Robert Calimer Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Goldsboro Nc

Laurinburg, Nc

145 Employees

- Completed ASQ-CQT, SixSigma, Lean certification- Started NDE training / on-going- Organized and managed the Metrology Lab as a start-up project - Lead start-up project for new CMM room / operation and basic programing - Improved Warranty Return response time, Corrective Actions, Root Cause, Paretos and Audits- Improved First article inspection, incoming and out going inspection processes- Drove awareness of ISO 9001 requirements - Maintained Quality work instructions and procedures.

Clio, Sc

- Drove Process Improvements throughout manufacturing.- Performed Time studies improving cycle times and productivity- Lead Capital Projects, machine tools, quality and safety efforts- Designed fixtures using AutoCAD for new and repair worn equipment to improve Safety and Time- Maintained tooling inventories for CNC turning areas and the Final Assembly area - Improved department layouts to reduce product and employee travel times- Organized tooling for each machining center as time reduction projects- Organized Kaizen events to improve through-put

Ft Mill, Sc 170 Employees

- Performed Time studies to improve cycle times and productivity- Championed Continuous improvements using Paretos, FMEA, Corrective Actions.- Maintained tooling inventories for all machine areas, CNC and Assembly- Lead Capital projects for process improvements resulting in cost savings- Lead department layout changes and Kaizens - Completed a large scale project having a time Savings of 9 hours per unit in 2006- Championed several Projects that were long term that had savings of 50K+ each- Employed Lean and SixSigma to drive productivity through time reductions- Designed Tool and Fixtures using AutoCAD to improve efficiency and saftey- Organized tooling to optimize efficiency

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

- Championed start-up projects by Programing and set-up of CNC Machining and Turning Centers - Championed Capital machine purchases by using capacity data and quality run-offs through SPC - Optimized tooling through testing projects to reduce tooling cost- Supervised 18 associates as Group Leader including training and scheduling duties- Performed the following duties as Process Engineer; start up projects,Quality plans, process prints,CNC programs, SPC data,process improvements and Kaizen events.- Performed Time studies for process development resulting in cycle time reductions- Completed Certifications in Lean and SixSigma - Employed SixSigma / SPC to optimized processes efficiency- Lead cost saver last two years at $125,000 per year.- Wrote several manuals for B&D; CNC, Shop Tools and Skill and Reference booklets.

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