Fredo Akena Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

Kings Norton, Birmingham

Actively seeking new opportunity

Cheltenham

 Working with design engineers to ensure acceptable DFA/M (Using Boothroyd Dewhurst software)  Calculate shop floor capacity, capital equipment costs, product costing and shop floor space for housing projects Drawing project plan with key deliverables and milestones Identifying capital equipments needed for the project, getting quotations and supplier selection process Working with design engineers to design assembly benches, jig and fixtures Working with quality to… Show more  Working with design engineers to ensure acceptable DFA/M (Using Boothroyd Dewhurst software)  Calculate shop floor capacity, capital equipment costs, product costing and shop floor space for housing projects Drawing project plan with key deliverables and milestones Identifying capital equipments needed for the project, getting quotations and supplier selection process Working with design engineers to design assembly benches, jig and fixtures Working with quality to link PFMEA to poke yoke products, jig and fixtures and validation Drawing process flow chart and PFMEA to capture potential quality issues Determining cell layout, number of workstations, number of operators and respective cycle times Formulating process documents such as assembly methods, packaging methods PPTR, IPAR, FPA Conducting machine trial runs (runner rates) and collecting data for line balancing purposes  Follow project development phases (DP) to ensure all project components are accomplished Commissioning projects and handing over to production Value Stream Mapping current projects to improve performances Six Sigma (DMAIC) framework to reduce process variations in processes Kaizen events facilitation Show less

Worcester, United Kingdom

Koito specialises in plastic moulding and vehicle lighting system and supplier to major automotive manufacturers in UK and Europe.Key Responsibilities: Planned and managed multiple projects, building Lean concepts into product assembly processes. Maintained quality standards while adhering to budgets. Embedded designs for assembly and manufacturability during new product introduction. Formulated Part Approval Process (PPAP) and Advanced Product Quality Planning… Show more Koito specialises in plastic moulding and vehicle lighting system and supplier to major automotive manufacturers in UK and Europe.Key Responsibilities: Planned and managed multiple projects, building Lean concepts into product assembly processes. Maintained quality standards while adhering to budgets. Embedded designs for assembly and manufacturability during new product introduction. Formulated Part Approval Process (PPAP) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) documents. Contributed to building assembly equipment and determining the level of automation of quality control. Spearheaded process failure modes and effects analyses (PFMEA). After analyzing internal capacity, pinpointed the location of the production line. Crafted operators’ instructions and coordinated operators’ training. Developed and updated process flow charts. Updated each bill of materials. Rigorously enforced both company policies and government regulations. Show less

Harbone Birmingham

PPDG Harborne (training & employment for low income people), Location? Helped to design and deliver executive workshops. Conducted intensive job searches on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Bridgnorth, Shropshire

Key Achievements:• Training a team of twelve “Lean practitioners” and achieving £150,000 worth of improvement over a twelve month period as a direct result of the coaching, training and mentoring provided to the teamKey Responsibilities:• Planning and managing the project, including the writing of the project initiation document (PID), scoping paper, service level agreement (SLA) and quality plan• Selecting project team leaders and co-ordinating the formation of the… Show more Key Achievements:• Training a team of twelve “Lean practitioners” and achieving £150,000 worth of improvement over a twelve month period as a direct result of the coaching, training and mentoring provided to the teamKey Responsibilities:• Planning and managing the project, including the writing of the project initiation document (PID), scoping paper, service level agreement (SLA) and quality plan• Selecting project team leaders and co-ordinating the formation of the project team consisting of twelve people• Co-ordinating the project with the project leaders, project steering board and all stakeholders within the clinical services directorate• Designing and facilitating experiential workshops in order to train, coach and mentor the project team, including the undertaking of competency assessments• Conducting operational service diagnostics in order to identify process gaps and to prioritise project areas• Identifying the required resources and attendant project risks and advising the project steering board accordingly• Supporting pilot projects and facilitating the roll out of Lean process improvement across the whole directorate Show less

Lincoln, United Kingdom

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln Instilled Lean methodology throughout the entire clinical services directorate. Trained and managed project groups during every improvement activity. Identified necessary resources, conducted operational services diagnostics, and prepared documents. After compiling data from team leaders, prepared progress reports for the project steering board.Key Accomplishment: Reduced yearly costs by £90 thousand in only nine… Show more United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln Instilled Lean methodology throughout the entire clinical services directorate. Trained and managed project groups during every improvement activity. Identified necessary resources, conducted operational services diagnostics, and prepared documents. After compiling data from team leaders, prepared progress reports for the project steering board.Key Accomplishment: Reduced yearly costs by £90 thousand in only nine months. Show less

Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Uk

Cranfield University, Cranfield Fellow Through an intensive postgraduate programme, developed change management and leadership skills as well as a working knowledge of such improvement tools as Lean and Six Sigma.Key Accomplishments: Earned a Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belt for strategic business improvements. Applied Lean procedures to improve traffic flow in Peterborough by 30 percent. Lowered annual costs at a dairy processing plant by £1 million through trimming… Show more Cranfield University, Cranfield Fellow Through an intensive postgraduate programme, developed change management and leadership skills as well as a working knowledge of such improvement tools as Lean and Six Sigma.Key Accomplishments: Earned a Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belt for strategic business improvements. Applied Lean procedures to improve traffic flow in Peterborough by 30 percent. Lowered annual costs at a dairy processing plant by £1 million through trimming changeover time from 30 to four hours. Saved a firm £40 thousand per year by increasing shop capacity and eliminating networks. For an aerospace concern identified yearly performance increases of 17 percent and lowered labour costs by £100 thousand annually. Identified capacity increases of 48 percent after analyzing material flow in one company. Show less

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Truck-Lite Company (mirrors, lighting systems), Birmingham Worked collaboratively with team on identification and execution of continuous improvement projects.  Facilitated and coordinated the development and execution of continuous improvement deployment plans.  Trained, mentored and coached cross-functional teams to deliver improvements within the value streams.  Managed daily execution of value stream processes to ensure completion of milestones on time. Set and… Show more Truck-Lite Company (mirrors, lighting systems), Birmingham Worked collaboratively with team on identification and execution of continuous improvement projects.  Facilitated and coordinated the development and execution of continuous improvement deployment plans.  Trained, mentored and coached cross-functional teams to deliver improvements within the value streams.  Managed daily execution of value stream processes to ensure completion of milestones on time. Set and continually managed project goals and objectives with team members and other stakeholders. Derived collaboration and team based problem solving using problem solving tools e.g. 8D, Ishikawa fish bone Identify, monitors, and implemented continuous improvement best practices e.g. poke yoke, SMED  Led cross-functional teams to select and implement lean methodologies using appropriate tools. Evaluated organizational readiness for change and CI project strategic plans Sought counsel to remove barriers among teams and influenced stakeholders to take action. Responsible for managing the budget for individual deployments. Responsible for aligning overall team resources to execute against strategies with moderate cost and risk.Achievements: Applied Six Sigma within a DMAIC framework to reduce rejected products by 30 percent and save £76 thousand yearly by using regrind materials. Decreased expenses during the tube bending process by £60 thousand annually through value stream mapping (VSM) and a just-in-time production strategy. Lowered annual costs by £1.4 million through introducing a Single-Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) into the injection moulding process. The time needed for tool change declined by 87 percent. Employed the work element method in implementing a single piece flow. Hourly throughput grew from 22 to 30 parts; £43 thousand in annual savings resulted. Saved £200 thousand per year through DFA and DFM. Reduced development time and expenses through PFMEA. Show less

Stratford, London

Coordinating health & safety, waste disposal, staff training, new technology

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Fellowship, Manufacturing Management

Msc, Advanced Manufacturing Management & Technology

MSc Final Project This project was part of an on-going PhD project on assembly line balancing using Genetic Algorithm with 3 cost function.

B.Eng (Hons), Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Award: At the University, I received the following awards:  The Hitachi Seiki scholarship of design excellence.

"O"Levels, "O"​ Levels