T.W. Lloyd & Associates, Ltd.

Mr. Lloyd is a Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineer with thirty eight years experience at GE Aircraft Engines where his assignments ranged from shop management to engineering, quality and procurement management, all with emphasis on forged products.  Mr. Lloyd’s engineering team was responsible for assuring that the forged jet engine parts were fabricated with the most recent manufacturing techniques with processes that produced consistent high quality products. Mr. Lloyd won several awards for outstanding performance including GE Engineer of the Year for original technology development. In addition, he holds several patents related to forging technology. During the last nine years of GE employment, Mr. Lloyd concentrated his efforts on incorporating the principals of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma into the GE forging plant in Rutland, Vermont. This work produced major reductions in inventory, lead time, while making improvements in throughput and productivity.

Mr. Lloyd retired from GE to form T. W. Lloyd & Associates, Ltd., a consulting firm to mentor and coach the Lean and Six Sigma principles to medium and small manufacturing businesses. This work was instrumental in making many businesses more productive and successful. An overriding feature of this work was the requirement to design training courses and coach employees at every organization level in these principles so that the business would be self sustaining.

Mr. Lloyd’s outstanding background in forging equipment and processes, manufacturing shop practices, and quality and lean manufacturing systems adds strength to MCG capabilities in precision forging of aerospace materials such as titanium and superalloys.