Mike McCurry
Plant Manager
Daimler Trucks North America

Mike McCurry began his career with Freightliner Trucks, now Daimler Trucks North America, in 1987 serving five years in design engineering.  He is currently the Plant Manager of the Cleveland, NC facility which produces heavy duty commercial trucks and military trucks.  Previous to his current role, Mike served as Quality Manager for nine years in two different Freightliner facilities, served as Director of Manufacturing for three years at the Cleveland, NC facility and served as Plant Manager of the Mt Holly, NC facility for three years.  Mike graduated from UNC Charlotte in 1987 with a degree in mechanical engineering. 

PRESENTATION: Quality Plant of the Year Award Presentation
Daimler Trucks North America’s Cleveland, NC heavy duty truck assembly plant has achieved significant quality improvements as a result of the implementation of it’s Production Operating System known as the Truck Operating System(TOS) and a Lean Management System.

The Cleveland facility operates under the Lean principles as established by it’s operating system. This system provides the “Know What” and “The Know How” to continually improve within a Lean Culture. Cleveland’s success with improving not only quality but all of it’s key performance indicators has been accomplished by creating a Lean Management system that effectively drives the use of the various tools within the Truck Operating System using the appropriate tools at the appropriate time to achieve the desired results.