Beau Keyte

Adjunct Professor
Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty
School of Business Administration: MIS, OSC and Business Analytics

Beau Keyte

Adjunct Professor
Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty
School of Business Administration: MIS, OSC and Business Analytics

Profile

Beau has spent over 30 years as a private consultant challenging organizations in systems thinking, from manufacturing floor and supply chains to financial institutions and large integrated healthcare systems. His critical thinking in process and systems improvements has been documented in two award-winning books, Perfecting Patient Journeys and The Complete Lean Enterprise. He completed his first college textbook, Operations Management: Integrating Service, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing Contexts, in 2024.

He is currently working with industry experts to define an improved approach to continuous improvement in addition to teaching university courses.

Degrees

  • University of Michigan, BSE
  • University of Michigan, MBA

Selected Publications

  • Co-author, The Complete Lean Enterprise, 2nd Edition, 2015, Productivity Press, (Shingo Research Award)
  • Co-author, Perfecting Patient Journeys, 2013, Lean Enterprise Institute, (Shingo Research Award)
  • Co-author, Mapping to See, 2007, Lean Enterprise Institute