Robert Dewane Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Bloomington, MN

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Shakopee, MN

Creation and deployment of corporate lean leader program across multiple sites.Coaching and facilitation of annual lean deployment plans and Kaizen event support across multiple sites resulting in significant traceable savings to the bottom line

Eagan, Minnesota

Support lean leaders and initiatives in 12 plants within the U.S. with focused effort at the Eagan, MN plant resulting in ~$1.4M savings in the first year of deploymentNational training, coaching and facilitation support to 100+ lean leaders across the organizationCreated platform for KPI linkage and daily performance management from site level down to.

Lakeville, MN

$7 Million in direct savings by mentoring lean leaders and the facilitation of lean events/projects at various locations internally and externally nation-wide with vendors and customers~65% overall average reduction in changeover times across multiple machines/locations resulting in significant capacity increase and finished goods floor space reduction

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Product turn-time reduced from 7 days to 2 ½ days.
• Reduced set-up times by 79%.
• Implemented “One-piece Flow” in all applicable Cells.
• Coached floor employees in lean manufacturing tools such as standard work, 6S, Kaizen, One-piece Flow, Set-up Reduction and TPM.
• Brought four production cells from qualifying status to silver level under Pratt & Whitney “ACE” program.

Six Sigma Black Belt Training (Sigmax)

Lean Masters Certification

Lean

Worked as a lean leader under the mentorship of Oba San and Nino San (Original Japanese Shingijutsu Sensei's from TPS).

Ordination, Theology/Theological Studies