Tom Pryor is a consultant and trainer on staff at the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center specializing in the use of Activity Based Cost Management (ABC/ABM) to support Lean-Six Sigma and improved decision-making.
Tom has trained thousands of people and helped hundreds of manufacturing, service and governmental organizations of all sizes improve their financial results. Tom’s customers include such recognizable names as Dell, Ralston-Purina, Ford Motor Company, Lennox, AAA, Department of Veteran Affairs, the City of Plano Texas, The Dallas Morning News and many lesser known small to medium size organizations needing financial improvement.
Prior to joining TMAC in 2007, Tom served as president of Integrated Cost Management Systems, Inc., a training, software and consulting company he founded in 1988. Tom was the focus of a Business Week magazine cover story titled “That Old-time Accounting Isn’t Good Enough Anymore.”
Tom has authored hundreds of articles and numerous books, including Using ABM for Continuous Improvement, The Activity Dictionary, Activity-Based Management: A Healthcare Industry Primer and The Principles. He has served as editor of the Journal of Cost Management. Tom is a frequent lecturer at the University of Texas, Northwestern University, Texas Wesleyan and SMU.
Tom held senior financial management positions with Motorola, Johnson & Johnson and General Motors. He is a graduate of the University of Texas - Arlington.
Contact:
tpryor@uta.edu |
