• Performed Lean Manufacturing analysis of 13 paint-based refinish products that resulted in a strategy set up to reduce 86 overtime hours per quarter and save $13,000 per year in manpower costs.• Established time network for all the possible sub-process addition methods of blending refinish paint, so that the network can be utilized when planning new product batches. • Discovered the lack of correlation between finished product quality and duration of time an intermediate waits in the lab.

• Recommended closed loop chiller option that would provide annual savings of $70,000 with an internal rate of return of 17%.• Analyzed the following process cooling water options: cooling towers, industrial closed loop chillers, well water, and hybrid cooling systems.• Examined risk assessment, operating costs, and cost savings of all process cooling water opportunities.