I help organizations improve processes and sustain solutions. Simply a smarter way to improve your bottom line.KOOP provides a skilled set of eyes to analyze any process to identify inefficiencies, recommend improvements, and sustain solutions. More than advice, we monitor implementation to measurable improvements.“KOOP provided us with the technical expertise we needed to support our ongoing efforts for continual improvement. As a team member, they share the same passion to bring J. Berry Nursery’s customers the highest quality plants to gardens around the country and the world.” – Jonathan Berry, J. Berry NurseryWondering if we could help improve your processes? Send me a message on LinkedIn and let’s find out.

• Contracted research project with American Athletic Inc., gymnastics equipment manufacturer• Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved human subject testing• Conducted human and mechanical testing on vault board and landing mat equipment• Advanced techniques used relate to human impact and performance, product design and testing

• Analyzed current state of 4 production lines through time studies, process flow and workstation design analysis • Designed and implemented layout redesign for coil cleaning operation to reduce available floor space by 25% and increase capacity 15%• Reduced non-value added operation for hobby line to increase daily production from 150 to 160 units per day and generate capacity of future sales of $2,200,000 annually• Implemented point of use inventory Kanban system providing a visual management system eliminating downtime due to missing parts• Identified at risk employees working at walk through assembly using ergonomic assessment tools, provided recommendations to reduce/eliminate risks

- Assisted an Associate Professor from IMSE department to develop new lab curriculum for IE 271 – Applied Ergonomics- Developed hands on training simulations to teach fundamentals of lean methodology

Designed and Conducted Time Study - Creation of custom time study collection sheet- Supervised collection of 5,300 observations- Interviewing experience with bilingual workers- Video summary of pick to ship processConducted Lean Assessment - Identified 15 recommendations for change to reduce cycle time- Identified labor cost savings of $127,000- Recommendations for changes to improve product quality Nursery Layout- Created travel distance map for pick to ship process- Mapped existing pick locations with Google Earth map- Summary of recommendations to reduce travel distances up to 25%

- Scheduled site visits for Manufacturing Extension Partnership Account Managers- Data analysis on impact metrics for National Institute of Science and Technology - Training on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency E3 (Economy, Energy, Environment) Assessment delivery and assessment tools

- Consulted with companies for quotes for 'Made in Iowa' project- Participated in Iowa Needs Assessment survey: called companies for mailing address, created cover letter, reformatted electronic survey, created mailing merge for labels/letter/survey, sent out survey to companies- Created informational pages for Manufacturing Leadership Program binders

Instructed and taught gymnastics classes, prepared and took down equipment for parties, entertained guests throughout the party