David W. Smith, Operations Management Email & Phone Number

DWS Enterprises encompasses 3 distinct operations, all of which are focused in creating the finest in custom woodworking products. From small urns and vessels, to custom crafted or restored furniture and cabinetry solutions, to full renovation and general contracting services, quality and customer satisfaction are always the primary objective. Launched as.

US

I am an effective operations leader with a proven history of helping companies achieve success toward today’s goals, and driving improvement to achieve higher ones tomorrow. For this, three critical areas have to be focused on continuously – performance, people and culture. By putting attention in these areas, improvement in P&L performance is affected as.

Richmond, Texas, US

• Hired to expand Velentium's current non-implantable medical device manufacturing capabilities and initiated efforts to develop implantable medical device production capability.. This included stabilizing the facility.
• Replaced spreadsheet-based material management system through integration of Oracle’s NetSuite MRP module to coordinate material and financial management with Velentium’s prior implementation of that system to manage.
• Completed $100K+ renovation to bring environmental controls within quality system requirements and ensure industry regulatory expectations. The renovation included ISO-7 certification of approx. 600 sq. ft. of.
• Worked with R&D to include assessments for manufacturability and testability requirements of new designs to better ensure targeted CoGS and reduce need for post-regulatory approval revisions.
• Took on Program Management role for manufacturing projects, interfacing with manufacturing clients, ensuring timely product deliveries and accurate invoicing in accordance with approved project contracts.

Los Angeles, California, US

Following reorganization of LivaNova's Operations organization, a number of industry contacts requested training and assistance in establishing an Operational Excellence program, combining identification and implementation of appropriate metrics to drive a continuous improvement program and establish a LEAN manufacturing capability to realize those.

London, GB

• Prepared all LivaNova sites for consolidation and centralization of global shipping and distribution and optimization of production space utilization, through consistent implementation of Lean methodologies. Served as.
• Developed strategy for centralizing North American shipping and distribution for all LivaNova products targeting reduction in overall warehousing, transfer, shipping and distribution costs by 30% over initial 3 years.
• Coordinated initial design and construction efforts for deployment of internal sterilization process for all LivaNova products at Arvada CO site, producing annual cost reduction of >$1MM.
• Created positive business case supporting both construction and relocation of North American commercial headquarters as well as Operations expansion at current site in effort to eliminate both immediate and long-term.

London, GB

• In this P&L accountable role, provided executive-level leadership, establishing and trending safety, quality, delivery and cost goals for 100+ staff across all areas of Operations. Drove consistent functional and.
• Realized greater than $9MM of integration improvements and annually-recurrent cost reductions. Exceeded objectives by >$500K through aggressive restructuring, lean implementation, procurement/inventory initiatives, and.
• Boosted inventory turns by 400% with supplier inventory management and logistics, allowing for overall decrease in inventory valuation of $700K and lowering warehousing footprint of 30%.
• Decreased direct material costs by over $3MM per year and improved multi-year, mutually-beneficial supplier agreements through assertive supplier contract negotiations with focus on critical pricing and delivery.
• Spearheaded US and OUS Neuromodulation production and distribution site closures and consolidation, lowering $2.9MM in Neuromodulation operating costs.
• Led “Houston-specific” efforts for LivaNova’s divestiture of Cardiac Rhythm Management franchise, aiding in arrest of annual corporate loss of over 7%.

London, GB

• Managed Manufacturing Engineering staff of 35+ process development, sustaining engineering and test development professionals driving yield improvement, scrap reduction, and efficiency increases; in addition to.
• Represented Cyberonics’ Operations organization, post-merger, in development of global operations’ performance improvement plan delivering $80MM in combined strategic cost improvements by EO2018.
• Reduced global manufacturing footprint through analyzing shared manufacturing strengths and consolidating manufacturing capabilities for greatest cost performance without compromising to product availability or.
• Demonstrated benefits of DFM&T through managing transfer and launch activities of “ground breaking” closed-loop feedback technology.
• Ensured disaster recovery capabilities for manufacturing and distribution as well as increased overall production capacity by 30%, through development of OUS manufacturing site, which included facility design and.
• Identified replacement component supplier and recovered production capability initiated by unexpected end-of-life condition for key component of key product line (~30% product model mix). Analyzed near 100% failure.

London, GB

• Directed all facets of manufacturing and engineering for Cyberonics’ circuit board assembly and test areas. Led small staff of direct and indirect personnel. Delivered substantial capacity increase in production output.
• Developed improved “universal” testing platform, supporting all planned and legacy Cyberonics’ products, lowering overall test cost per unit with 63% decrease of total test time and 50% footprint reduction.
• Engineered 50% reduction in reliability screening process time through deployment of updated equipment and optimized fixturing, while leveraging added programming flexibility, resulting in elimination of long-term HSE.
• Achieved yield improvement of 67% and capacity increase of 130% as result of $1.9MM recapitalization of SMT facility, replacing obsolete equipment and implementing fully automated inspection that allowed line operation.
• Prepared for expected 5X increase in generator and lead sales, demonstrated expansion capability to quickly ramp production output in all responsible areas by 400% in under 6 months, utilizing increased SMT capacity.

London, GB

In this initial role with Cyberonics, developed a new-age testing system to facilitate the planned production expansion. This system sustains to this day, to support Cyberonics' (aka. Livanova) product line to address continued growth in the far east and the emerging world.