Chad Latham **** Rolling River Rd. Phone: 423-***-****

Harrison, TN 37341 E-Mail: ab5dgk@r.postjobfree.com

Education

****, *** *****, ***** **** Training, Mueller Company in house training

****, *ean Certification Program, University of Tennessee, Center for Industrial Services

1997, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama

1991, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama

Experience

Mueller Company, Lean Practitioner / I.E. Supervisor 2008–Present Chattanooga, TN

Lead value stream mapping / transformation planning sessions for multiple value streams.

Developed a “Plan For Every Part”, for primary manufactured items and high volume purchased parts. Improved inventory

control and contributed to an improvement of on-time shipping from 90% to 95%.

Implemented Kanban system on over 200 manufactured items and over 140 purchased items.

Facilitated SMED Kaizen event on CNC machine reducing changeover time by 62%.

Lead Standard Work Kaizen events improving productivity 10%.

Trained supervisor on Leader Standard Work.

Lean improvements led to a 26% inventory reduction while improving on-time delivery from 93% to 95%.

Reduced manufacturing leadtime 36%.

Mueller Company, Industrial Engineering Supervisor 2007–2008 Chattanooga, TN

Initiated management level training of lean manufacturing and began training and implementation of workplace organization

tools (5S) for hourly employees and supervisors.

Tracked plant wide budgeted cost reduction projects.

Used process mapping to streamline the collection, storage, and retrieval of shipping documentation. Developed new

procedure and contracted with outside vendor to develop and install electronic document imaging, storage, and retrieval

system.

Mueller Company, Standards Engineer 2000–2006 Chattanooga, TN

Developed a plant capacity analysis program that uses sales rate and historical sales percentages to assist in determining

manpower levels and determining when additional equipment may be needed.

Estimated cost of new products and assisted in make/buy decision process.

Evaluated cost reduction projects and helped prioritize and implement.

Taught Industrial Engineering fundamentals class to managers, supervisors, and union representatives. Included methods

and productivity improvement, time study, product costing, and how they all work together to meet company objectives.

Coordinated methods analysis and time studies in the casting cleaning room that resulted in $120,000 per year savings.

Coordinated the development and implementation of a shipping warehouse layout and order picking system that reduced

shipping errors about 70%.

Analyzed the flow of material throughout the manufacturing process. Identified excessive fork truck movements and replaced

with more efficient transportation using a tugger and multiple carts.

Mueller Company, Industrial Engineer / Sr. Industrial Engineer 1995–2000 Chattanooga, TN

Designed and performed experiments and statistical analysis of the lost foam casting process during the startup of the lost

foam foundry.

Represented Chattanooga plant in developing, training, and implementing the Engineering, Production, and Inventory Control

modules of J.D. Edwards software.

Wrangler, Industrial Engineer 1993 – 1995 Oneonta, AL

Developed methods and layouts and performed time studies in a cut, sew, launder, and pack jean facility

Computer Experience

PC: Microsoft Office Professional (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Publisher), Visio, Minitab, Autocad, Adobe

Premiere Elements (video editing)

Mainframe: IBM AS400 running JDEdwards software.

Other Interests

Audio/Visual Committee Chairman for a church with 1,200 in attendance.

Technical Director and Lighting Designer/Programmer for numerous musical productions

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