Shingo Institute’s first educational partner in China and led to China’s first successful company to receive Shingo recognition.