Bob Montgomery, CPIM   has been a principal of Manufacturing Manangement Aassociates since its founding in 1982 and served as president of the firm from 1988 to 1993. Prior to entering the consulting field, he held positions of Production & Inventory Control Manager, Vice President of Materials, and Executive Vice President in manufacturing and materials positions for 20 years in both large multi-national corporations and small companies. His background also includes experience as a systems management consultant in business performance improvement and process innovation consulting.

Bob has been actively involved in APICS for over 25 years. He holds the CPIM designation and is a nationally registered APICS instructor. We was past president and former director of the Chicago APICS chapter and is current VP of Education for the APICS Southwest Michigan Chapter.

Bob has a degree in business management from Northern Illinois University, an M.B.A. from Loyola University, Chicago.