Ray Muscat
Industry Director
University of Michigan, Tauber Institute for Global Operations
Ray Muscat is the Industry Director for the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan. In this role he brings a wealth of corporate experience from the Automotive, Defense Electronics, Aerospace and Office Furniture industries. His background includes engineering, manufacturing, program management, mergers and acquisitions, global manufacturing strategy development and execution, along with the implementation of the Toyota Production System/Lean Manufacturing principles.
Ray was a Senior Vice President at Herman Miller where he was responsible for engineering, new product development, operations management, corporate quality and led a core team that developed the Herman Miller Performance System, Herman Miller’s adaptation of the Toyota Production System worldwide. He has also held various engineering and operations roles at Ball Aerospace and Technologies, Raytheon Company and Ford Motor Company.
Ray has a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Rhode Island. He is a lecturer on the application of Lean principles at the University of Michigan, Michigan Lean Consortium, American Manufacturing Strategies Summit and for the employees of the City of Detroit, and the State of Michigan. He is Principal of Muscat Consulting, LLC, specializing in lean manufacturing, engineering and operations consulting, and executive coaching.