Engineering Development

Joseph D. Gray

PO Box **

Summit Hill, PA *****

Phone 484-***-****

Fax 570-***-****

E-Mail: ****************@*****.***

Website: www.jdgray-associates.com

OBJECTIVE:

Contract Industrial Engineering Consultant specializing in parts materials

handling, direct labor control systems and product automation.

SUMMARY:

. Systems installed in warehouse, fabrication, assembly and work-in-

process.

. Product knowledge in sheet metal, plastic, wood, aluminum, thermo-

electric, electrical, mechanical and electro-mechanical

. Business acumen in marketing, industrial engineering and operations

management.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE:

JD GRAY ASSOCIATES, Summit Hill, PA (1977 to Present)

Contract Industrial Engineering Consultant

Clients

Burroughs Harowe Motors ConcurrentComp Voltronics National

uter Fiberstock

Warner General TE Technology Lumex Singer

Electric Electric

Interdynamics Isolette Tellurex Milton Ross Westinghouse

US Steel Child Master International Port- A - Crib Maquila Twin

TE Stroller

Union Switch H & H Smith Hydro-Temp Clay Adams Allegheny Ludlum

Automatic Perkin Elmer Newport News Ballantine ECR International

Switch Ship Labs

Hecon Strolee Dorma NAP Lighting Interline DC

Melcor Cadillac Mexicali Van Dyk Wegmans DC

Rubber Stroller Research

Audio Systems Spraque Graco Ohaus Scale Pepsi DC

Devices

Syntrex Xerox Chariot Brown Boveri Anniston Army

Depot

Circle F General Motors Magnavox Heinemann Heatcraft

Industries Electric Refrigeration

Most Recent Manufacturing Installations

Allegheny Ludlum Corporation - Provided the industrial engineering design

of a variable gain sharing incentive plan affecting ninety-four direct and

indirect plant wide hourly factory workers in a coiled steel processing

facility. Development of primary measurement alternatives. Development of

weighted comparison criteria. Assist in selection of primary measurement

alternative. Assist in scope of primary measurement alternative. Assist

in frequency of primary measurement alternative. Development of secondary

measurement alternatives. Assist in selection of secondary measurement

alternatives. Assist in scope and frequency assignment of secondary

measurement alternatives. Assist in assignment of primary and secondary

relative weight to one another. Development of performance pay charts

using Excel spread sheets based on historical indices. Written variable

gain sharing incentive plan procedure. Liaison with payroll and data

processing personnel. Assist with implementation of variable gain sharing

incentive plan.

ECR International - Performed return-on-investment analysis for six

divisions of major HVAC Corporation

to determine consolidation feasibility. Industrial Engineering activity

included time study, conceptual layout, conceptual equipment specification

and costing, cost versus savings and report. Detailed implementation

activity including snap back time study, line balancing, workstation /

departmental Word drawing layouts and precision indexing rotary table

equipment specification for two of the above six divisions. Direct labor

savings of 50%.

Heatcraft Refrigeration Corporation - Assist in the transformation of a

progressive gravity roller assembly conveyor for commercial air conditioner

products to a paced assembly system utilizing two (approximately) fifty

feet long by three feet wide indexing linear slider bed conveyors with

preset dwell time PLC control panels, pause buttons and traverse warning

lights. Industrial Engineering activity included on-site time study of

eight families (different build sequences) on six fan sizes; equipment

specifications, forty-eight optimum and sixteen alternative line balances;

work station layout, part bills of material, parts containerization, visual

aids, task instructions and tooling; on-site crew training and system

implementation. Direct labor savings of 30%.

Distribution Center Installations

Wegmans - Industrial Engineered Standards in receiving - inspect and

verification, automatic storage and retrieval system - pre pallet storage,

automatic storage and retrieval system - pre stock pallet storage, stock

pick location with pallet, pick and pack frozen food package on shipping

pallet, shrink wrap pallet, shipping - load truck.

Interline - Work flow analysis in high and low volume pick areas, Optimum

method development for manual pick from flow rack and for fork truck pick

from pallet rack, Materials Handling on live storage and retrieval carousel

specifications, Robotic specifications for carousel tote removal, Manual

and automated layout alternatives, Cost justification for automated storage

and retrieval system.

Pepsi - Industrial Engineered Standards in pallet repair - pick case -

locate on pallet - place case on truck -

damaged cans sortation.

Newport News Naval Shipyard - Four Consolidated Building Alternatives, Part

and stock location identification for eight warehouse facilities, optimum

layout development.

JD Gray Associates Direct Labor Control Systems

Development of unit cost expectation, hourly accountability and shift

output requirement.

Optimization of workflow, personnel and thru put.

. Time Study, Standards and Methods enhancing productivity

. Layout resulting in capacity increases

. Short-Interval-Scheduling systems that corrected chronic shortages

. Labor Reporting, identifying operator performance

. Staffing Techniques that cross train personnel

. Just-In-Time Production reducing inventory

. Industrial Incentives to increase efficiency

JD Gray Associates Materials Handling

. Plant-wide, Departmental and Work Station. Materials Handling

conceptual design; equipment specification, system development and

implementation.

. Modernization ROI analysis for 50 Corporations

. Paced Assembly and Fabrication systems using Rotary, OH Monorail and

Slider Bed conveyor

. WIP systems with Transporter dual level conveyors and DGVS

. Stockroom Pick and Pack Systems incorporating live storage and

retrieval carousel

JD Gray Associates Product Automation

Conceptual work cell automation design, system

development and implementation of assembly

work cells, bulk storage and vibratory part

dissemination, sorting, counting and filling

components and robotics.

JD Gray Associates Operations Management

Worked closely with CEO's in developing plant

operations policy for job performance. Systems

coordination with newly developed management and direct

labor controls, materials handling

installation, employee works habits and morale.

JD Gray Associates Business Development

Advertisement design, journal selection, telephone

screening, on site presentations and job closing

for consulting services.

- Work Experience Background -

JM COOK ASSOCIATES, Washington Crossing, PA

Principal

Industrial Engineering and Materials Handling. Productivity consulting.

Paced assembly systems. Plant layout / work flow. Factory management

brain storming sessions.

HONEYWELL, Ft. Washington, PA.

General Foreman

Direct activity of four foremen. Oversee performance, TQM and attendance

of one hundred employees.

Responsible for one million dollars of work-in-process. Rotary paced

assembly conveyor coordinator in union shop between engineering, materials

control, QA and labor relations.

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, Raritan, NJ

Supervisor

Oversee performance, TQM and attendance of thirty employees. Responsible

for three hundred thousand dollars of work-in-process.

STANDARD PRESSED STEEL, Flemington, NJ

Industrial Engineer -Time Study Technician

Responsible for the setting of plant-wide, incentive standards. Developed

overhead monorail handling system whereby seventy- five operators within

the machine shop, paint, sub and final assembly areas were on a single

standard. Performed all classical industrial engineering functions.

EDUCATION: BS, Business Administration, Rider University in

Lawrenceville, NJ

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