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Davenport, Iowa, United States

Davenport, Iowa, United States

Greene, Ny, Us

- Increased efficiency of Assembly Lines from between 5-15%- Improved First Pass Yield by approximately 33-50%- Reduction of Quality Findings by approximately 35-100% on different Assembly Lines- Develop Teams through training and changing culture while identifying key players in order to create succession planning and structure throughout the Team.

Greene, Ny, Us

Toyota Production System

Muscatine, Ia, Us

Led activities in Assembly, Fabrication, Flow, Structure, Continuous Improvement and Change Management to achieve the following results:• Increased line capacity by 30-50% by rebalancing the line using Takt/Cycle and Yamazumi Charts.• Identified and helped address shortcomings of current system as well as loading and proofing the data conversion in preparation for flawless implementation of new ERP system.• RCCA investigation into BOM explosion problems resulting in a 95% reduction of color issues at Assembly.• 12 Weeks as Temporary Production Supervisor on 3rd shift led to increase production by 4-5 weeks/year for the shift by addressing manufacturing issues, creating a staffing plan and utilizing strengths of the team.• 30% Reduction in Unit damage by analyzing Packaging and implementing changes that aligned with ASTM spec.• Generated $325,000 cost savings through packaging transformation reduce damage and automation to reduce labor.• Overhauled Laser Projection System to improve accuracy and ease of quality inspection leading to a 200 unit/day increase in production.• Developed internal Defect Alert System to collect defects for investigation through use of automated workflows, reducing Plant scrap by $1.65/M units over two-month period.• Developed and implemented scorecard, based on FMEA template, to assess Change Management Risk by determining which changes should require production testing prior to implementation.

St. Petersburg, Us

Started by providing 2nd and 3rd shift engineering support shop wide through disposition of nonconforming materials, troubleshooting, and working with operators. Also took on responsibility of Packaging Engineer where I was responsible for reviewing contract requirements and converting them into Packaging Instructions for hourly workers. Requirements included Military Packaging in accordance with MIL-STD-2073 and MIL-STD-129, and Commercial Packaging in accordance with ASTM-D3951. In August I made the move to 1st shift where I also took responsibility for 25MM and 50Cal product lines in addition to Packaging duties. Took on various initiatives to reduce impact to overhead, such as inventory control, which reduced weekly material orders by approximately $5,000-$10,000/week. Prevented large upfront costs by including certain materials in the BOM of other materials. Evaluated current processes and requirements and reduced use of unnecessary materials. Reduced cost of a specific process by approximately $300,000 over five years. Proposed a new floor layout consistent with lean methodologies to reduce batch sizes, wasted movement, increase flow, and reduce work in process.Analyzed issues with product lines by using a combination of operator interaction and data collection to determine process/gaging problems and was able to determine that multiple issues existed. Was able to take raw labor data and determine the cause of high direct labor on a single process line. Various other data collection/analysis projects.Took part in various trainings including GD&T, CMM (PCDMIS), OMAX Water Jet, CNC Machining, DOD Military Preservation and Packaging. Worked to apply those trainings in day to day functions.

St. Petersburg, Us

Worked with operators and production control to achieve production goals, schedule work, create work assignments and cross train.

Reggio Emilia, Italy, It

Worked with Quality Engineers to document processes in anticipated line move. Participated in FMEA and root cause analysis meetings. Participated in Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training. Created dashboards in Microsoft Excel to monitor part issues.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Manufacturing Engineering Intern. Worked with Manufacturing Engineer to install vertical milling machines and outfit them with variable drives and coolant. Setting up new machining cell for production.