It has been a couple of weeks since John Krafcik was name CEO of Hyundai Motor America. Not exactly a household name.

While little has been shared in the popular press about John, he is famous for the term LEAN Manufacturing, which is used in association with the American interpretation of the Toyota Production Systsem (TPS).

While many like James P. Womack get the press for writing about LEAN Manufacturing, John has been the person actually doing LEAN Manufacturing and his promotions seem to honor his accomplishments.

John went from earning an engineering degree at Stanford to NUMMI where he learned about the TPS. Then on to MIT where he was a graduate student and worked with Womack. He then went to Ford where he spent 14 years practicing and then on to Hyundai.

Way to go John!