Joel Morrison
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Home 330-***-**** Cell 330-***-****
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LEAN SUPERVISOR OF PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING
Lean Supervisor, 16 years in production management experience
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Qualifications
1. Specialist in work and manpower planning and quality improvement
2. Experience in Lean Information control software usage and applications
3. Background in making work areas run efficient to produce a productive and safe work
environment with keeping employees moral positive and productive.
Professional Shift Supervisor 2011 Present
Masterbrand Cabinetry, Carlisle, PA
Experience
Supervisor over all Receiving, Shipping, and Assembly Depts.
1. Managing workforce crewing by filling positions working with Temp
agencies and thru company hiring process.
2. Monitoring inbound material for production needs.
3. Overseeing approx. 90 production workers.
4. Managing 4 lead Employees that are over Assembly, Receiving, and
Shipping depts. coaching them with day to day expectations with
Safety, Quality, Performance of the depts. to meet production
requirements.
5. Implementing Kanban pull system to improve fill times of daily pull
locations to eliminate out of stock material.
6. Started a weekly employee Safety involvement meeting to heighten
safety awareness within the workforce.
7. Identified critical to quality on the assembly line to insure a quality
finished product to be produced.
8. Implementing JSA’s for all job functions.
Major Projects/Achievements
9. Implemented a Kanban pull system to better identify needed material
for production needs which reduces out of stock locations creating a
faster replenish time.
10. Implemented recycling of plastic wrap, paper, and scrap wood to
reduce cost of waste removal.
11. Reduced scrap by coaching employees through implementing Quality
CTQ’s.
12. Improving employee communications by having monthly meetings
with the entire 2nd shift operation discussing Safety, Quality,
Productivity, and General information.
13. Creating JSA’s for all areas to reduce injuries and promote a safer
work environment.
Automotive Assy. Supervisor March 2010 July 2010
Contract Worker thru Aerotek Employment Services
General Motors Corp, Lordstown, Ohio
14. Supervised Chassis and Engine Assembly line daily operations.
15. Was involved in handling all day to day duties within the assembly
line. Resolving Assembly line issues, Maintaining daily production
goals, employee requests, ZTKS Timekeeper system.
Frontline Supervisor 1996 2010
Kraftmaid Cabinetry, Middlefield, Ohio
Frontline Supervisor in Sub Assembly/Staging Dept. (2004 to 2010)
Responsible for Building off line components and Staging of cabinet
components.
16. Staged approx. 10,000 pcs daily for assembly dept. on scheduled
times.
17. Built and packaged all offline products for customer orders.
18. Supervised 100 production workers.
Major Projects/Achievements
19. Involved in a Kaizen event implementing a J.I.T. pull system for
cabinet components going to lines which included a 35% decrease in
damaged product, 20% reduction in manpower to pull parts, 25%
decreased in line time downtime waiting on replacement parts.
20. Incorporated a Lincs production monitoring system within dept.
which increased employee involvement, labor productivity, quality,
safety and efficiency, and utilization within dept.
21. Promoting pollution prevention by minimizing the creation of waste;
reusing and recycling materials; and conserving natural resources.
22. Created standard work procedures and flexibility training matrix for
all production areas to increase employee flexibility in dept.
23. Performed many 5 S events to improve production flow reducing
required production floor space by 25%
Frontline Supervisor in Material delivery Dept. (2001 to 2004)
Responsible for delivery of production material to assembly lines.
24. Transported approx. 300 daily items for assembly dept. on scheduled
times.
25. Managed operations of Towmotors, Crowns, and Tugs.
26. Supervised 30 production workers.
Major Projects/Achievements
27. Setup a material delivery system J.I.T to reduced inventory at
assembly lines and improve housekeeping and reduce material
damage.
28. Setup a TPM/ Daily check sheet for all pieces of equipment used for
delivery to reduce line delivery downtime and repair cost.
29. Reduced P.I.V. accidents 40% by introducing safety awareness
program.
30. Standardized receiving, stocking, checking, and housekeeping
procedures.
Frontline Supervisor in Door Dept. (1996 to 2001)
Responsible for production of thermal foil doors.
1. Produced approx. 1200 doors daily for assembly dept.
2. Managed operations of 6 CNC Routers, Wemhoner press, and Giben
saw.
3. Supervised 50 production workers.
Major Projects/Achievements
31. Eliminated the need to have door inventory by producing a J.I.T.
process to produce doors on a daily cycle for assembly lines.
32. Redeveloped CNC routing process for producing Mullion doors
decreasing total time to make the product and increasing productivity.
33. Implemented a start of shift stretching program to reduce chances of
employee injuries.
34. Changed foil application to a cost saving foil that reduced total
material cost of making doors.
ASSEMBLY LABORER (1993 to 1996)
Performed all assembly functions.
Built cabinets, installed inner components, did all production functions on the
line. Accepted Supervisor position in 1996.
RECEIVING LABORER (1988 to 1993)
Responsible for receiving, storage, shipping, order entry.
1. Was a Tow motor Operator till 1993
1. Joined company as a sander in door production after 3 months went to
Receiving Dept.
Education Champion High School, Champion, Ohio 1986
1986
T.C.J.V.S, Agriculture Mechanics, Champion, Ohio
Professional Completed courses/seminars in Frontline leadership training, 30 Hour OSHA Occupational
Safety and Health, Employee involvement, Kaizen, and Effective Speaking skills, ISO 140001
Training
Awareness training.
Technical Microsoft Office
LINCS, Lean Information Control System
Kronos, Employee Timekeeping system
AS400 System
ZTKS Timekeeper System
SBClient System