Bart Bush Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Leader of the financial, control & information systems supporting the building and material handling equipment maintenance programs for over 200 distribution centers across the US.• Transforming company culture through creation and implementation of the Reliable Operations and the Walmart Performance System. (PM Pillar, TPM, Continuous Improvement Program)• Transforming information analysis by creating greater access to information from Walmart’s many database systems utilizing Tableau, Power BI and Google Big Query.• Created capital tracking utilizing SAP Business Objects Platform improving capital management.• Improving Safety Environment by implementing projects and systems that drive to zero injuries.• Planning for future expansion to achieve efficiency and capacity needs.• Providing vision for creation of distribution center visualization and automated event tracking.• Transforming DC Operations to automation by building Technician & Manager Capability.

Tukwila, Wa, Us

Leadership for engineering programs with 6 direct reports for capital management. project execution, package engineering, maintenance systems, technical systems health, innovation support, technical community skill and resource development, and risk/safety/environmental programs.• Safety TIR driven down from 3.3 to 1.1 in 18 months with outstanding leadership and systemic improvement from the corporate HS&E Manager and the plant Safety Managers.• Initial scope and justification of a $2M project to replace mixers to add chopper capability to allow a broader range of product capabilities to the plant portfolio that will be more profitable.• $2.4M project to replace 4 palletizers that were > 20 years old which that had a completely vertical startup because of providing outstanding Engineering/Technical leadership resources and systems and the plant executing the project flawlessly. This was a major contributing factor to improving OEE’s to record levels in the plant.• $5.6M project to replace a bulk bag machine and add small bag (portion pack) capability to a newly acquired site that reduced manufacturing cost $0.01 / lb.

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Leadership for engineering programs with 3 direct reports executing initiatives to increase sales, implementing technologies to improve OEE and increase skill levels across the organization.• Capital Management and tracking for the company ($10M annually plus strategic initiatives).• Shingijutsu Lean Training in Japan touring Hitatchi, Diahatsu and Toyota and many other Japanese manufacturing facilities while receiving Lean training from Shuichi Kurosaka. Improving results, saving money and developing others through the Kaizen practices and tools.• Technology Leadership for implementation and fault reduction for Automated Guided Vehicles, reducing the number of faults by 50% thus improving warehouse throughput by 10%.• Project Manager and Technology Leader for plant downtime tracking and reporting systems across 5 plants utilizing Wonderware Performance, VMWare& Rockwell PLC’s.

Kansas City , Ks, Us

Leadership for all engineering programs of across the Southeast Region which encompasses 13 fluid dairy/ice cream manufacturing plants in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Virginia.• Leadership for the identification, implementation, engineering support and start-up for strategic initiatives at respective facilities.• Collaborated with Safety, Quality, Environmental and Finance functions to implement an Overall Risk Assessment Checklist across the entire company to input to the front-end engineering of projects and initiatives.• Champion for a Plant Visualization Project Team to provide plant information and analysis reporting across the entire company.• Developed capital tracking to drive spending to forecast targets for $17.5 million in my region.

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Leadership for the global capital tracking systems, fixed assets, Electronic and Instrumentation Technicians and their training in a High-Performance Work System. Development and implementation of global downtime and production tracking systems. Development and implementation global standards for collecting and reporting data from automation control systems. • Project management for over $45 million in capital, projects include but not limited to packing equipment, new rectangular bottle, productivity improvements, module speed increases, high speed Krones VODM filler, Krones Contiroll machines, case packer and even purchasing of a plant and taking over the entire site. • Site Leader (Plant Manager) during transition as the previous Site Leader left the company.• Technology Manager for implementation of a $20 million Aseptic line with equipment from Krones including a VODM Aseptic Filler, Accutower, Sleevematic, FS, and TFS machines. • Implemented Wonderware’s InSQL Server for high volume data collection. Development and implementation of global downtime and production tracking. The project made detailed machine information available to every person in the plant to drive improvements to sustain 85% process reliability packing lines across the company.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Technology Manager (December 1998 – July 2004) Procter & Gamble (Texas)Information System Engineer (June 1997 – December 1998) Procter & Gamble (Ohio)Information Technology Manager (August 1995 – June 1997) Procter & Gamble (Texas)Plant Systems Manager (July 1992 – August 1995) Procter & Gamble (Texas)Process Engineer (June 1990 – July 1992) Procter & Gamble (Texas)Manager of the facilities budget, plant capital, and fixed assets, Electronic and Instrumentation Technicians and their training in a High Performance Work System. Development and implementation of plant wide downtime, production, and reject tracking systems. Development and implementation global standards for collecting and reporting data from automation control systems. Project management of more than $2.75 million in capital yielding savings of over $300,000 per year.• Developed and deployed TPM tools, systems and processes as part of an IWS lead plant to achieve world class manufacturing results by drastically reducing breakdowns, process failures, minor stops, quality defects, safety incidents, and environmental incidents leading to reduced costs and a greatly improved work environment.

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AutoCAD drawing, PC support, Plotter support. Drawings for packing line installations and a large bean decaffeination process capacity increase.