Robert Alston Email & Phone Number

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Organize and manage the implementation of product changes in production systems to ensure the established guidelines and processes are adhered to for manufacturing at the Mack Macungie Plant and Volvo New River Plant for Function groups 5000/7000 that includes Frames (Chassis), damping, wheels, tires, and springs, brakes, and air control. Core Responsibilities:Within the Global Product Preparation network, and in accordance with the Global Development Process (GDP), perform product preparations and time setting of Design Change Notes (DCN’s) on product changes, and the treating of Sprint CNs.Involvement with Start Cost Projects, Product Modification Requests (PMR), TAGS, and Quality related product changesUpdate and/or approve the input to various administrative systems in order to manage product change introductions relative to established QDCF standards.Establish and follow-up targets on an on-going basis. Based upon the GDP, find new and improved methods of working (processes/routines development) within the Product Preparation Administration Group.Critique data from multiple systems, evaluate for consistencies and compatibilities, recognize conflicts in the data, inform data owners of discrepancies and suggest alternative means of conflict resolution.Analyze inputs from various disciplines relative to forecasts, production schedules and project requirements. Create part estimated usages for tooling, part quotation, and procurement.Process SPRINT data to ensure CN time setting is correctly introduced in a fashion that will not have a blocking, TBF (To Before From), or out of sequence CN. Discuss with DIS handler for resolution, which may include moving the DIS established time set date.Link BSL’s and treat CN’s to provide the truck plant with a SPRINT material structure for the release of parts for assembly.Participate in SPRINT and DIS Global Users Groups.

I took two continued education classes. I took Vista and PowerPoint 2007.

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Specialist, Greensboro, NCWorked with external companies and customers to implement EDI according to Volvo Documented specifications. • Accurately performed thorough testing of data conformity and validation against customer specifications.• Successfully implemented suppliers for 810s-Invoices, 856s- Advance Ship Notices, 830s-Material Releases for both Traditional and Web EDI. Collaborated with European Suppliers to ensure compliance with Edifact and Odette Standards. • Updated different parameters in Volvo’s EDI Systems, currently AMTrix, and set up communication via VAN and tests communication by receiving or sending EDI files. Also provided the same functions to support CAD drawings. • Accurately reset passwords for suppliers using the Webedi Supplier’s Portal and EDI Helpdesk

Modified table structures for MIRROR application via adding columns and deleting columns, used Query Analyzer with Transact SQL for queries against table for reporting, created reports formats, imported and exported data to Excel and Access Databases, examined procedures, processes, policies to ensure if they were compliant. Data Security Liaison - set up new hires and terminated hires with access to various applications permitted by their manager. Performed two hours of Customer Listening for Quality Assurance in the Call Center.

Contracted through CompuStaff Technologies, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC Installed Passport, an advance point-of-sale system, on Windows NT platform on workstations for different brands (Exxon, Shell, Mobil, and others) , executed test scripts, recorded and re-evaluated defects in ClearQuest, reported test metrics, and recorded abnormalities of equipment behavior.

Provided quality consulting services for key clients to resolve system issues as identified below. Consultant, AT&T – IWS (Integrated Work Solution (2000 – 2001)• Performed system analysis on IPP (Information Provisioning Platform), AT&T’s Human Resources data warehouse that is the source of employee and non-payroll worker demographic data and reference data for internal AT&T systems and external vendors who administer AT&T plans. • Wrote and updated test cases, tested design specifications for existing inbound and outbound feeds, and performed test metrics reporting at the end of each release. • Wrote new test cases for the WEBEDCR application (Electronic Data Change Request), which is a process used to track employee requests for the addition of new hires and rehires into the company and tracks changes to current employees of relevant job, employment and personal data.QA Analyst, Actuarial Sciences Association, Inc. (2000 – 2000)• Performed system analysis on P2K – Pension 2000 is a benefits system that calculates all benefits for AT&T and Lucent employees. • Wrote or enhanced test cases in TestDirector 6.0 to test various functionality of the P2k system via maintenance requests.

Performed System analysis on the Automatic Clearinghouse Application (ACH) where screens were done in Visual Basic 5.0. Automated test scripts using SQA Robot and validated data represented on the screens via SPUFI, QMF or Platinum Queries

Analyst for the Internal System Information System Quality Assurance group where quality assurances were performed various aspects of an accounts receivable system.

Programmer for the Guilford County Data Center which provides online computer services and information processing activities for Guilford County, Guilford Technical Community College, and other County Agencies for the Mainframe.

Field Engineer, Seaford, DE (1993-1993)Advanced Process Control for Fiber’s business on the Real Time Release Project, Release and Dispositioning.Staff Analyst, Wilmington, DE (1991-1992)Performed enhancements and implementations to a Multi-Department Order Entry System supporting DuPont Agricultural Products business.

Certificates, Emotional Intelligence, Deal With Difficult People, Leadership Skills, And Project Management, Credits

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - Materials And Composites

Activities and Societies: noneMy management from DuPont at the Seaford plant sent me to matriculate through this program under the GEM.

M.E. Masters Of Engineering, Systems/Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: I worked part-time at a retail store, Miller and Rhodes.

Bs Mathematics, Mathematics And Business

Activities and Societies: I worked 20 hours a week and stayed balanced. Atlanta University Center Engineering ClubMorehouse College Honor.

Education record

Diploma, Science And Business