Ron Nussle, Jr, C.P.M. founded ICR Enterprises in 2004 and ICR Lean Supply in 2008. ICR Lean Supply is currently sharing productivity solutions  and outsourcing best-practices with Fortune 500 and ENR100 companies in Europe, Canada and the US. Ron is the author of Integrated Cost Reduction (Reed Press, 2004) and was recently named one of the Top30 Supply Chain “Pros to Know” in the United States by iSource magazine.  Ron has written over 20 magazine articles, speaks at conferences (including APICS2004 World-wide) and is also a current member of the Board-of-Directors of a NASDAQ company.

From 2001-2004, Ron was the Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Executive at Lam Research Corporation, a $1.9B+ semiconductor equipment manufacturer located in Silicon Valley, CA. Ron reported to the President/COO and had responsibility corporate-wide for Direct and Indirect Materials, Warehouse and Logistics and Outsourcing.  Nussle oversaw the complete reengineering of Lam’s Supply Chain organization, processes and IT systems. Inventory turns went from 2.5 to 7.3, and company Gross Margin from 34% to 51%, both records for the 22 year old company. Over a 24 month period, Lam successfully underwent one of the most successful outsourcing programs in the industry: 90% of manufacturing; 100% of Logistics, IT and Facilities Mgmt; and major segments of  Indirect Materials and Services, HR and Finance.

Prior to joining Lam Research, Nussle was Director of Strategic Supply Chain Management for Cessna Aircraft Company. During his 3+  years at Cessna, Nussle was responsible to plan, organize and control the annual acquisition of $1.3Billion in production materials through leadership of 6 cross-functional commodity teams.  In addition, Nussle also lead Cessna’s supply chain new product development process, was chairman of the strategic make/buy committee, and the value analysis/value engineering process.

Before being recruited to Cessna, Ron spent 12 years and held a number of increasingly responsible positions at Honeywell Aerospace (formerly AlliedSignal) in Engineering, Operations M&A and Program Management.  Nussle’s last assignment at AlliedSignal was as manager of Operations programs for the Commercial Propulsion Enterprise, where he managed all Operations for the $970 million engine business.

Ron has participated in over 200 VA/VE and Design-to-Cost projects in the past 10 years.  Nussle received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.  Over his career, Ron has participated in extensive professional development and has averaged 100+ hrs/year from such schools as MIT, Thunderbird International University and the Wharton School of Business.