Mike Melzig Email & Phone Number

Texarkana, Tx, Us

Texarkana, Texas, United States

Prescott Arkansas

Provides input into the design for new or modified systems, processes or technologies. Serves as technical lead, planning and organizing portions of projects. Uses latest tools to perform value-added modeling and engineering analyses or review of results. Formulates insights/conclusions and provides recommendations to others for further action.Participates in monitoring and evaluating the performance of existing systems, processes and technologies and recommends modifications and enhancements to improve quality and/or efficiency. Troubleshoots problems on existing systems, processes and technologies, including those escalated by more junior engineers. Documents performance specifications for new systems, processes and technologies, following established procedures.May assign tasks to and coordinate the activities of contractors, technicians, co-op students, and/or support staff.Project Management

West Plains, Mo

Responsible for the facility engineering activities by driving positive change through the application of the engineering fundamentals to all aspects of the business. Responsible for capital projects by creating the project scope, quotation requests, supplier negotiation, implementation and project financial records tracking. Created the capital budget plan for 2014 and supported the corporate capital budgeting process.• Implemented multiple cost saving projects to achieve over $200K annual savings.• Improved the utilization of in house resources to fabricate conveyors and other items to reduce capital expenditure costs while improving the quality of the equipment being built.• Support the Lean activities in West Plains through active participation in Kaizen events, such as 2P, VSM and other standard work improvements.

Olive Branch

Responsible for the facility transformation by driving positive change through the application of the Lean philosophy to all aspects of the business. Developed and implemented Lean training for all facility employees. Led all Kaizen events for the plant.• Utilized Visual Management, Work Standards and Value Stream Mapping tools to identify waste and eliminate it, while improving the plants key process indicators. • Training aligned with the organizational level so all employees understand their participation is crucial to the success of the business.• Applied work standards, quality control charts and auditing systems to all facility departments that support Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost goals.• Utilize Kanban tools to optimize manpower and level load production departments.• Utilize the 5 Whys Lean tool to drive root cause analysis and corrective action implementation to sustain and standardized the realized gains.

Supervise the reactive and preventative maintenance department for the world’s largest furniture manufacturing facility under 1 roof. Implemented Total Productive Maintenance for this facility. Responsible for over 300 pieces of manufacturing equipment in the 54 acre facility. Manage a staff of 4 supervisors and 17 maintenance technicians to provide 24 hour, 7 day week coverage.• Achieved an OEE of 97% in my first 6 months.• Implemented standardized parts on common machine and conveyor applications.• Utilize daily work order Pareto analysis from Maximo to address top 10 machine issues.• Reduced daily reactive machine work orders by 30% in first 9 months.• Implemented 5S tools in the maintenance shop.

Led the implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools for the facility and provided Mechanical Engineering support for the plant including FDA validated production lines. Provided lean training for operators and led Kaizen events. Supported new business proposals by providing production rates and labor information. Created new packaging as required for new products. ·Implemented Focus Family Packaging change to reduce changeover time for 18 lines that produce 2 million units per day.·Implemented a SMED event that reduced changeover from 8 hours to 90 minutes.·Implemented shipper weight reduction project to reduce shipping damage and re-designed packaging.Responsible for procuring new dies or in house manufacture of dies.·Supported Kanban implementation and small lot deliver of production line supplies.·Created die line drawings to standardize product packaging.·Provided capital equipment plans, budgets and managed implementations.

Evaluated and proposed new manufacturing technologies to support Lean Manufacturing. Trained production operators in use of 5S, value stream maps, standard work, single minute exchange of dies (SMED) and flow.·Saved $103,000 annually on a Green Belt Six Sigma project.·Increased throughput from 73 orders to 139 orders per shift with no increase in manpower by implementing a 3-week standard work Kaizen event in trauma packaging. ·Reduced the bone screw finishing area work in process from 40,000 pieces to 15,000 pieces resulting in an inventory cost reduction of $125,000 by leading a pull system 3-week Kaizen event.·Led 2 SMED Kaizen events that reduced change over time by 45%. ·Created the total productive maintenance Kaizen curriculum.·Taught Lean Kaizen principles for 5S, value stream maps, flow and standard work.

Implemented turnkey capital projects. Managed project scope creation, quotation requests, supplier negotiation, implementation and project financial records tracking. Led multiple metal fabrication projects: roll-forming equipment, servo feeders for the automatic press cell, die handling equipment, PLC control upgrades. ·Managed 15-20 capital projects per year that provided $1 - $2 million annual savings.·Increased assembly line throughput by 10% using pacing conveyors.·Reduced scrap by $50k per year by implementing improved coil lacing tables for the fin assembly area.·Led 1 week Kaizen SMED event for the automatic press cell that reduced set up time by an average of 30 minutes per changeover.