John Shelton
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