Robert Langenohl Email & Phone Number

Pewaukee & West Bend, WI

• Responsible for establishing a Supplier Quality system among all of the business units within the Engineered Solutions Segment in US and Mexico
• Quality liaison between the CentroMotion plants and the suppliers worldwide
• Suppliers materials vary from various metal products (ie: castings, forgings, fabrications, etc), plastics, Electronics and many others
• Responsible for reducing scrap, costs and lead-times from the suppliers
• Responsible for qualifying and problem solving issues at suppliers globally

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Responsible for qualifying and monitoring suppliers of materials and components which are used in both Lead Acid and Li-Ion batteries and systems, as well as test labs and indirect materials suppliers
• Suppliers located throughout North America, Europe and Asia (required travel to majority of these suppliers)
• Material types include, plastics, aluminum, steel weldments, all chemicals used in both Lead Acid and Li-Ion batteries, foils, fasteners, etc
• Developed numerous suppliers who had little to no automotive knowledge, to complete their first PPAP’s and problem solve and give them knowledge to become self-sufficient
• Coached chemical supplier in helping them achieve their ISO registration for the first time · Lead problem solving projects and through 8D processes which include Kepner-Trego (KT), Fishbone diagrams, etc root cause.
• Experience in running CMM and other quality tools for inspection of mechanical products

Butler, WI

• Develop tooling, fixturing, sand patterns, prototype part designs, etc.
• Perform inspections using computerized Cimcore / Romer (Portable CMM machine) In-house and at customer sites
• Reverse engineer molds or parts by combining use of Romer machine with NX-Unigraphics CAD. Customers needed to replace old, existing tooling or parts that no longer had design documentation to rebuild. This method.
• Conducted internal ISO audits. Uncovered and corrected various issues prior to Surveillance Audits, thus always maintaining certification. Coordinated ISO program to make sure internal and external findings were.

Greater Milwaukee Area & Chicago Area

• Lead Engineer for internal and external customers, machine shops, NDT sources, etc.
• Created detailed work instructions and trained personnel in both Milwaukee and Chicago facilities on those instructions
• Redesigned processes to reduce scrap from as much as 70% to less than 5%
• Brought ability of 3D modeling using SolidWorks to present casting design ideas to customers and gating designs for Tool Makers to use for tooling paths
• Brought the ability to conduct a PPAP (Pre-Production Part Approval Process) to the business and trained others to continue the process. This allowed the company for the first time to be granted automotive related.
• Integral part of company receiving ISO certification

Waukesha

• Chaired weekly quality meetings to all management. Developed a program to improve quality issues in a timelier manner. Used Six Sigma tools such as the “5 Why’s” to determine the true Root Cause of problems
• Implemented new and better ways of collecting quality data and reporting the results to personnel in order to reduce scrap and costs. These new methods provided better information and closer to real-time, which in-turn.
• Regular use of SPC data to track quality trends of internal and external processes
• Integral part of the ISO 9000 maintenance program

Watertown, WI

• Engineering contact for internal personnel, customers, machine shops, NDT sources, etc. Process serviced commercial, military and aerospace industries. Covered individual projects from quoting, to prototyping then.
• Lead problem solving projects either for cost saving reasons (resulting savings of approximately 20% to 40%), or simply resolve quality issues to retain the business
• Became involved with Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing techniques and practices. Was the engineering contact for a successful black-belt project run by a GE quality engineer
• Created detailed work instructions with graphics for shop floor use and trained the appropriate personnel for implementation of new instructions
• Integral part of receiving ISO 9000 certification

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Became involved with PPAP (including FMEA’s and Control Plans) process by being the person to author a PPAP, and get it approved
• Regular use of SPC data to track quality trends of internal and external processes
• Engineering contact for internal personnel, customers, machine shops, NDT sources, etc. Was an integral part of the engineering team during a period were the company grew from $15 million to over $60 million in gross.
• Developed processes to include casting, machining, plating, painting, heat-treating, NDT, etc.
• Used SurfCAM 3D modeling and Finite Solution software to run computer simulations for casting setups
• Lead many prototype projects, which evolved into production projects

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Bachelor Of Science Degree, Quality Assurance And Productivity Management

Courses, Business