Adrian Drăgan Email & Phone Number

• Supported plants to implement GA Production System tools and develop yearly strategic action plans• Reported to BU management on plants' progress and activities• Provided training and coaching to the local management regarding Lean• Ensured correct application of the methods through co-Assessments• Continued Toyota European Manufacturers Association activities as Senior Management Sponsor. Won Regional Best M&I of the year• Supported implementation in 2 plants of process… Show more • Supported plants to implement GA Production System tools and develop yearly strategic action plans• Reported to BU management on plants' progress and activities• Provided training and coaching to the local management regarding Lean• Ensured correct application of the methods through co-Assessments• Continued Toyota European Manufacturers Association activities as Senior Management Sponsor. Won Regional Best M&I of the year• Supported implementation in 2 plants of process confirmation, 5S, problem solving with mobile devices - a step towards digitalization• Acted as Problem Solving Expert support for the Lighting Business Unit to promote sharing of best practices and lessons learned between plants• Implemented a new best practices sharing portal for the Lighting BU, a system which was extended to the whole Group Show less

Sibiu County, Romania

• Implemented tools of GA Production System• Supported plant management to reach improvement targets• Lead problem solving projects with profitability impact using Lean Six-Sigma methodology• Was reporting lead for cost saving projects to BU management• Participated in Toyota European Manufacturer's Association activities as plant champion

Sibiu County, Romania

• Supported problem-solving activities• Supported new products and new technologies introduction• Responsible for continuous improvement activities• Designed fixtures and devices to increase work efficiency, product quality

Blaj, Romania

• Responsible for coaching continuous improvement projects (cycle time reduction, line balancing, OEE increase, productivity increase)• Coordinated delivery of lean manufacturing trainings to new and experienced employees. Results: since 2015, training penetration has increased with 55% for intermediate trainings, with 45% for management trainings and maintained 100% on introductory trainings.• Participated in international improvement projects - Jishuken Eastern Europe• Trainer for… Show more • Responsible for coaching continuous improvement projects (cycle time reduction, line balancing, OEE increase, productivity increase)• Coordinated delivery of lean manufacturing trainings to new and experienced employees. Results: since 2015, training penetration has increased with 55% for intermediate trainings, with 45% for management trainings and maintained 100% on introductory trainings.• Participated in international improvement projects - Jishuken Eastern Europe• Trainer for new employees, introductory lean training - over 40 trainings delivered• Certified trainer for BPS Basics• Implementing plant-wide (3 divisions, 18 departments) standards: TPM, 5S, Shopfloor Management Cycle• Conducted 5S audits (over 50 audits realized) and TPM audits• Responsible for coaching production engineers and managers to identify and reduce waste, OEE losses• Responsible for BPS Assessment. DC plant - best result for 5 consecutive years; CC plant - points increase by 50% over previous year• Implemented pull levelling on one final assembly line, concept will be rolled out to other lines• Implemented consumption control by Kanban loop to pre-assembly lines Show less

Blaj, Romania

• Responsible for creating the outbound logistics processes during ramp-up phase• Responsible for continuous improvement of the processes• Responsible for outbound logistics personnel training, shift models• Coordinated a team of 20 people• SAP key user for shipping• Coordinated the packaging and transport teams in order to deliver to customers• Eliminated repackaging for main customers by doing customer analysis and creating a new packaging standard for the production… Show more • Responsible for creating the outbound logistics processes during ramp-up phase• Responsible for continuous improvement of the processes• Responsible for outbound logistics personnel training, shift models• Coordinated a team of 20 people• SAP key user for shipping• Coordinated the packaging and transport teams in order to deliver to customers• Eliminated repackaging for main customers by doing customer analysis and creating a new packaging standard for the production lines• Implemented Poka-Yoke for order processing by using barcodes and scanners• Automated the order barcode printing by exporting the deliveries list from SAP and writing VBA code in Excel Show less

Blaj, Romania

• Responsible for production planning for ball bushings and linear sets, consisting of about 1500 part numbers• In charge of KPI reporting and analysis• Responsible for lot size optimization project - synchronized the lot sizes between customer, production and supplier• Responsible for stock reduction project - reduced raw material stocks by 50%• Responsible for creating visual management standards (eg. raw material supermarket)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Manufacturing Engineering

Undergoing PhD studies in lean manufacturing. Thesis:A Optimization of the production and logistic system of a company using lean.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering

Advanced Fabrication Technologies

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering

Road Vehicles