 CELL DESIGN  WASTE REDUCTION  DEFECT REDUCTION  LEAN MANUFACTURING  6 SIGMACertified Black Belt and Lean Expert with extensive experience in manufacturing waste and defect reduction in both large and small businesses. Highly qualified trainer, mentor and coach with a proven track record of improvements through collaborative teamwork and systematic production design. Building a strong functional design with an eye for ease of manufacturing, coupled with simple and collaborative processing, makes for good employee and customer satisfaction. Increased profits result. Waste Reduction: Bottleneck identification, flow problem prioritization, ergonomics. Strong in creating the Intuitive Process in the Value Stream. Setup Reduction, Time/Motion analysis, common use tooling.Cell Design and Machine Selection: Emphasis on safe, highly reliable and flexible processing using Poka Yoke, visual flow, and intuitive tooling design to reduce training and written instructions.Precision Sheet Metal Assemblies: Aluminum and high nickel sheet metal forming, welding and machining. Greenbelt/Blackbelt Training and Mentoring: Teaching, training material creation and editing, class design and Kaizen team management. Failure Analysis and Prevention: FMEA, DFMEA, detectability, prioritization by business need, process mapping and detailed analysis for possible failures.Technical Competencies:  Weld design for minimal distortion Precision sheet metal assemblies- aerospace and automotive. Design for manufacturability, simplicity. Machine selection for reliability of processing and overall lifecycle cost. Kaizen Design and execution. Collaborative problem solving.