John Shelton

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Brown Deer, WI *3223

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SUMMARY

Manufacturing Management Professional offering 20 years of successful

manufacturing experience specializing in operations, production control,

estimating, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) selection and

implementations. Solid business background with extensive knowledge of

manufacturing, cost, engineering, supply chain management, financial

reporting, EDI, and IT infrastructure planning and execution. Increased

asset/purchasing profits and operating efficiency through management and

cost-effective contracts and long term maintenance programs. Increased

efficiency of delivery schedule while reducing operating costs. I am able

to merge technologies and personnel into team-centered business units.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Business Management

1. Designed and implemented a financials based Cost of Quality Program in a

Toyota Production System environment.

2. Managed operations for exercise equipment manufacturing company.

Responsible for production, scheduling, purchasing, quality, shipping,

receiving and field service.

3. Directed $50,000 to $800,000 dollar projects for multi-divisional ERP

Software evaluation, implementations and upgrades. Deployed the systems

on time and within budget.

4. Successfully managed software contract negotiations for ERP, EDI,

Hardware and Payroll systems for multi-division implementations.

5. IT Manager and team leader for Corporate IT Vision Team. Responsible

for corporate IT standards, policies, procedures, infrastructure and

design and implementation of wide area and local area voice and data

systems.

6. Highly skilled project manager. Responsible for prioritizing, selecting

integrating and implementing systems to support critical business

processes.

7. Led a Supply Chain Process Improvement initiative that took two

truckloads of steel out of the system.

8. Accomplished estimator. Responsible for cost estimates and quotations

in high volume, automotive and near automotive stamping, machining and

cold forming environments.

Project-Process Management

9. Designed and implemented a financials based Cost of Quality Program.

10. Managed ERP selection projects using an analytic hierarchy process

(AHP).

11. Fully implemented a 65 user automotive supplier ERP system with EDI

communications involving every North American engine and assembly plant

in 9 months.

12. 3D Process Simulation Consulting

13. Managed a Business Process Task Force team responsible for business

process re-engineering, resulting in reduction of quotation backlog from

250 quotes with 7 process engineers to 15 quotes with 2 process

engineers.

14. Managed a three shift 350 employee work order bar code data collection

implementation.

Software Contract Negotiator

15. Negotiated Software contracts that resulted in 25% cost reductions

while allowing for company expansion without cost penalty.

EXPERIENCE

President

Picon, LLC, Brown Deer, Wisconsin 2003 - Present

16. Consultant, responsible for ERP Implementation consulting services.

17. Data Collection implementations

18. Help Desk Support for Manufacturing Systems

ERP Analyst

Super Steel Corp., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3/2007 - 4/2009

19. Responsible for ERP Selection Project

20. Financials based Cost of Quality Program in a Toyota Production System

environment.

Operations Manager

Woodway Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin 6/2006 - 11/2006

21. Responsible for production, scheduling, purchasing, quality, shipping,

receiving and field service.

22. Implemented Lot Serial tracking

President

Picon, LLC, Brown Deer, Wisconsin 2003 - 2006

23. Consultant, responsible for consulting services and software sales.

24. Provided complete automotive EDI integration testing for a Fortune 500

company to support their QAD MFG/PRO ERP implementation schedule.

25. Sales of Flexsim 3D process simulation software.

26. Provided ERP software selection support for Automotive Supplier with

FORD EDI requirements.

Manager of Information Technologies

Milwaukee Wire Products, Milwaukee, WI 1995 - 2003

Responsible for business systems and IT budgets at two divisions, three

facilities

Database administration, maintenance, integration, and performance.

29. Primary contract negotiator for multi-divisional ERP and payroll

software solutions. Contracts allowed for 100% growth without penalty.

Reduced long term maintenance by 10% per year.

30. Skilled at understanding how the business processes of every area fit

with the installed information technologies, defining gaps, selecting

and implementing cost effective solutions.

31. Maintained multi divisional QAD MFG/PRO ERP software on Progress

database with only 1 unplanned down day in three years.

32. Planned and executed a project to bring a new facility on line with

voice and data integration into wide area network on time and under

budget.

MIS Manager / Cost Estimator

Dana Corp, Victor Products Division, Milwaukee, WI 1987 - 1995

33. Responsible for Information Systems / Process Cost Estimator

responsible for Quotations

34. Managed ERP and Local area networks for Automotive Tier 1 supplier.

35. Implemented barcode data collection system integrated into ERP for

work order cost analysis and payroll.

36. Designed and implemented a expert system for quotations that reduced

quotation lead time by 80%.

37. Manufacturing process re-engineering/cost analysis, resulting over

$200,000 increased profits annually.

EDUCATION

Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee 1996

Associate, Management Development

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

38. Visual Paradigm - Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)

39. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

40. Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, HP Unix 10.0, 11.0, Apple

Macintosh 6.0, 7.0, Primos

41. Databases: MS SQL, Progress 8, 9, Filemaker Pro (Windows, Mac), Pick

(Prime Information), MS Access, dBase

42. Flexsim 3D Simulation Software

43. EDI Software: Trinary, EC Bridges, Supply Tech

44. ERP Software: QAD MFG/PRO, EMS, ASK ManMan, ROI Systems Manage 2000,

Pilot

45. Phone Systems: Lucent PBX

46. Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Visual Paradigm,

Eagle Barcode Data Collection, Optio Forms, Sophos Anti Virus Software,

Micrografx (Corel) Suite, PowerTerm

TRAINING

47. QAD. Process, GL, AR, AP, EDI, Cost Accounting, Repetitive, SFC

48. ASK ManMan. Process, GL, OMAR, AP, Cost Accounting, Repetitive

49. ROI Systems. MRP II software training

50. TCM - EMS all modules

51. Novell. Novell Administration

52. Lucent. Lucent PBX

CERTIFICATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS

53. CPIM - APICS, 1994-2009. Certified in Production and Inventory

Management

AFFILIATIONS

54. Business Partner - WorkWise, LLC.

55. Representitive - Flexsim Software Products Inc, 2003

56. Representative - Sophos Anti Virus

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