Mr. Robert E. Fox

Co-Author of The Race, The Theory of Constraints
Journals, and Author of numerous articles, on management practices,
Robert Fox is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on Continuous Improvement practices.

With over 40 years of industry experience, Mr. Fox's career has been divided between management and consulting roles. Receiving an engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University, Mr. Fox started his career as a foreman, then holding positions of increasing responsibility including Vice President of Manufacturing, General Manager, and President in several organizations.

As a Vice President with the international consulting firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton in the late 70’s, Mr. Fox conducted some of the most incisive and thorough research on Japanese manufacturing methods of the time. His studies were published in numerous journals and the subject of a number of presentations to professional societies. Awarded for his work by the American Production and Inventory Control Society, the validity of his conclusions have stood the test of time as supported by the rise of JIT and now Lean Manufacturing.
  
In 1981 he joined forces with Eli Goldratt to utilize his insights from the East in combination with Dr. Goldratt’s breakthrough Theories. The result was the creation of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), taking the best principles from Japan and expanding them into a more powerful, focused and effective methodology.

Mr. Fox and Dr. Goldratt co-founded the Goldratt Institute in 1986 to aggressively develop and spread this know-how. During this time they jointly expanded the scope and application of TOC so that the principles could be applied far beyond the factory floor to supply chain management, project management, finance, product development, marketing, education, and more.

Presented at the CPI Symposiums, we are proud to honor Mr. Fox by giving this award to organizations who are winning “The Race to Excel”.

May 13, 14, 15, 2008 – Weber State University, Ogden, UT

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