Kyle L. Email & Phone Number

Waukesha, Wi, Us

München, Bayern, De

>Hired as 2nd Shift Manufacturing Engineer for Skid Steer Line.>Promoted to Interim 1st Shift Manufacturing Engineer for Generator Lines.>Promoted to 1st Shift Manufacturing Engineer for Roller Lines. >Responsible for: *Implementing and overseeing ECNs/ Deviations, alongside Planners and Schedulers. *Keeping OMSs accurate and up to date, alongside Assembly Operators. *Brainstorming and completing Kaizen items, alongside Line Supervisors and Leads. *Pursuing continuous improvement projects, alongside Design Engineers. *Responding to all other immediate needs of the Roller Lines.>Accomplished, 1 month ahead of schedule, a Skid Steer Line Substation Optimization Project, which decreased operator NVAA time by an average of 53.4%, decreased substation cycle time by an average of 17.5%, and increased operator efficiency by an average of 8.9%.>Completed a Hose Assembly Training Modification Project, which improved the method by which operators were trained to attach and fasten hose connections during assembly. This decreased hose related rework by 72.4%, in the first month after all operators were re-trained.>Implemented 23 ECNs and 16 Deviations across multiple lines.>Initiated and managed 92 Kaizen Journal Items.

München, Bayern, De

>Completed a project which involved developing a standard process for the creation and physical implementation of shadow boards throughout the manufacturing facility. This decreased the average time taken to create a shadow board from 2-4 weeks to under 1 hour.>Completed a project which involved defining a process and designing a returnable shipping pallet which would be used to allow for the full-time operation of shipping finished Light Tower products from the manufacturing facility to the logistics facility and would save the company $120,000 annually.>Assisted with the launch of several different production lines dedicated to new company products.

>Created a new floor plan concept for the manufacturing facility to optimize product/material flow, presented it to the owners of the company, and supervised its implementation. This decreased the average order lead time by 41%.>Developed a new customer job quoting/pricing technique through the creation of an Excel spreadsheet that used details from similar jobs that have been done in the past, thus decreasing the average quote time from 1 business week to 1-2 business days.>Assisted with the continuous improvement of manufacturing processes through the performance and analysis of time/work studies. >Reported directly to the owners of the company and completed any minor tasks that they needed me to.>Worked with machine operators daily to solve any other problems that appeared on the plant floor.

>Constantly improved the way in which preventative maintenance was scheduled on their 119 vehicles. >Developed a system that allows the scheduling of maintenance to be more organized and efficient, which decreased the number of vehicles overdue for maintenance from an average of 5 vehicles per month to 0 vehicles per month.>Directed the transition from radio communication between dispatch and drivers to tablet communication, which decreased the average driver response time by 22%.>Oversaw the implementation of a vehicle tracking software called Telogis which tracks driver location and behavior as well as vehicle diagnostics and fuel level. This implementation allowed our dispatchers to guide our drivers more effectively.

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

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