Project Manager Supply Chain

Chen Xie

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SUMMARY

Over five years of experience in data analysis, modeling, and project

implementation. Strengths include application of supply chain modeling,

mathematical methodology, Operations Research models and methods,

technology implementation and data analysis through programming.

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University, Industrial and System Engineering

March 2011

Master in Operations Research

Columbus, OH

The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business

Master of Business Logistics and Engineering December2009

Columbus, OH

Ocean University of China

Bachelor of Management, Logistics Management June 2008

Qingdao, China

WORK EXPERIENCE

The Ohio State University Medical Center, Management Engineering Department

Summer 2010

Job Titile: Student Intern in planning and business development

Columbus, OH

. In charge of data system management for Rardin Family Care Clinic.

Generated weekly real-time report out with the clinical staff on-time

performance. Fasten the patients flow control process within 50%

shorter time.

. Optimizing the JIT inventory level for hospital supplies at University

Hospital by providing Kanban system, seasonality forecast, and other

inventory control techniques. Made more than 40% of savings of the

total stock cost. Keeping on monitoring the inventory level for

University Hospital.

. Time studied the whole patients flow at JamesCare, Dublin clinic.

Developed the Access database for time study data and in charge of

data management. Conducted comprehensive data analysis with report out

of opportunity existed to reduce the flow cycle time. Suggested

improving scheduling and optimized flow map with potential 30-35%

reduced patients wait time.

T and J Industries, LLC/ Re:Consider.

Summer 2009

Job Title: Project Manager Intern

Columbus, OH

Provided the optimal location of the shipping center and optimized the

current supply chain network during the first phase of entering new market

within central Ohio.

. Dealing with the contracts of warehousing service during the second

business phase of expanding new markets at Chicago, Portland, San

Francisco, and Boulder.

. Designed the distribution network within central Ohio in an optimizing

way that the cost of transportation is minimum .

Jiangsu Uniwill International Logistics Co., Ltd.

Summer 2006/2007

Job Title: Logistics Analysis intern

Nanjing, China

. Provided information for customers, collected materials and responded

to customer inquiries. Shorten the order fill cycle by more than 20%

of the original time. Worked directly with customers to finalize

contracts, which resulted in a 30% increase in contracts.

. Served as a member of strategic planning team charged to revise firm's

marketing strategy.

. Devised and implemented a system to enable retrieval of five years of

customer records.

. Established filing system for company's high-value customers and built

a supporting data system. Reduced the errors identified within

customers' records by more than 50%.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Rapid Cycle Patient Flow Optimization Project

The OSU Medical Center, Columbus, OH June 2010-Sep 2010

. Observed and simulated with Excel the whole patients flow process in

Rardin Family Care clinic. Built up the implementation plan of rapid

cycle that can reduce the patients wait time more than 45%.

. Through comparing the actual data from IT group and simulation result,

found out the opportunities to improve the intervention of rapid cycle

plan.

. Developed Excel simulation to generate new wave scheduling for the

clinic. 25-30% more patients will be seen with new scheduling. The new

scheduling will be a pilot for Rardin clinic and later on applied

globally to all the other branches of medical center in order to

reduce the general patients wait-too-long problem.

Optimization of Patients Flow in JamesCare Clinic

The OSU Medical Center, Columbus, OH June 2010-Sep 2010

. Developed simulation model using ExtendSim of patients flow in

Chemotherapy and Medical Oncology department.

. Conducted time study and collected real data from observing all

clinical staff behavior and built up database using Access to store

and manage the data. Did data analysis to find out the opportunity to

reduce staff overload works and reassign to optimize the whole patient

flow.

5S supplies inventory control and layout optimization project The

OSU Medical Center, Columbus, OH June 2010-Sep 2010

. Rearrange the layout of certain clean room for supplies stock and made

it more convenient to be accessed and more efficient to manage.

. Reduced the inventory level by 30% using JIT system and seasonal

forecasting. Potential 40% reduction of inventory will be happening

after apply the Kanban system recommended. Saved more than 25% of the

total inventory holding cost.

Procter & Gamble Mixing Center Location Project

Columbus, OH March.2009-

June.2009

. Built the linear programming model to identify the solution for P&G

building up the mixing centers with the minimum total cost.

Provide the implementation strategy for P&G to build up the

mixing centers.

Tween brands Company Shipping Process Evaluation

Columbus, OH March.2009-June.2009

. Utilized Arena software to simulate the whole shipping process of

Tween Brands from international suppliers to DC in Ohio and secured

the specific numbers of trailers from the simulation model for company

to use in new shipping process.

. Analyzed the cost savings for company based on the simulation model,

which resulted in a cost savings of more than one million dollars per

year.

Whirlpool Company Logistics Metric Development

Columbus, OH January.2009-March.2009

. Developed a real time metric system to measure on time performance of

truck deliveries to and from the plant of Whirlpool.

. Managed MS Access based system with the database rooted in a central

server providing real time access to the daily movements' data and

metrics at each process steps. So significantly increased the accuracy

of measurements by 15% and reduced the delay time of performance

measurements for about 20%.

Lingang Economical Region International Logistics Park

Qingdao, China October. 2007-Dec. 2007

. Supported research on industry development and space layout at the

direction of the Transportation Institute of Shandong Province in

China. Focused on planning of the Logistics Park based on routine

optimizing, facility design, and process reorganization.

. Completed a chapter in a report analyzing the feasibility of

construction and development of the Linyi Lingang Economical Region

and International Logistics Park (Lingang, Linyi is the key

transportation hub in China's largest province.)

Rizhao (Kuishan) Logistics Base Construction

Qingdao, China September. 2006-Nov.

2006

. Authored the first chapter outlining the necessity and feasibility of

the development of the Rizhao logistics base,by analyzing and

comparing recent three years' data of whole city and urban area from

the government.

. Assisted teammates in researching and analyzing data based on various

math and computer tools (Rizhao is the most important

logistics base to be developed in China).

PUBLICATIONS

Reorganizing the Logistics System for Annto Logistics Company, cited in

Analyzing and Designing logistics Solutions published by China Supplies

Press, August, 2007

This report is the Second-Prize work in the National logistics designing

competition in China.

HONORS

. Ocean University Outstanding Graduate Honors

. National Scholarship for Excellence recipient for undergraduate

studies

. Ocean University Merit Scholarship recipient for 2006-2007, 2005-2006,

and 2004-2005

. Scholarship for Scientific Accomplishment Awards 2006-2007

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