My firm enables clients in metals and manufacturing industries to achieve improvements in product quality, supply chain performance, measurement discipline, and profitability.Some of our recent success stories include:Quality: • Designed and implemented quality auditing processes of a tier-one’s steel suppliers, resulting in improved quality of incoming material• Developed and implemented quality processes of a tier-one automotive supplier to assure that incoming aluminum sheet met key quality requirements for a product launch, leading to reduced defect occurrence, improved press up-time, and reliable on-time deliveries.Supply chain performance• Developed metal purchasing strategy and negotiated long term contracts for an automotive tier-one supplier, resulting in material cost reduction and stabilization• Optimized recycling strategies and selected scrap dealers to achieve maximum value for manufacturing offal, leading to increased revenue for over 40 recycled commoditiesMeasurement discipline • Installed a mechanical testing laboratory for a metal producer, resulting in elimination of outside testing costs, improved turn-around of testing, and increased value to customers• Trained staff of testing laboratories and led processes to conform to ISO 17025:2017 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) and achieve formal accreditation, leading to enhanced customer valueAdditional Roles• Lead assessor - American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) • Project Manager for USCAR (United States Council for Automotive Research)Specialties: Quality management / quality auditing / supply chain / product testing / data management / metals / metallurgy / steel / materials engineering / cost reduction / purchasing / contract negotiations /program management