Consultant and Lecturer

Mgr. Jan Kovács, Ph.D.

2018 – till now
consultant, Bauer Lean Consulting
2016 – till now
head of WCM Department – LIBERTY Ostrava (formerly ArcelorMittal)
2004 – 2017
external consultant, Kaizen Institute Czech Republic
1994 – 2016
assistant professor VSB TU Ostrava, Ekonomic faculty, Department of Business Management and Management, teaching MBA also in English
1990 – 1993
company sociologist, Vítkovice, a.s., personnel work and employee development department

2018
API, Industrial Engineering Course
2018
Top-vision, decision-making and problem-solving course
2017
Talent Program 2017, ArcelorMittal Ostrava
2017
Coneo - Project Management
2016 – 2017
University of Luxembourg, ArcellorMittal, WCM and Lean manufacturing
2015
University of Primorsko, Koper, Slovenia, teaching Managerial skills
2013
University of Primorsko, Koper, Slovenia, teaching Trends in Modern Management
2010
KAIZEN Institute Japan, Nagoya, benchmark tour and kaizen training
2009
Global KAIZEN, Switzerland, international workshop on strategic management and leadership
2005
Jyväskylä Polytechnics, School of Business, Finland, teaching, student incubator

2018
Audit of autonomous maintenance in rolling mills - reduction of losses by 25%, MTBF increase in AA machines by 30%, Arcelor Mittal
2018
Process Mapping (VSM) Printer Balousek, shortening production preparation time and order collaboration by 15% of time
2017
SMED analysis of presses and conversion plan by S.N.O.P. Pisek - 20% increase in plant productivity
2017
Ergonomics of assembly line BORCAD, Frycovice - increase of work productivity of assembly operators by 18%
2016
Creation of lean projects, LAPP Kabel, Uherske Hradiste - Project realization of production samples and lean offce - shortening the order processing time by 25% of the original time
2015
VSM / VSD project - workshop (5 workers) installation of shading technology in roof windows ISOTRA - increase of sales by 1.3 mil. CZK per year