Various roles listed below

Assist American Honda SPPC in placing correct parts into inventory in order to fill aftermarket demand of service parts associated with the Marysville Motorcycle plant. This is done through verifying and accepting forecasts and purchase orders. This is also done by communicating priority of part orders to the plant. Information on the plants capabilities in capacity and lead time is supplied to AH SPPC along with abilities to expedite orders, when reasonable. This counteracts critical, customer, and dealer back orders. It also applies to back orders or low inventory situations. Another important responsibility is checking demand involved with build outs of models as they transition to noncurrent. Insuring that AH SPPC is aware of critical build out timing and new model timing. Included in this role is the determination of source and countermeasure for domestic trouble reports or shipping problems being in quality or quantity.In this job, I was able to increase the Supplier Performance Rating of Marysville Motorcycle Plant from an average of 1.89 out of 5.0 for 2002 to an average of 4.71 out of 5.0 for the last year and a half (Dec '04 to Mar '06).The in house painting of service parts resulted in a savings of $400,000 in one year. This savings is in the amount charged to American Honda for painting the parts at MMP versus what we had been charging American Honda to have the parts painted at various suppliers. This also benefited the overall service business as it pressures AH to take parts direct as they build out from mass production instead of at a later time.We have also improved upon the forecast system used to sell painted steel service parts to American Honda that require component parts from Honda de Mexico, Japan and domestic suppliers, guaranteeing that proper lead time is given to each process.

-Assist the plant departments in Honda de Mexico with decreasing costs, improving delivery, promoting stable operations, improving communications with other plants, departments, and Honda entities, and facilitate the flow of information and strategy in order to achieve production and delivery plans in an efficient manner.-Provide mentorship and assistance to customers, interns, co-ops and other associates involved with the AMOS group-Facilitate HDM self reliance in improvement activities, business relations and dealings with other companies.-Initiate overall supply chain improvement with ordering systems and timing, inventory management with a view on overall Honda business-Supply an objective Honda viewpoint into business dealings between HDM and AH-Facilitate Supplier Performance Report improvements for HDM from AH so that HDM better serves their overall customer-learned conversational Spanish to improve the communication between HDM, AH and HAM

Build and conduct simulations investigating the total process flow of Manufacturing systems in North American Honda. Find improvements to targeted systems and predict the effects on these systems. Among these projects modeled are paint shop lot size, automated guided vehicles, alternate paths in plastic paint, emissions studies. Work with Material Service convinced them to hire two associates to continue the work. Paint shop project featured in town meeting given by the President to all of the company.Paint shop lot size project modeled the entire department in AutoMod, the path of bodies, process times, and the repair processes. We studied from lot sizes of 60 down to 1, with different repair rates. Output was the number of stragglers out of the process.I modeled the Automated Guided Vehicle delivery system with multiple zones. This was difficult because of the priority system of parts. The sequence of parts determined if there was downtime. This order was delicate, and had further complications with various quantities of parts per bin. Less parts meant more deliveries. We modeled the proposed delivery systems and were able to confirm the benefit of the new delivery systems prior to installation. We planned the drop lists for the new system, doing all of the trial and error on the simulation. We were able to show how many AGVs were needed for each zone.In MAP Plastic Paint, I modeled the current system of hangers and bumpers throughout the system and changed the system for different proposals in adding a new oven booth to increase capacity. The project team was able to make an educated choice.In Excel, I simulated the current emission levels in BOCs by ELP and MAP Paint shops and the effects of different projects to reduce these. The simulation was used to show what changes were needed to pass the new government regulations that were to take effect.

Establishment of a Regional Logistics Center designed to procure parts internationally for Honda's North American operations including the supply base. Leverage the previously existing flows to create great logistic cost reductions. Specialize in optimization of parts packaging and delivery methods to further reduce logistics and development costs, while maintaining if not improving on material handling through out the supply chain and quality of parts. Supervise the quality reporting function for the described supply chain. Manage that the new operation is ISO compliant in process documentation for all teams, and lead the quality audits to ensure this.

Department New Model Project Lead for an emergency transfer of a model in mid-development. This model also utilized cutting edge technologies (IMA) transferred at a greatly accelerated pace for Honda in North America. This resulted in an increase of Japan supplied parts which had their own challenges with the IMA battery and engine. The model timing was a transfer that occurred after QC events had been completed in Japan, the first time I have heard of this as an associate.

Led group of 3 to 6 associates in regards to business planning, budget, new model, equipment, etc in regards to starting up the parts delivery department for a new production plant in Indiana. The Delivery team includes parts list functions and overall communication with OSL, a third party logistics company formed by MEG for the purpose of delivering parts inside the production departments. These tasks would normally be referred to as Material Service and incorporated a new to North American Honda concept of on-site Consolidation Center. This mitigated many of the supply chain issues and separated them from production, allowing more quality focus at the point of assembly.

Conducted and analyzed studies on assembly, machining, and casting processes. Using MOST techniques, judge each process for the expected time to complete. Established pay rates for each process. Conducted internal ISO audits. Maintained ISO approved database concerning process methods and procedures. Assisted in implementation of new products and product lines.