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Humboldt Tn

ADP & Company is a consulting business providing services (typically covered by a CDA) to clients, for: manufacturing management systems; product, process and material development programs; productivity and quality improvement programs; project management for capital equipment projects; development and assessment of quality systems; strategic planning; environmental issues (EPA); safety (OSHA) and, evaluation of potential acquisitions. Currently working two projects for equipment specifications, purchase, installation and start up. Founder and sole employee of the business.

Humboldt Tn

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United States

Van Can Company manufactures metal cans (DRD) and ends for producers of food, pet food and industrial products. Position reports to Vice President Sales and Manufacturing. Reports include Technical Service, Seamer Service and Quality Managers in two plants. Responsible for Product Development; Materials Development (metal and coatings); Internal and external audits (quality, safety, environmental) Customer Complaints (investigation and corrective action, including process review); Customer support (seamer and technical); Regulatory Affairs (OSHA and EPA).* Set up a shared drive for all of the company standards, established common formats and updated a system that had been static for over five years. Everyone in the company now has access to all of the current standards.* Qualified an inside coating system (non BPA) that functions better than the existing system and will save $165,000 per year when fully implemented.* Resolved a backlog of 18 months of mill claims for steel quality issues.* Developed a system to eliminate the inside and outside coatings used on “heat cans” that when fully implemented will save a minimum of $450,000 per year assuming customer acceptance.* Prepared and presented a Lean manufacturing initiative for implementation in 2015.* Designed and supervised the construction and moved the Technical Service Laboratories from San Diego to Trenton.* Prepared the plants for their first GMP audit by an outside 3rd party and they passed.

United States

Simmons Metal Container manufactures metal cans and ends for producers of food and pet food products. Position reports to Division General Manager. Designed and installed Quality Assurance, Safety and Environmental programs. Trained Quality Assurance Technicians who provided 24 hour coverage of manufacturing operations. Managed Seamer (Customer Technical) Service. Served as Lean coordinator for plant.* Set up a shared drive for all of the company standards, established common formats and updated a system that had been static for over seven years. Everyone in the company now has access to all of the current standards. Included Customer Seamer Service specifications for the first time.* Established a system for monthly audits of quality, environmental and safety carried out by plant staff.* Development and implemented a system for generating information for customer bids, using the shared drive. Included input from sales, quality assurance, purchasing, transportation and accounting.* Developed and qualified an inside aluminum coating system that saved the company $340,000 the first year of implementation and over $2,000,000 in 5 years. * Resolved a backlog of 12 months of mill claims for steel quality issues.

ADP & Company is a consulting business providing services to clients, for: manufacturing management systems; product, process and material development programs; productivity and quality improvement programs (ISO9000); project management for capital equipment projects; development and assessment of quality systems; strategic planning; environmental issues (EPA); safety (OSHA) and, evaluation of potential acquisitions. I am the founder and sole employee of the business.

Springdale, Ar

Agracat, Incorporated is an importer, manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, construction equipment and ATV’s. Position reports to the president. Reports include operations, sales, finance, human resources and logistics (inbound from overseas and outbound). Responsible for Profit and Loss and the day to day operations of all aspects of the company.* Hired a sales manager and expanded product distribution from 15 states to 28 states.* Developed and implemented a product training seminar for sales personnel.* Developed written assembly and quality control procedures.* Developed an annual and 3-year business plan.* Developed a cost of goods sold approach to products and used the information as a base for reassessing product prices in the marketplace.* Developed a presentation used to get potential investors to invest in the company.* Negotiated with banks and other financial institutions for lines of credit.* Prepared funding requests for both USDA and Small Business Administration.* Prepared specifications and negotiated a supply contract with a supplier of tires.* Worked with suppliers in China, Korea and Taiwan to establish specifications and pricing and handled the import logistics.

Muskogee, Ok

Zapata Industries is a manufacturer of steel crowns and aluminum closures for the beer and beverage industries. Position reports to the COO for the International Group. Reports include operations, sales, finance, safety, customer service and human resources. Responsible for Profit and Loss and the day to day operations of all aspects of the division.* Completed the facility renovation project within budget that was three months behind schedule.* Qualified the plant on crowns, closures and lining compound with their major customer who had disqualified the plant in 1996.* Installed and started up two aluminum closure manufacturing lines using surplus equipment resulting in $4,000,000 in sales. * Developed a strategy to consolidate the process flow into “work cells” that when fully implemented should reduce the direct labor by 35%.* Implemented new shop rules. Reduced the grievance backlog from 44 to 6. Took all the old grievances to arbitration and the company was upheld on the majority of them.* Prepared strategy and contingency plan for 1998 contract negotiations and negotiated new three- year contract.* Reduced inventory levels by 40% and eliminated all obsolete inventory by installation of a bar code system.* Directed the process of selection, installation and start up of a new ERP / MRP system.

West Chester, Pa

ADP & Company is a consulting business providing services to clients, for: manufacturing management systems; product, process and material development programs; productivity and quality improvement programs (ISO9000); project management for capital equipment projects; development and assessment of quality systems; strategic planning; environmental issues (EPA); safety (OSHA) and, evaluation of potential acquisitions. I was the founder and sole employee of the business. Built the business into a profitable enterprise.

Paoli, Pa

Graphic Packaging a subsidiary of Adolph Coors Company, is a manufacturer of folding cartons, flexible packaging and labels for the beer and beverage, food, personal care, pet food, pharmaceuticals, photographic, automotive and wire and cable industries. Position reports to the President. Directed the operations of the four plants, research and development, engineering and regulatory affairs. 1000+ employees, $150,000,000 operating budgets, $15,000,000 capital budgets.* Established organizational structure, job descriptions, and operating policies for the manufacturing plants. Merged the manufacturing and technical groups into one unified organization. Reduced the before merger staffing by 60 people. Negotiated labor contracts with unions at two plants and improve relations.* Improved the plant operating income - $2,000,000 loss in 1988, to $1,000,000 profit in 1989, to $10,000,000 profit in 1990 by implementing a monthly reporting system that focused the plants on their operating income with heavy emphasis on scrap, productivity and downtime.* Replaced two plant managers within the first 18 months.* Reduced inventory levels to 80% of the 1988 levels by year-end 1990, while sales increased by 40%.* Personally collaborated with the field sales people to reverse a customer perception of poor quality, while improving the actual quality levels in the plants.* Prepared and published a conceptual analysis for a new plant utilizing a cross-functional team covering; site selection, environmental issues, equipment selection and specifications, capital spending plan, start up plan including staffing and training, products to be produced in the new facility, capacity plan, and cash flow analysis.* Developed a comprehensive audit of four plants with regard to regulatory compliance including; EPA, OSHA, National Fire and National Electrical Code, Identified issues for each plant and provided a system to report progress.

Golden, Co

Coors Packaging, a subsidiary of the Adolph Coors Company, is a manufacturer of folding cartons and labels for the beer and beverage, food, personal care, pharmaceuticals and automotive industries. Position reports to the President. Reports included operations, sales, finance, engineering, research and development, human resources. Was responsible for Profit and Loss and the day to day operations of all aspects of the company.* Proposed, justified, and managed the $15,000,000 project (based on my patents) that resulted in the construction of the Lawrenceburg, TN facility and the commercialization of the Composipac technology.* Secured the first outside contract for folding cartons produced using the Composipac technology by convincing Procter and Gamble to commit 100% of their Cascade carton requirements to the new carton technology.* Authored and published the first five year Strategic Plan for the development of the technology and the marketplace. Identified target markets and the developmental resources required to support the markets.* Developed and published the annual and four-year operating plans based on the strategic plan. Led the management team in reporting the operating results on a monthly basis to the board of directors.* Proposed, justified, managed and directed the $33,000,000 project that resulted in the doubling of the production capacity of the Lawrenceburg plant.* Hired and developed an effective management team to run the growing business and build the infrastructure necessary to support a $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 business.* Participated in the research and evaluation of acquisition candidates. Led the due diligence team in the assessment of Graphic Packaging and was part of the team that completed the negotiations to purchase the company.

Golden, Co

Coors Container, a subsidiary of the Adolph Coors Company, is a manufacturer of aluminum cans and ring pull ends. Managed research projects for packaging products, materials, processes and equipment. Responsible for $5,000,000 research budget.* Created the centralized Physical Testing Laboratory and wrote the first procedures manual.* Redefined the procedure by which aluminum coils were rejected from the can lines, reducing the rejects by 40%. This change allowed us to isolate the cause of the sidewall blow-outs.* Managed the development and qualification of the UV can coatings.* Developed the test procedures that identified the cause of the leaks in the adhesive used on Press Tab ends that ultimately led to the withdrawal of the ends from the marketplace.* Managed the development of the plastic beer bottle to the point of market testing when the FDA withdrew the approval of the plastic being used in the bottle.* Was one of three people chosen to develop and implement a “Quality Circle” program to reduce scrap and improve productivity.