John Eichman Email & Phone Number

Fort Smith, Arkansas, Us

Propak Logistic is a privately held third party provider of logistics, transportation and supply chain solutions. With over 50 locations across the US, Propak utilizes over 1 million square feet of warehouse space to support solutions in transportation logistics, reverse logistics, and a niche in pallets industry. The initial priority was to establish leadership and defined responsibilities. The plant manager and operation manager position had been vacant for six plus months with no interim leadership. Roles were defined and a steady workflow of daily, weekly and monthly tasks were set to accomplish customer driven goals.• Developed yearly budget for the OKC site; total FTE monthly with goal of less than 5% OT, material, and equipment costs• Maintain accurate inventory over 98% through daily cycle counts of 100% of inventory• Report weekly and monthly metrics compared to established budget; currently 17% above net income• Work with customer on daily audits, issues and activities; customer onsite for daily audits• Provided assistance in new startup of facility; hire new personnel, implement standard processes, quality audits, safety procedures. Provided assistance over a two-month period

New Breed Logistics is a privately held, third party logistics provider of efficient operational systems for companies such as Boeing, Comcast, Disney and Verizon wireless. New Breed employs more than 7500 employees at over 60 warehouses worldwide. The first priority was to stabilize customer relations and standardize work processes. Customer relations within the facility were apprehensive which yielded a stressful working environment. With open and direct communication with the onsite representatives, relations were mended over time. Achievement in production processes were seen through external ISO audits with zero findings over consecutive years.• Facilitated the addition of Boeing programs from five to eight programs• Development of new processes for inspection of materials prior to government buy off: new processes halted the government from shutting down shipment of assets • Maintain accurate inventory over 98% of over $100 million on annual basis through cycle counting measures• Develop yearly FTE budget for Oklahoma City location; reduce OT by ~15%• Report monthly metrics of facility output, maintained within a 2% tolerance• Work with customer on issues, processes, daily activities• Develop/write work processes, update forms, upload to quality management system

Chef’s Requested Foods is a privately held meat manufacturing producer with Wal-Mart as the largest customer. Initially brought on board to manage and reduce costs in the warehouse. With improvements in workflow and warehouse layouts, overtime was reduced from 50% to zero. Inventory control and maintenance were secondary functions to production and shipping/receiving and therefore had little to no reporting and accountability. With continued success in developing systems and processes in the warehouse and maintenance, further cost reducing achievements were obtained as the plant manager. The main priority was to develop standards for production lines leading to reduced costs.• Manage a plant of 150-200 employees with three salary managers• Member of long term strategic planning team; define long term goals and culture of company• Co-developed traceability procedures and plan • Increased efficiencies of production; various lines up to 22% from baseline measures• Realigned supervisor responsibilities resulting in less overhead• Instrumental in ERP search; defined requirements and needs for company objectives on $300,000 upgrade of company software• Assisted in development of metrics; production, shipping/receiving, and maintenance Maintenance Manager (11/04-9/05)• Decreased yearly maintenance cost, defined inventory of spare parts, initiated and formed preventative maintenance plan, reorganized entire department from parts to personnel Warehouse and Inventory Manager (11/03-10/05)• Improved layout for efficient space utilization, decreased overtime cost, improved inventory tracking• Improved inventory tracking with current ERP system, decreased paperwork tracking and utilized software for more accurate material flow capabilities, ultimately reduced waste • Instituted layouts and storage requirements for raw material, in-process and finished product locations; permitted proper tracking and FIFO procedures