Beth Ann Sloan Email & Phone Number

St Paul, Mn, Us

As a Business Supply Chain Engineer, I am responsible for global manufacturing and value stream improvement for 3M's electromechanical respiratory products. My responsibilities include supplier management and supply continuity, best-practice standardization across global manufacturing sites, product quality, inventory optimization, change management documentation, and customer issue resolution. I lead multiple global, cross-functional teams to execute long-term value stream improvement projects focused on quality improvements, cost reduction, strategic supplier advancement, product regionalization, and portfolio optimization.

St Paul, Mn, Us

As a Senior Design Engineer, I was responsible for designing and managing the fabrication and installation of manufacturing capital equipment projects at 3M. I worked closely with production employees and technical experts to develop safe, efficient, and robust solutions to manufacturing equipment design projects. I was responsible for all phases of the design process, from preliminary design idea generation, full CAD modeling and drawing detailing, fabrication, installation and final qualification in the plant. I maintained close communication and collaboration with project engineers, electrical engineers, and plant personnel.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Assisted professors in the instruction of two graduate-level courses, Manufacturing Systems Design (150 students) and Advanced Design for Manufacturability (75 students), both of which were comprised of approximately 65% on-campus students and 35% off-campus students. Guided student teams as they applied manufacturing principles to real-world manufacturing or product redesign projects. Hosted ten office hours per week, graded course assignments, delivered review lectures, managed the course websites, and fielded all student questions.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Streamlined process for classifying non-conforming material to reduce the amount of scrapped material by at least 7%; Unified the non-conforming material classification process across four production lines which produce all 3M Brightness Enhancing Film and 3M Channel Film products; Completed Lean Six Sigma, Project Management, Finance and Statistics training courses to fully define the current non-conforming material classification system and to maximize the effectiveness of scrap reduction recommendations; Participated in plant-wide Kaizen events to drive safety improvements and increase efficient and high-quality production practices

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Instruct and oversee the lab component of Engineering 100-600, a freshman team-based design course in which student teams fully design, build, and test underwater remotely operated vehicles. Teach students how to apply the technical concepts of structural integrity, precision measurement, buoyancy, CAD design, fabrication, design optimization, etc. with the non-technical skills of teamwork, safety, resource management, and responding to unforeseen real-world constraints, such as cost, material availability, operation environment, timeline, etc. Coordinate and facilitate mid-semester and final competitions for the course, host weekly additional open-lab and office hours, and oversee peer mentor involvement in my lab.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Jointly managed a $2.5 million capital investment project to build a new converting line for disposable respirators for the Personal Safety Division. Tracked the assembly of the converting line at a machine shop, visited the plant where it will be installed, met with vendors, and continually communicated and addressed the needs of the design, electrical, machine vision, and plant engineers. "Avenger" project will result in >$1 million annual cost savings for the division. Documented and published the overall line layout, with location information of each subassembly within the line, and thread-up diagrams, which are referenced by engineers, machinists, and operators now and throughout the installation and operation of the line. Increased line safety by designing various machine guards, improved product quality and consistency by adding a hard stop that automatically centers new material rolls, and created a calibration target to increase the accuracy of the vision inspection system. Aside from the Avenger project, I developed a formula to calculate the Fair Market Value of 30 injection mold tools and facilitated an asset transfer of the molds from 3M US to 3M Singapore to streamline supply chain.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Supported multiple 3M plants throughout the United States by completing assembly line equipment design, modification, and installation projects. Streamlined my designs by keeping the key elements of safety, quality, sustainability, creativity and cost in mind. Broadened my design skills by spending hands-on time in the plants to learn about assembly line layout, manufacturing practices, and current equipment design techniques. Updated engineering drawings and documentation to match current equipment design.

Moline, Il, Us

Assisted the backhoe structures design team with multiple projects focused on cost reduction, new product design and development, continuous improvement initiatives, and warranty claim reduction. Improved the quality, reliability, and durability of all backhoe models by recognizing, analyzing and eliminating the root cause of common assembly failures. Completed a two-day weld training course and operated six types of heavy construction equipment.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Manufacturing Engineering, Concentration In Manufacturing Design And Sustainability

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, International Minor For Engineers

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