Tim Lemmen New Division Leader at Orchid

Orchid Orthopedic Solutions has announced that it is welcoming a new division Lean leader, Tim Lemmen, Ph.D. Orchid indicates that it has added Tim Lemmen to help drive its Lean methodology throughout the organization.

Dr. Lemmen has a wide variety of experience at GE, NCR, Morton Thiokol and Electrolux in technical, operational and customer facing roles. Most recently, he was the VP of Quality and Continuous Improvement for the North American division of Electrolux, where he introduced Lean Manufacturing to the manufacturing of the Frigidaire product line. In prior roles, Dr. Lemmen worked extensively with Six Sigma resulting in his certification as a Master Black Belt with GE Power Systems. He led and developed many polymer development projects while with GE Plastics, and led all technical services for GE Specialty Chemicals Europe as an ex pat. Dr. Lemmen earned a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Indiana University and a BS in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Dr. Lemmen told OTW, “My initial focus is to increase our operational stability and capability using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma to be able to take better care of our customers as we drive dramatic growth into the company.”