David Lathey Email & Phone Number

Carthage, Nc, Us

United States - National

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Greater Chicago Area

Currently leading a team of Manufacturing Engineers responsible for managing capital projects and performing daily activities for the Finish Paint Line, After Paint Assembly, and Shipping Floor. >Projects include a stand-alone paint booth/oven dedicated to military (CARC) Paint, Personnel carrier replacement on the paint line (6 total), New sanding booth enclosure, and new line-side part storage systems.>Daily activities include assembly process control and documentation, Engineering change documentation. Tact Time / Cycle Time calculation, Standard work, RIW (Kaizen) involvement, Ergonomic analysis and improvement, 5S Implementation, Manage dept budget of $500K, Paint quality assurance, and Safety investigations

Inbound / Outbound Logistics >Led Logistics projects involving Flow Path analysis and development, Material flow through the 3rd party paint supplier, Value Stream Mapping, and POU material availability.>Coordinated the addition of a new 3rd party shipping and distribution center adjacent to the Sanford plant.Business Process Controls Supervisor >Supervise corporate metrics reporting and recertification in Class A and Operational Excellence. >Developed and maintained Value Stream Maps for each product at the Clayton and Sanford NC facilities.BCP Intranet Improvement – Led the Intranet project improvement team.>Migrated all old sites to new site. Shutdown obsolete servers.>Drove significant increase in usage of the intranet as a more useful communication tool.Supplier Delivery Performance Reporting – Led a team to determine and develop the ideal method of reporting unbiased supplier delivery performance.>Collected data within the Supply Collaboration database.>Performed VOC and VOB analysis. Developed CCRs.>Developed and implemented Gen 1 solution. Set plan for Gen 2 and 3.>Handed off solution to new process owner.Supply Collaboration (SC) Training and SupportCoordinated all activities related to the training, on-boarding and technical support of SC. >Developed and maintained a comprehensive system to track the status of each supplier.>Contributed to the design and development of the SC User Guide and Tutorial.

Environmental CoordinatorResponsible for meeting the legal requirements of the state, as well as the corporation, pertaining to environmental compliance, reporting and contingency planning.>Identified and implemented improved record keeping methods for the facility.>Improved internal processes to eliminate the need for external services resulting in annual cost savings of $20,000.>Achieved the facility’s first 100% successful unannounced audit by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources avoiding significant monetary penalties.Tool Crib SupervisorSupervised six full time hourly employees to ensure the operational needs of the facility were met while achieving customer satisfaction by providing the highest quality services.>Developed and utilized Pareto charts to identify opportunities for cost reductions.>Developed and implemented innovative control methods that reduced overall expenditures by $20K per month.Clayton Restructuring and Paint Strategy ProjectDeveloped and implemented paint strategy improvements related to physical location and operating strategy resulting in avoidance of an $8M capital expenditure and $5M in annual expense.

Assigned to the Caterpillar, Leicester facility as an International Service Employee (ISE) responsible for the management and improvement of the third party on-site paint contractor.>Led a team of Quality Technicians responsible for the quality of inbound and outbound material flowing through the paint facility.>Drove cost reduction initiatives related to the paint process, including masking reduction, process efficiency, operational efficiency, and manpower requirements.>Managed all commercial aspects of the third party contract, including annual renegotiation that improved and maximized the overall benefit to Caterpillar.

Performed a variety of tasks related to Finish Protected Components paint/assembly process which involved painting at the component level by a third party paint contractor for the Sanford, Leicester, and Clayton facilities. >Visited and worked with dealers and customers, bench marking current paint processes, documenting concerns, and developing solutions for process improvements.>Coordinated current product and NPI paint validation and liaised with product engineering on various issues related to a “Critical Issues” list for paint before assembly.>Developed innovative methods for obtaining part surface measurements at the component level which lead to significant cost reductions.