Ron Smith Email & Phone Number

St. Cloud, Minnesota Area

Hands on machining experience to include Mazak Palletech system, Horizontals, Verticals, Lathes, Surface Grinding, and Tool Grinding. Programming experience, lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, Cellular manufacturing practices, My 30 years of experience in various company functions from crib management to machining to supervision, affords me the knowledge to actively trouble shoot a situation and formulate a corrective action, whether that be tooling, machine, manpower, or method.

Cutting tool Purchasing and sharpening. Cutter selection and trouble shooting.

Responsible for managing production of precision work holding vises and accessories. Manage work assignment for 32 machinist, janitors and maintenance personnel. Had to coordinate work flow with production scheduling to insure work orders closed on time, and within budget, to meet our customer’s needs.