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At Daily Enhancements we truly understand the unique challenges you face, from operational inefficiencies and unpredictable supply chains to the complexities of integrating new technologies and ensuring regulatory compliance. These issues can drain your resources and hinder your ability to stay competitive and deliver consistent quality.Imagine a world where your operations run seamlessly, with minimal downtime, automated processes, and real-time data analytics driving informed decision-making. Envision having complete visibility into your supply chain, consistently high-quality products, effortless compliance, and a thriving, engaged workforce. By leveraging robust business application platforms like Microsoft Dynamics 365, we streamline your processes and enhance collaboration, ensuring all aspects of your operations are managed with the utmost efficiency.What sets us apart from other consultants is our unwavering commitment to working directly with your team to deliver tailored solutions that you can maintain and that continue to provide value long after we’re gone. As seasoned professionals dedicated to your success, we bring expertise in data-driven continuous improvement, strategic facility layout optimization, safety enhancements, and efficient project management. Our judicious approach ensures that we bring effective solutions to your industrial challenges, increasing efficiencies without unnecessary complexity. Whether through advanced technology platforms like Microsoft Dynamics 365, the integration of robotics, or simply optimizing your processes and tracking your growth, we tailor our services to meet your specific operational needs. Let us help you achieve the seamless, efficient, and high-performing operation you envision.

United States

• Championed a culture of data-driven continuous improvement by disseminating Key Performance Indicators and facilitating Gemba Board discussions, empowering associates across all levels to collectively focus on safety, quality, cost, and productivity for sustained excellence.• Strategically drafted and implemented nine digital warehouse facility layouts, optimizing spatial configurations, enhancing safety measures, and improving operational efficiency for the company's success.• Spearheaded safety enhancements, including elevated visible management practices, optimized forklift traffic, and strategic space reallocation, collaborating with industrial professionals to introduce essential PPE for heightened safety during hazardous processes.• Analyzed and documented processes, leveraging frontline insights of operators within 10 feet of the job to implement sustained enhancements, resulting in a remarkable reduction in customer complaints and corrective action requests. A strategic approach aimed at elevating customer satisfaction and operational excellence.• Simplified intricate product reconfiguration processes, boosting bandwidth, and achieving significant cost savings, enhancing operational efficiency, and positioning the team for exceptional value delivery and client responsiveness.• Contributed to three successful facility startups, showcasing exceptional project management skills in orchestrating digital facility layouts, process development, documentation, team training, and logistical planning with adaptability and real-time problem-solving acumen.• Developed and delivered detailed educational courses, instilling a profound understanding of Lean Strategy's foundational principles, emphasizing the value of value-add, detailing process intricacies, and guiding effective 5s methodologies for sustained Lean culture implementation.

Barnardsville, Nc 28709

• Applied lean strategies to develop new production processes, work instructions, safety procedures, training programs, cell layouts, 5S implementation, as well as any other investigations requiring my attention. • Designed required workspaces, fixtures, and gauges for the implantation of new production lines and upgrades to existing product lines. • Managed the upgrades, replacements, and additions of the facility’s machinery and test equipment.• Designed custom machinery and worked with outsourced companies’ engineering teams to automate the custom needs of the product’s production. • Created and executed Strategic Deployment Plans for the manufacturing team.• Increased communication and accountability through daily GEMBA meetings reviewing routine production KPIs with consistent metric management and improving root cause analysis.• Certified in and preformed internal ISO audits for multiple departments ranging from production to quality control.

Barnardsville, North Carolina, United States

• Facilitated a Transactional Process Improvement event decreasing the past due by 42% in 32 working days, decreasing the work-in-progress inventory by 30%, and increasing production by 191% over the previous year. • Developed Rapid Response Safety Team to quickly address all safety incidents to include any required medical attention, proper reporting and documentation of the incident, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation and sustainment. • Redesigned epoxy extraction system to provide safer conditions for the operators by minimizing epoxy dust spread in the area, providing safer ventilation from other machines creating epoxy dust throughout the facility, and a reduction in raw material waste. • Served an intricate role in the development and implementation of the company’s new ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics D365, for production and engineering processes. • Designed new wire coiling machine to drastically reduce machine down time, reduce scrap, and increase the machine’s capabilities allow for growth of new customers.• Facilitated a Kaizen event to analyze, redesign, and implement a new assembly cell design resulting in a 44% reduction of process time, 50% reduction in travel time, and a 61% reduction of overall cell footprint.• Designed new pressure leak tester reducing testing time and increasing production by 20%.• Worked with a team to improve the production scheduling process which increased the on-time-delivery by a 75% difference and reduced internal lead times by a 43% difference.• Applied Lean strategies to revamp the magnetic pole piece placement process. This project included all upgrades to machinery and cell layout, implementation of 5S, and upgrades to fixturing and gauges. The project resulted in a 71% reduction of operator set up time, a drastic improvement to operator ergonomics, and radically decreased the potential for operator injury during the process.

Barnardsville, North Carolina, United States

• Supervised and maintained all production throughout the facility to include but not limited to personnel, day -to-day operations, operator training, working directly with operators to problem solve and improve processes, and provide a quick response to any unsafe conditions while continuously improving safety culture throughout. • Interviewed and selected candidates that applied for a production operator position. • Built interpersonal relations with co-workers allowing for free flow communication, trust, loyalty, and ability to directly improve their quality of life. • Participated in the development and writing of new procedures for new and current product lines as well as company employee polices.

• Developed diverse and challenging training events to drive familiarization of standard practices and equipment, adaptability to changing circumstances and build unit cohesion in adverse situations.• Provided various classes to audiences of hundreds ranging from strategy, proper usage of equipment, and unit movement to safety, leadership, and basic instruction. • Lead Marines through difficult challenges with intuitive, fact-based decision-making, proper execution of training, and devotion to the members of the team. • Proved to be an extremely valuable liaison between the Marine Corps and private contractors on the design and employment of the next generation of communication system equipment resulting in several changes and upgrades to better met the Marine Corps’ needs. • Received several awards for hard work, attention to detail, punctuality, leadership, and proving to have an understanding above and beyond the required knowledge for my pay grade.

• Worked in several departments around the production plants to ensure well roundness in my understanding of the process.• Worked in Quality Control developing my attention to detail and ability to quickly make necessary corrections.• Worked in the corrections department learning how to best correct any deficiencies in the assembly process.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering