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Reno, Nv, Us

Reno, Nv, Us

Reno, Nv, Us

The Center for Applied Logistics Management (CALM) bridges the gap between the academic and professional realms of logistics. It provides a Center where all pertinent parties collaborate to respond to government and industry stakeholders' need for the creation and dissemination of practical, cutting-edge, interdisciplinary knowledge and technologies to advance logistics, trade, transportation, and warehousing/distribution and foster economic development in Northern Nevada.

Reno, Nv, Us

1. Instruct students in Logistics using appropriate course outcomes developed by college-wide subject area faculty; assess student performance in these courses.2. Assist with curriculum review, revision, and develop new course materials and innovative instructional concepts and techniques to facilitate student learning.3. Prepare lesson plans, syllabi and course information sheets, create appropriate teaching aids, create appropriate grading rubrics and arrange provision of instructional materials and activities for student usage in classes and as homework assignments.4. Attend and participate in non-classroom activities such as staff development, department and division meetings, college or NSHE committees and community service activities.5. Participate in student advisement, recruitment and retention efforts.6. Teach courses via telecommunications and distance education.7. Teach 30 (15/15) credit or contact hours during the academic year, August through May.8. Annually define long and short-range professional development goals to remain current in the discipline.9. Provide professional assistance to staff and students. Assist the department chair in mentoring part-time faculty.10. Participate in student learning outcomes assessment.11. Teach day, evening, and/or weekend classes at one (1) or more college locations.

Partner for Success, Supplier Management Senior Project Manager787 Program Supplier / Partner Cost Reduction Initiatives Identified and developed supplier management strategies to implement cost reduction projects to enable cost sharing savings opportunities to be shared between supplier/partners and Boeing that reduced the cost of the airplane and increased profit margin on the 787 program by collaborating with design engineering, commodity teams, change management, finance and major Boeing Strategic Partners such as: Mitsubishi (MHI), Fujitsu (FHI), Kawasaki (KHI), and Alenia Aeronautica.

Lean Manufacturing:Designed Point of Use Inventory Health Auditing System for Precision Assembly Center - Saint Louis, MOLean Manufacturing Assessor: Huntsville, Al 2006 & Macon, GA 2007Project Management / Management Information Systems:Functional project lead responsible for implementing common receiving and shortage reporting systems across multiple divisions in BDS from fixed wing and rotorcraft airframes to missiles, weapons, and satellite production facilities and programs required facilitating cross functional teams to develop plans, manage change, and enhance and sustain the processes and application. These teams consisted of supplier management, materials management, shop floor control, inventory, supplier quality, and information systems.

Purchasing and Inventory Managero Procured equipment and implemented transition from manual insertion of electronic components to automated surface mount machinery.o Trained product managers how to forecast and plan for seasonality in our industry thus reducing inventory investment in their product lines by 20%, increasing inventory turns and improving customer on time delivery. o Initiated VMI (vendor managed inventory) to reduce space requirements for all instrument case needs. By consolidating to a single supplier for cases achieved a drastic reduction in inventory space needs as the supplier stocked these cases and ships them on a Kanban and Just in Time basis.o Initiated and implemented lean transformation with a Kaizen Blitz plant shutdown resulting in reduction of throughput by 50%, reducing WIP inventory by 60%, and decreasing lead times from 30 days to two weeks while increasing employee morale. o During three years sales more than doubled and inventory investment increased only by 10% thus freeing up capital for other projects and expansions.o Sourced, negotiated, and maintained supplier relationships for following items/processes: metal enclosures, plastic injection molding, blow molded cases, die cut/ water jet cut foam inserts, elastomers, machined aluminum sensor blocks, and machined plastic parts. o Purchased electronic components: passives (resistors, capacitors), electro-mechanical switches and motors, sensors, optoelectronics (LED’s), thermistors, power supplies, and cable assemblies. o Sourced, negotiated, and maintained supplier relationships to support electronic assembly: printed circuit boards, stencils, solder equipment, paste and all related production material and equipment.

Mpm, Masters In Project Management

Mba, Management Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Business Administration, Operations Management