Sara M. Abel
Senior Consultant
Sara Abel is a Senior Consultant at Wipfli LLP. She has over 19 years of manufacturing, information technology, and process improvement consulting experience. Sara excels in leading teams through process changes to gain operational efficiency and effectiveness.
She believes that change occurs with one person at a time, and an organization must be patient in building a critical mass of people who think differently from how they think today. A team of employees with energy and excitement and a common objective can develop truly entrepreneurial ideas to transform their organization, one step at a time, into a world class organization.
Sara has a comprehensive background that will help Wipfli clients achieve long-term results and higher returns on investments. Her experience includes:
- Leading organizations through lean transformations.
- Performing site effectiveness audits for organizations and providing recommendations for the improvement and management of the business processes.
- IT manager at a manufacturer of custom aluminum products.
- Cost accountant at Control Data Corporation and Rollerblade Inc.
- Conducting project management and consulting for the implementation of ERP systems at manufacturing companies in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
- Providing classroom training and seminars in the areas of customer service, capacity planning and scheduling, materials planning, inventory control, shop floor control, purchasing, cost accounting, estimating, and configuration.
Professional Organizations and Activities
Sara is a member of APICS as well as an active member of her community belonging to various organizations.
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