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Phone: 952-***-****

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Robert A Dewane

Experience

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Eagan, MN.

Operational Excellence Manager

Mentored newly trained lean leaders in kaizen

implementation that resulted in over $538K residual

savings in 2014 YTD

Provided direction and coaching at all levels of

the business to foster a lean culture

transformation

Supported national training, coaching, facilitation

and mentorship to over 250+ employees across CSM

plants

5/2012-6/2013 Select Comfort

Plymouth, MN.

Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt

$3.25M sales capacity increase through lean

activities at the Salt Lake City and South Carolina

facilities

Improved efficiency by ~30% on Performance and

Innovation series bed lines resulting in $350K/year

savings

7/2006-4/2012 Menasha Corporation

Lakeville, MN.

Regional Lean Six-Sigma Manager/Quality Manager

Over $7 Million in direct savings achieved through

the facilitation of lean events and projects

Eliminated warehouses in Muscatine, IA and

Evansville, KY through the implementation of pull

systems resulting in over $500k annual savings

Achieved ~45% reduction in setup times on

production machines in St. Cloud, Brooklyn Park,

Lakeville and Muscatine, IA plants

Assisted in the formulation of the company-wide

lean training curriculum as well as served as a

main instructor for the "Lean Wave" training

provided to employees, customers and vendors.

Company "Presidents award" for lean activities with

customers resulting in growth in sales and internal

savings (6/2009).

Managed lean implementation plan and lean program

at four plants along with other key lean

initiatives nation wide.

10/2005-7/2006 H&B Elevator

Minneapolis, MN.

Lean Manufacturing Manager

Implemented savings resulting in $465,000 through

lean events.

Brought custom entrance cell to a true one-piece

flow line resulting in a 66% reduction in WIP and

25% reduction in floor space.

3/1/2005-9/1/2005 Intek Plastics

Hastings, MN.

Continuous Improvement Engineer

Implemented lean improvements resulting in over

$90,000 in yearly residual savings.

Trained floor employees in tools of lean through

facilitating Kaizen events and classroom trainings

to promote a "lean enterprise".

Created lean metric communication boards at the

cell and plant level to track lean progress.

11/2004-2/1/2005 Dayton Rogers Manufacturing

Inc. Blaine, MN.

Lean Manufacturing Director/ Manufacturing

Supervisor

91% reduction in process time resulting in a

residual savings/increased capacity of $260/day or

$1300/wk in shipping cell.

Achieved a 40% in manpower with a 25% increase in

production capacity on the Nissan Panel production

line with the elimination of $28K in WIP and a

floor space reduction of 52% while reducing

lead-time from 5 days down to 27 minutes.

6/1998-5/2002 Pratt & Whitney Dallas, TX

Continuous Improvement Manager/Thermal Process Cell

Manager

Product turn-time reduced from 7 days to 2 days.

Cost savings in Thermal Process Dept. of $142,000

in 2001-2002.

Cost savings of $220,000 in Braze Dept. in 2003

Reduced set-up times by 79%.

Implemented "One-piece Flow" in all applicable

Cells.

Coached floor employees in lean manufacturing tools

such as standard work, 6S, Kaizen, One-piece Flow,

Set-up Reduction and TPM.

Brought four production cells from qualifying

status to silver level under Pratt & Whitney "ACE"

program.

Skills and

Training

Lean Masters Certification-Minnesota Manufactures

Alliance

Six-Sigma Black Belt training-Milwaukee School of

Engineering

400+ hours Kaizen training with Japanese Shinjitsu

Sensei's from the original Toyota Production System

(Japan).

1200 hours train-the-trainer training in set-up

reduction, SPC, standard work, one-piece flow,

policy deployment, value stream mapping, TPM, QCPC,

kaizen, 5S, mistake proofing and process

certification.

Fluent in Spanish (Read/Write).

16 years experience as a lean principles instructor

and facilitator.

10 years experience as a public speaker/motivator.

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point

and Outlook.

Change Agent.

Professional References:

Rafael Sanchez, Director of Operation Excellence at CSM Baking-

Atlanta, GA

678-***-**** (2 years)

Ted Kadrlik, Plant Manager at CSM Baking-Eagan, MN

612-***-**** (2 years)

Bill Kime, VP of Quality and CI at Menasha Corp-Neenah, WI

920-***-**** (8 years)

Leroy Benson, Plant Manager at Menasha Packaging-Brooklyn Park, MN

612-***-**** (8 years)

Brad Lyons, Sr. Consultant at Kaizen Institute Consulting Group,

Atlanta, GA

770-***-**** (8 years)

Art Sneen, Director of Manufactures Alliance of Minnesota-Maple Grove,

MN

8239. (10 years)

Royce Alexander, Continuous Improvement Director at Pratt & Whitney-

Dallas, TX

972-***-**** (16 years)

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