Courtney Middelkoop Email & Phone Number

Richardson, Texas, United States

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.

• 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

Garland, Texas

• 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

Grand Saline, TX

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.

Iowa State Univeristy

- 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

Iowa State University Extension Program

- 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

Richardson Gymnastics

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

Master Of Science - Ms, Industrial Engineering, 3.86

Activities and Societies: Alpha Pi Mu Focus Area: Human Factors and Ergonomics, Sports Biomechanics

Bachelor’S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Iowa State University Gymnastics Team, FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)

High School, Gpa 4.0

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, High School Band