Key Personnel

Dr Ted Hutchin - TOC Expert

Dr Hutchin is a fully TOCICO Certified practitioner

Ted Hutchin, PhD is the Managing Director of I & J Munn and Principal of the TOC-Lean Institute. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and an Industrial Fellow in the University of Nottingham Business School.

He started his working life as a radar engineer with the REME, primarily focused in maintenance and repair operations (MRO) and quality control. On leaving the Army he spent three years in the computer industry before joining the EITB as a specialist advisor on IT and Advanced Manufacturing. He followed this with time at the University of Nottingham in Production and Inventory Control and then the Open University in the Business School and the Faculty of Technology. During this time Ted completed a BA (Hons) with the Open University in Systems, Technology and Economics and an MA in Human Resource Management at Leicester Polytechnic as it then was, carrying out research into the Management of Technological Change and Organisational Development.

Ted first met Dr Eli Goldratt in 1987 and by 1990 he was a certified associate of the Goldratt Institute (UK), working with many different companies both in the UK and Europe, implementing the Theory of Constraints (TOC) applications of Drum – Buffer – Rope and Critical Chain Project Management. Indeed he was one of the first to implement CCPM in Europe, within the construction industry.

During his time with the Institute he was actively involved in the development of the Thinking Processes and completed his PhD at Cranfield University, examining the application of TOC within manufacturing with specific focus on the Psychology of Organisational Change and Organisational Behaviour. Ted has since written three books focusing on organisational change and the impact of the primary barriers to achieving successful change.

As can be seen from his research and writing over the past twenty five years, the dominant theme has been the management of change and the problems and issues change creates for people. Ted has a proven ability to guide people in the creation of breakthrough solutions that get to grip with the core issues of the organisation, the team, and the person’s own life. Using an holistic approach to addressing such issues and developing robust solutions that move people forward towards their goal in life is central to the work Ted does today.

During many implementations of TOC Ted has met and worked with people who have asked for help in addressing their own individual problems and issues in achieving their life goals. This has inspired him to develop the Personal Coaching programme where time is spent on a one-to-one basis, addressing those core issues that seem to stand in the way of personal goals and developing breakthrough solutions that overcome whatever the blockage might be.

Personal Interests

Outside of his professional life, Ted is a Lay Reader and Evangelist with the Diocese of Leicester. He enjoys classic car rallies in his 1968 MGC GT with his wife and is a keen sailor in the Laser class, having taken part in various championships from National, through European to World Masters, including the Laser World Masters in Melbourne in 1999. He has played Rugby for Nottingham RFC, and enjoys playing Blues and Folk music and participating in local musical productions.

Tony Lumb - Director

Tony Lumb has held many significant company positions including General Manager and Director, Technical Director and most recently Managing Director of Toyoda Gosei Fluid Systems. Tony holds two Masters degrees from the University of Cambridge, Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and has completed an MBA from Brunel University Management College. Tony is a qualified Chartered Mechanical Engineer, a Theory of Constraints Jonah and a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

During his time at Toyoda Gosei Fluid Systems, Tony introduced substantial operating performance improvements, making major changes in order to address the wide gap between operational capabilities and the required level of performance. He also initiated changes and measures to bring back customer confidence and satisfaction resulting in the company being winner of "Britain's Best Factory". Tony has implemented Lean Manufacturing, TOC Operations - DBR and TOC Project Management and has integrated these approaches with other business excellence techniques including the EFQM Excellence Model.

He joined the team in 2006, bringing his wide knowledge and experience of manufacturing within the UK, particularly in automotive supply, where he was operating at levels tier one and two.
Tony has used his extensive knowledge of flow management, as well as IT systems, to pioneer and develop the ground-breaking Lean-Flow Bodyshop Solution for the automotive Accident & Repair industry.