IMG Americas Appoints Lisa Scheinkopf Director of Business Engineering

Kennett Square, PA (PRWEB) October 11, 2005

Lisa Scheinkopf Appointed Director of Business Engineering at IMG Americas; Recognized Theory of Constraints Thought Leader Will Advance Business Engineering Processes in IMG’s SAP Implementations, Upgrades, and Rollouts

The Information Management Group (IMG), a global provider of innovative business engineering services for SAP solutions, today announced the appointment of Lisa Scheinkopf as director of IMG Americas’ new Business Engineering Practice. Recognized worldwide as a thought leader on the Theory of Constraints (TOC) as a basis for business improvement, Scheinkopf will provide TOC vision and direction for Business Engineering processes for IMG customers throughout the US.

“We are honored to have Lisa on the IMG Americas management team,” said Klaus Schottenhamel, CEO of IMG Americas. “She has pioneered Theory of Constraints thinking and is a true industry thought leader and practitioner of business engineering as a means to improve business results. This domain expertise combined with 20 years experience working with leading manufacturing, electronics, consumer goods, life sciences, and pharmaceutical companies, uniquely qualifies Lisa to lead our Business Engineering Practice. More importantly, she has a track record of guiding cross-functional teams from the top floor to the shop floor in business process improvements and will be instrumental in advancing IMG business engineering that drives the success of our customers’ SAP implementations,” continued Schottenhamel.

Commenting on her appointment at IMG Americas, Scheinkopf noted, “IMG understands that business engineering is not about business re-engineering or repaving the cow path. It’s about examining the business and ensuring that systems, processes, and people are aligned to achieve the desired business results. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to advance this holistic approach to business improvement programs with IMG customers.”

About Lisa Scheinkopf

Lisa Scheinkopf brings over 20 years of consulting, manufacturing, and academic experience to her role as director of Business Engineering at IMG Americas. She worked with Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt in developing and refining Theory of Constraints (TOC) strategic thinking processes, and since 1990 has been recognized as a worldwide TOC authority. Pioneering TOC processes as tools for everyday use, Scheinkopf authored the definitive TOC reference, Thinking for a Change: Putting the TOC Thinking Processes to Use (St. Lucie Press, 1999). She has also co-authored Theory of Constraints and Lean Manufacturing: Friends or Foes (Chesapeake Consulting, 2001), and has been published in many industry journals such as Product Management Today. Most recently, Scheinkopf was general manager of Isolation Technologies (Hopedale, MA), a provider of advanced products and services to the separation sciences community. Prior to Isolation Technologies, she was a principal with Chesapeake Consulting (Severna Park, MD) where for nearly ten years she led the firm’s operational improvement, strategic and functional alignment, and change leadership engagements. In the early 1990s, Scheinkopf served as president of Insync Solutions (Tempe, AZ and San Francisco, CA), a TOC consulting and training firm. A sought-after public speaker on TOC, she has presented to a variety of industry groups and universities including the Management Roundtable and Institute of International Research. Scheinkopf, who has an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, is a resident of Westborough, Massachusetts.

About IMG

The Information Management Group (IMG) is a leading global provider of innovative business engineering services for small- to mid-sized companies that want business results from their SAP solutions. Specializing in consulting services that align people, processes, and systems with strategies, IMG is a certified SAP Partner with hundreds of successful SAP implementations worldwide. Founded in 1989, IMG is headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland and employs over 600 professionals throughout Europe, Asia, the United Kingdom and the United States. IMG Americas is headquartered outside Philadelphia and has offices in the Greater Boston and Chicago areas as well as in Atlanta and Mountain View. For more information on IMG Americas, call +1 888-446-4872. URL: http://www.img.com.

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