Robert Whiting Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Time studies, continuous improvement.

Coeur d' Alene, ID

• Mentor, Molding Expert, Tool Designer, Machinist, Programmer, Technical Writer
• Orchestrated purchase, installation and vertical integrated a CNC machine shop. Its purchase reduced outsourced services by 87% with an average reduction in lead time of 67%. A total savings of more than $1.3 million.
• Designed quick turn compression molds, test and assembly fixtures that were instrumental in awarding over $42 million in new product over a 7 year period.
• Mentored manufacturing and process engineers, provided expedient technical support to all departments whenever required.
• Increased profits for all pad printed parts by 22%, decreased lead time for printing keysets by 80% and reduced printing expenses by 43%.
• Reduced setup time by 48% in the machine shop by designing quick change tooling.

Kent, WA

• Contributed compression molding expertise/tool design for Boeing 787 aircraft.
• Instrumental in creating a mold design standard, contacting vendors and tool acceptance of 30 molds in a 6-month span to support a multimillion-dollar contract.

Kirkland, WA

• Worked directly with Design Engineers to provide proof of design from concept to production by supplying manufacturability and material information. Airshow (Rockwell Collins) provided entertainment, cabin environment.
• Created digital multilingual assembly procedure sheets prior to introducing assemblies to production.
• Detailed Lean production layout and flow resulting in 30% less floor space and 53% time savings.
• Transitioned $25 million in production assemblies to Rockwell’s Mexicali, Mexico facility.

Redmond, WA

• Successfully orchestrated the transfer and integration of $30 million in assembly hardware, engineering designs, technical data, manufacturing plans and tooling for aircraft panel assemblies. The acquisition and.

Kalispell MT

• Implemented Demand Flow, reduced inventory by 30% eliminating $5million in dead inventory and increase overall production by 61%.

Marysville, WA

• Coordinated and managed an Advanced Quality Systems program and a compression molding line.
• Wrote Northwest Composite’s Advanced Quality Systems Manual and several training/safety manuals used to train 375 team members, including staff, on the principles of Statistical Process Control to meet Boeing's D1-9000.
• Designed workstations to harbor computers and protect computers in a high graphite environment.
• Managed 7 projects to 3 major aircraft companies and 10 press operators for a compression molding line.
• Reduced lead time of compression molded parts by 5 weeks.
• Improved quality and reduced scrap by 62%.

Seattle, WA

• Responsible for production documentation and tooling used in fabrication of switch and integrated panel assemblies. Processes under my auspice included injection molding, metal forming, photo-etch and light balancing.
• Designed several inexpensive tools, one such tool improved manufacturing processes and saved the company over $250K annually, or approximately $1.2 million over the contract life.