About the Expert
Ron Berglund is a fellow of ASQ and a senior consultant for Omnex, Inc., Ron has a wide range of experience encompassing electronic sensors to the steel industry. He has helped a variety of different industries–from small family-owned businesses to the Ford Motor Company– in the span of his 14-year consulting career. Some of the clients with whom he has worked with are E&E Manufacturing, Roch Chemical, Dow Chemical, Magna, International Truck, Dexter Research Inc. and a wide range of tier one, two and three suppliers.
Additional Experience and Expertise:
- Baldrige and EFQM system implementations and evaluations, at the state and federal level
- Lean manufacturing systems, change management, value stream concepts; visual management, Toyota A3 problem solving process
- Six Sigma implementations; black belt training and coaching, yellow belt training and Six Sigma awareness training
- The eight basic quality tools and the eight advanced quality tools
- All failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA), including design FMEA (DFMEA) and process FMEA (PFMEA)
- Measurement systems analysis
- Design of experiments
- Advanced product quality planning (automotive and non-automotive)
- Benchmarking and cost of quality
Education and Recognition:
- Master’s degree in Public Health, The University of Michigan; Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Industrial Psychology, Wayne State University
- The First Certified Supply Chain Manager of the Automobile Industry Action Group
- Senior examiner (six years), The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
- Senior examiner, trainer and board member of the Michigan Quality Leadership Award
- Member of the judging panel for ASQ’s International Team Excellence Awards Committee
- Associate Graduate Professor of Quality for Central Michigan University
- Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, ASQ Fellow