Michael Grunsten, is the author of Grunsten’s Law and administrator of grunstenslaw.com which examines management methodologies. He has been in the manufacturing industry for over forty years and managed manufacturing plants in several cities on the Mexican border for U.S., French, and Canadian corporations for over twenty years.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical /manufacturing engineering from the University of Illinois–Chicago, studied production and operations management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Texas at El Paso. focused on international operations development.
He is the author of The Maquiladora Survival Guide, a Reader for Mexican Industry Executives, and The Power of 1 – effective, real-time performance management. He has lectured at U.S. and Mexican Universities on the topic of maquiladora* management.
* maquiladora is the term used for foreign owned manufacturing plants in Mexico