Machine 4 Africa ltd buys, sells and rents used packaging equipment worldwide to manufacturing and contract packaging companies. We provide asset management services and work with investment recovery departments to maximize the return on idle surplus packaging equipment.We provide safe, low risk, cost effective solutions to your production needs from our team of application engineers.Here is what we offer at M4A Packaging Equipment:♦ Appraisals of Equipment♦ Asset Management♦ Used Packaging Equipment - Buy and/or Sell♦ Equipment Cycling♦ Retooling and Set Up♦ Consignment of Used Equipment♦ Buy Surplus Equipment♦ Rent Used MachineryFor companies that have idle machinery available on a regular basis, we have set up asset management services and ongoing programs.Machine Types That We Specialize In: Cartoners ♦ Wrappers ♦ Beverage Equipment ♦ Vial Fillers ♦ Blisterpack ♦ Form & Fill Machines ♦ Solid Dose Packaging ♦ Complete Lines ♦ Shrink Equipment ♦ Labelers ♦ Palletizers ♦ Checkweighers ♦ Aseptic Packaging ♦ Tablet CountersFor a comprehensive list of used packaging equipment that we buy & sell visit:http://www.machine4africa.comCall me anytime at 254716228861 or email me at mugo@machine4africa.com to discuss any of your equipment needs or surplus equipment that you may have available for sale.

• Responsible for Process Diagnostics division• Provide technically sound and safe solutions to customers specified for upstream and downstream in Bottling industry, with a focus on brewing• Provide Technical and Commercial support to the local teams in different regions.• Identify new opportunities in process trouble-shooting with the Bottlers.• Maintain updated customer database and provide technical support for worldwide assets, as and when required

ROLE: Production Supervisor of 2 production lines producing electrical cables. Hourly Output per line = 125 rolls/hour. I was responsible for maintaining production, scheduling, and implementation of safety standards. Number of Employees = 46 production staff employees & 2 Support Staff.CHALLENGE: Improve productivity of poor performing team on 2nd Shift.RESULTS:• This was achieved by building and mentoring teams on the production line, setting daily expectations, reviewing the results on a daily basis with all process owners (line workers, maintenance staff and Manufacturing engineers.• Constant review of employee production performance. Foster positive development by meriting outstanding efforts and dispensing disciplinary action when necessary.• Improved productivity from 58% to 65% (Goal=67%) in 5 months

ROLE: Promoted to production Supervisor of 3 high volume production lines of PCB control boards. Hourly Output per line = 4000battery/hour, Number of employees = 99 production staff & 3 support staff.CHALLENGE: Adapt to sudden schedule changes by increasing product flexibility across lines CDEFG) to achieve 100% on-time Delivery to Customer and participate in Kaizen projects.RESULTS:• Reduced the number of customer shipment misses by 50% from 2006 to 2007 to achieve on time delivery score of 98.9% by working closely with Customer Service and Scheduling in daily production meetings.• Monitor absenteeism and find creative ways to reduce its effect on production (workload leveling, creation of pull vs. push flow systems, cross training matrix to ensure availability of trained operators in key operations)KAIZEN EVENT EXPERIENCE (2006)VISION: To improve the labor efficiency, scheduling flexibility, and product flow on the sleeving Production Line driven by reduced Customer requirements.ROLE: Event LeaderRESULTS: Changed line layout from In-Line flow to “U-Shape” Cell based flow. This resulted in the following;• 28% reduction of floor space• 55 % reduction of direct labor hours ($81,182 savings) per year. By reducing Work-in Process (WIP) and implementing sequential changeovers, the time take to change from product to product was reduced by 30% to 4:30 minutes.Improved product non-conformance by;• Reduced missing/wrong packed components by 77% by changing the presentation of packing material at the final station• Instituting one piece flow between operations• Correlating test data to actual build issues.

ROLE: Kaizen Supervisor / Manufacturing Engineer of 3 mid volume, high-cost, highly variable production lines. Hourly Output = 200 units/hour, 75 line employees and 3 support staffCHALLENGE: Perform the dual role of sole Production Supervisor and Manufacturing Engineer on Third Shift for the one year. Support new product implementation and participate in kaizen projects. Ensure timely completion of Total Preventative Maintenance (TPM) projects on the off shift.RESULTS:• 0 recordable safety incidents from 2005-2006. Achieved by moving ownership of Safety program (daily reporting and audits) to production personnel.• Increase of Takt Production from 84% to 93% by focusing on immediate constraint removal, removal of waste.• Improvement of First Pass Yield from 67% to 95% by tracking inspection results, identifying which process/products had the majority of failures, then applying RRCA (relentless root cause analysis) to determine root cause.• Trained team members to respond rapidly to identify non-conforming product and minimize contamination.KAIZEN EVENT EXPERIENCE (2005)VISION: Establish accurate capacity of the Surface Mount (SMT) production facility to improve scheduling. Determine current state, use Kaizen bursts to develop future state and plan of implementation.ROLE: Team MemberRESULTS: Examined customer order history to create a demand profile. Mapped current state of production process to establish the following obstacles for optimum production:• Long changeovers, resolved by staging already set-up tables for large volume orders 15 % improvement.• Missing parts. Resolved by improved kanban inventory tracking and presentation.• Improved capacity by grouping parts into families that optimized line efficiency. 8% improvement.• Balanced workflow between line operators to improve labor utilization• Removal of excess WIP from lines (a large contributor to non-conforming material).

ROLE: To assist the Engineering team in the planning and launch of new systems as well implement a Work Instruction (Level 3) Document system for ISO certification..RESULTS: . This involves performing product testing, manufacturing capability studies, prototype testing and packaging requirements Duties included;• Material requirements planning• Assembly scheduling (Designed a detailed electronic assembly log using control plan and criteria to maintain quality standards during assembly).• Training and supervising four employees.• Established the production cell layout and designed production tooling and fixtures• Conducted DFM (Design for Manufacturing) and DFA (Design for Assembly) on assembly to prove assembly capabilities of the production cell.• Conducted assembly training to employees at the facility. Part of a two-person team to design and build a secure data system to maintain QS9000 level three documents for two manufacturing facilities.As part of a two-person team to design and build a secure data system to maintain QS9000 level three documents for two manufacturing facilities. This system is now the standard within Manufacturing facilities.• Level 3 documents consists of Work Instructions, Set-Up instructions, Tooling Changes. By collecting the data from the process owners, recognizing and establishing best practices, we able to standardize work to reduce process turn backs.

Troubleshoot and perform reactive mechanical repairs, replacements, andmodifications on high cost/high risk mechanical equipment located in the various zones in Nairobi plants.Install, services, repair, maintain and inventories (mechanical: Generators and Pumps).Company Automotive servicing and maintenance.Research and recommend replacement equipment.Refrigeration repair and planned maintenance