Topic(s)
- Business operations improvement
In this session, Aaron Curtis will share his recent insights into the development and impact of the A.O. Smith Operating System assessment process, demonstrating how it helps leaders directly connect business performance to operating system maturity.
Key learning objectives
- Keys to scaling a transformation
- Benefits of developing an operating system maturity model
- Connecting business performance to improvement in operating system maturity
Company
As a leading global water technology company, A.O. Smith Corporation is at the center of the trend. It is a $3.5 billion company with almost 150 years of history and 12,000+ employees. A.O. Smith's focuses on hot water and clean water, and it is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment as well as a supplier of water purification products in a number of emerging countries. With manufacturing operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, China, India and Europe, the company has the reach to serve customers worldwide. https://www.aosmith.com/
Presenter
Aaron Curtis is an enterprise excellence manager with A.O. Smith Corporation where he supports the implementation of the A. O. Smith Operating System. This comprehensive system encompasses the philosophies, lean tools and managerial behaviors to drive a highly engaged culture of people innovating or problem solving every day.
With over a decade of hands-on experience leading people within industrial manufacturing operations, Curtis has a proven track record of guiding operations and materials management teams through successful lean transformations, delivering significant improvements in people development, safety, quality, delivery and cost. He understands that continuous improvement is not just about tools and techniques; it's about fostering a culture of relentless progress.
Curtis is passionate about developing leadership capabilities and cultivating environments where continuous improvement thrives. In this session, he will share his recent insights into the development and impact of the A.O. Smith Operating System assessment process, demonstrating how it helps leaders directly connect business performance to operating system maturity. 
