NEPIRC

Director – Engineering & Technology

Tony Manorek ‘s ability to stay one step ahead of manufacturing management practices makes him one of the key reasons you can count on NEPIRC to help your small to medium-sized company. He has 36 years of experience in manufacturing engineering and consulting. His background includes a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from NJIT and a MBA in Operations Management from Rutgers University. Tony is an APICS CPIM certified and is also an RAB certified Quality Management Systems Auditor (QMS-A).

Tony has been with NEPIRC since its inception in 1988. Since joining NEPIRC, he has developed some of NEPIRC’s most successful innovations, including its High Impact Lean Enterprise Model (HILEM), first ISO 9000 Network and Best Manufacturing Practices Network. More recently, Tony has been nationally recognized as being a leader in reintroducing the principles of Training-Within-Industry (TWI), a key component of the Toyota Production System, to Pennsylvania companies.

Tony is one of the area’s leading experts on Lean Enterprise Management and Kaizen programs. He is certified to instruct all of NEPIRC’s Lean Enterprise programs. Tony also represents NEPIRC on a national panel currently working with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to develop training and implementation programs that will allow manufacturers to meet the emerging AME/SME/Shingo Lean Certificate requirements. He spends most of his energy bringing advanced management and manufacturing methods to his clients through Lean training, implementations and consulting services.

Direct (570) 704-0018
tony@nepirc.com