Peter Liew Email & Phone Number

Auckland, Nz

Auckland, New Zealand

Production Management Process DevelopmentQuality AssuranceTeam LeadershipOperational Excellence

New Zealand

* Completed 9 property upgrade projects across New Zealand.* ROI >2000% immediate post renovation on deposit, and ongoing net cash flow positive > 11% p.a.* CAPEX management, strictly to budget and deadlines.* Managing multiple skilled trades contractors/teams to strict timelines.* Sourcing and negotiation. Quality control and inspections.

Auckland, New Zealand

- Drive compliance of all quality standards, ISO9001, IATF16949, ISO14001.- Completed countless CAPA problems using the 8D methodology.- PFMEA refinements, reducing quality risks and monitored via spider charts.- Standardised training to include assessments to ensure real effectiveness.- Championed Rakon's recognition and rewards programme based on the colours of six-sigma belts, as part of the quality transformation drive resulting in change in attitudes to quality and better management support to complete PDCA projects, boosting quality, saving money and time.

* Achieved 100% on time delivery within 4 months. Built the system to be “really slick” by upgrading to good systems across the board.* Instigated and applied a formal quality system across the supply chain from start to finish.* Developed an effective materials management and forecasting system.* BBQ ninja.

Auckland, New Zealand

* Successfully building up international business across USA, Australia, UK, Taiwan, Middle East and Mexico.* Optimised production operations with professional contract manufacturers, and reduced inventory from 6 months to 1 month via better forecasting models with international clients.* Developed an effective pricing model to hedge against FOREX changes.

Auckland, New Zealand

* Complete upgrade of prod ops with MRPii, ECO, DCO, CAPA, RMA, DCO, TQM.* Used FMEA method to improve product performance from 200 hours to 1200 hours (req. spec 800h), validated using Highly Accelerated Life Testing.* Applied SPC tools for product validation and continuous improvement, eliminating design defects and improving overseas supplier quality by 8x.

Auckland, New Zealand

* Improved yields from <80% to >99% with the “Drum Buffer Rope” method. The only production area manager who achieved this.* Upgraded my entire team as the elite production specialists, maximising throughput by >2x, eliminating wastes to the rejects “bone pile”, optimising set ups.* Upgraded PCBA assembly to lead-free soldering.* Self directed environmental championing: organised recycling of IPA and solder paste, reducing hazardous wastes.

Auckland, New Zealand

* Applied the “one piece flow” principle, reducing throughput cycle time from 45 seconds to 20 seconds.* Applied Taguchi statistical methods to correct a design error, thus eliminating >90% of xtal osc. start up errors.* Developed cable testing firmware using Microchip PIC 16LC54 in assembly language.* Develop in-circuit testing for manufacturing defects with HP3070 series II, bed of nails, vacuum fixtures.* Developed sophisticated functional tests using National Instruments LabVIEW, e.g. to detect and measure multiple DTMF telephony tones in the frequency domain. Automated serial numbering.