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Chicago, Il, Us

Southfield , Michigan, Us

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

• Facilitated process flows, cell layout, manpower planning, material flow and best practices for new and existing processes.• Optimized current machine layouts and process flows to regain 18% of available floor space for future machine landings.• Leveled workload across production line to remove bottlenecks and excess capacity, and improve assembly operator cycle times resulting in an overall 15% product line efficiency gain.• Restructured designated team leads and machine designation to best align with production process flow while maintaining current heads as new machine programs launched.• Developed WIP marketplace for subassembly processes to enforce FIFO principles, increase material staging, and decrease material tote touches by 50%.• Designed and built material flow racks for easy and ergonomic component picking and placing.• Stayed updated with the latest advancements in industrial engineering, recommending new features, capabilities and improvements to our manufacturing engineering team.

Mundelein, Il, Us

• Refined process flow diagrams and ensured flow was effectively modified as department cells relocated to the new facility.• Drafted floor plan layouts to World – Class Manufacturing philosophies when restructuring cell boundaries, reorganizing workflow, and reinforcing pedestrian safety on the manufacturing floor.• Redefined facility and department SQDCM boards to encourage proactive behavior and align KPIs with Tier meetings.• Developed business case with in-house 3rd party quality inspection to optimize workstations, redefine job roles, and reduce heads by 67% while maintaining facility annual demand rates.• Served as a technical point of contact between facility division and Michigan Technical University (MTU) staff and students as they curated their technical design project for the facility.• Designed primary, secondary, and tertiary wayfinding signs to guide new employees and visitors throughout the facility while maintaining brand image.

Fort Mill, South Carolina, Us

• Created standardized work for multiple production work cells using Toyota Production System (TPS) tools that involved cycle times, design of work, and work balance tied to TAKT Time.• Applied one-piece flow within small batch production to optimize current oven operating scheduling and oven rack flow.• Developed material recycling process to relieve delivery dependency and contributed to an overall consumption decrease of 56% and an annual material savings of $639,000.

Fort Mill, South Carolina, Us

• Drove plant wide development and implementation of cell specific visual conditions for key defect tracking to reduce scrap and defects over time.• Developed and programmed communication tool that allows production operators to immediately escalate notice of defects to all necessary individuals and departments.• Conducted audits in correlation to ISO 19001:2015, including closing out audit findings, creating audit finding reports and helped determine proper corrective and preventative actions.

Downers Grove, Il, Us

• Implement risk management techniques such as PFMEA, Control Plans and Statistical Process Control to ensure continuous adequacy of producing acceptable product quality while meeting product cost goals.• Research and report corrective actions to control losses using 5-Why analysis and other problem solving techniques. • Focus on improving process capability of key manufacturing production processes, including machining and special material processes.• Co-ordinate and communicate with supporting departments within the facility to maximize production and efficiency of product manufacturing.

Neenah, Wi, Us

• Assisted with drafting warehouse layouts to effectively incorporate Vertical Storage Units (VSUs).• Successfully proposed and implemented a detailed rework process to properly polish contaminated copper plates so they may return back to the assembly line. • Assisted with the deployment and establishment of Production Floor Water Spiders through training presentations and official Work Instructions.• Supported the continuous implementation of standard bin labels for all floor stock part bins with unique QC codes that contain key item information to accurately guide reordering quantity, reordering point, and traceability.