Jan Vícha became familiar with Introduction of Lean methods from study years in of Tomas Bata – Industrial Engineering program. During the study started as Trainee in industrial forge – Kovárna VIVA.
After Study he started in Meopta – optika as Industrial engineer as a main engineer for mechanical division, maintenance and internal logistics. During employment he becamed an process designer and internal auditor for ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ČOS 051672, AS 9100D a EN ISO 19011:2018. As a team leader of industrial engineers he organized „Study tour“ – benchmark visits and workshops between Brose, Lego, Comscope, CZUB – Česká zbrojovka, Miele, Siemens Elektromotory a Koyo Bearings.
After relocation to South Moravia he worked as OPEX Process Engineer in SpoluWorks Perfectawere he started with lean transformation and general mapping and optimization of processes.
He is currently working as Introduction of Lean consultant at Effectivity.
Erreka-Plast, Olomouc; Treboplast, Moravská Třebová; Brose - Kopřivnice; Tatra Kopřivnice, Lukram – Belden CZ, Erreka Plastic CZ, Tajo CZ