N. SCOTT MORTON

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abkwdx@r.postjobfree.com

Adrian, Michigan 49221

517-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A continuous improvement and team-oriented Manufacturing professional in

Union & Non-Union Plants. Extensive experience implementing lean

manufacturing and continuous improvement in high, low and single unit

automotive, aerospace and capital equipment production environments.

Trained at Motorola University for the Six Sigma Black Belt program. MBA

and a BS MET Degree.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration

Concentration: Operations Management University of

Toledo, Toledo, OH

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IMRA AMERICA, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2009-Current)

(A Manufacturer of High Speed Fiber Lasers for the Medical & Semiconductor

Industries)

Materials & Purchasing Manager

(Led a 7 person Materials, Purchasing & Receiving Inspection Team)

Responsible for the Production Materials Planning, Kitting,

International Import & Export administration, Change Management,

Receiving Inspection with $3M in average inventory.

Responsible for Domestic & International Purchasing, Receiving and

Shipping for Production, Engineering & Research.

Led the team to match Materials & Manufacturing to Engineering's BOM's

to establish inventory control.

Established Inventory & Manufacturing Kanbans for all production parts

& Assemblies.

Reduced BOM Cost by 15% in multiple product families by establishing

Inventory goals, right sizing purchased materials, existing supplier

cost reductions and developing new suppliers. Outsourced Electrical

Assemblies utilized IPC Class 3, ISO 13485 & FDA Standards

CADENCE INNOVATION, Hillsdale, Michigan (2007-2008)

(A leading TS16949 tier 1 manufacturer of plastic injection molded &

painted parts for GM, Ford & Chrysler)

Materials Manager

(Led a 5 person Materials Team & 6 person Non-Union Shipping Team)

Responsible for the scheduling, shipping, receiving of material,

inbound & outbound freight and material purchasing in the US & Canada,

for a $20M supplier with $1.1M in average inventory.

Implemented a Plan For Every Part (PFEP) which identified all inbound

& outbound material locations.

Led a Team to review and correct 75 Production & 300+ Service BOM's to

improve production reporting, material ordering and material storage

opportunities. This activity reduced inventory by $200K

TDS AUTOMOTIVE (Now Syncreon), Dundee, Michigan (2006-2007)

(TDS Provided Inbound, JIT Delivery, Kitting, Line Loading & Unloading and

Outbound 3PL Services for GEMA, Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance, Joint

Venture between Chrysler, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi Motors. GEMA is a World

Class 4 Cylinder Engine Manufacturing Facility modeled after the Toyota

Production System, TPS)

Operations Manager

(Led a 6 person Salary & 102 person-3 Crew UAW Material Handling Team at

the GEMA Plant)

. Responsible for the $4M P&L for the internal 3PL operation and

administration of the cost-plus customer contract for the production

of 500,000 2.4, 2.0 & 1.8L Engines by GEMA annually.

. Responsible for all TDS/GEMA SQDCM metrics including safety, quality,

delivery, financial and moral. Establish Safety as the #1 priority in

the plant and quality of our work as #2.

. Established standard work instructions for all TDS Vehicle & Machine

Load/Unload & Delivery jobs.

. Through the TDS suggestion system, PDCA, PFEP improvements and other

Continuous Improvement efforts reduced work force requirements by six

people while maintaining Safety, Quality & Delivery.

TRW AUTOMOTIVE, NORTH AMERICAN BRAKING & SUSPENSION, Jackson, Michigan

(2003-2006)

(A TS16949 & ISO14000 tier 1 & 2 Manufacturer of Machined & Assembled

Calipers & Parking Brake Adapters for Chrysler, Ford, GM, American Axle &

Dana)

Materials Manager / Plant Closing Team Leader (2005-2006)

(Led an 8 person plant closing Team & a 7 person Materials Team with 15 USW

indirect reports)

Responsible for the Scheduling, Shipping, Receiving, inbound &

outbound Freight and Material Purchasing in the US & internationally

for a $200M supplier with an average inventory of $2.5M without banked

material. QAD was the MRP system used.

. Responsible for a 1M piece $16M bank to bridge the 5 Month equipment

move, 150,000 ft2 warehouse for storage and the transfer to the

receiving facilities including Jackson and shipment to the Customer.

. Planned the deployment of barcode solutions at Receiving and

Manufacturing Lines using Six Sigma Black Belt Data. This would

streamline data reporting from a manual system to an automated system

using barcode data from Manufacturing Lines directly into Kronos &

QAD. Created a production reporting system by using the barcode data

to report efficiency & downtime data.

. Decreased customer expedites by 25% and increased customer and

suppliers delivery ratings by 25% and 15% by using customer system

such as the Chrysler SMART System.

. Reduced inventory & lift trucks 10% by redesigning & relocating

supermarkets, defining safety stocks, point of use storage & frequent

delivery approach for all Manufacturing Lines.

Lean Promotions Officer / Six Sigma Black Belt (2003-2005)

(Led & facilitated Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Six Sigma Black Belt & Green

Belt teams & projects)

. Facilitated & reported all Jackson Plant Business & Operations

Excellence activities that included Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma &

Manufacturing Project cost reductions projects in a TRW database. The

plant realized a $2.5M annual cost reduction budget for the Jackson

Plant Financial & Operations Plan.

. Provided current & future state value streams maps (VSM) of all

products to identify the Plant's Lean improvement and Cost reduction

opportunities.

. Led 40+ Continuous Improvement events utilizing Kaizen, 5S, visual

Kanbans, supermarkets & TPM lean tools. Reduced material availability

related downtime 5-20% per line on all 12 Assembly Lines

. Mentored 40 Six Sigma Green Belts candidates and worked Six Sigma

Black Belt projects to support Jackson Plant cost reduction goals.

. Trained salary Six Sigma Green Belts candidates and all plant

personnel for Lean Manufacturing & 5S.

. Championed the TRW North American Braking & Suspension Division's

Foundation Braking Group and the Jackson Plant Business & Operations

Excellence program.

UNILOY MILACRON, Manchester, Michigan (2001-2003)

(An ISO 9000 Manufacturer of Extrusion and Injection Reciprocating Screw

Plastic Blow Molding Machines)

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

(Led 4 Manufacturing Engineers to implement Lean Manufacturing on the

Extrusion Blow Molding Machine Assy Line)

. Led a Six Sigma Team to create and maintain a standardized engineering

BOM for the Blow Molding Machine Assembly Line utilizing QAD/MFG/PRO

that provided for multiple Machine configurations.

Led a Six Sigma purchasing Team to reduce Blow Molding BOM cost by

$20,000 by creating, maintaining, quoting, negotiating and sourcing

purchased standardized BOM kits. The purchased components were

reduced from 800 components to 200 kits for 50 different

configurations of machines. QAD was the MRP system used.

. Led a Six Sigma Team to created six Assembly Cell Flow Line for the

Blow Molding Machine Assembly with a takt & cycle time of 5 days.

Assembly hours were reduced by 40% and lead-time by 60% using Six

Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, point-of-use visual Kanban system and

DFM/DFA for Blow Molding Machine assembly.

. Participated on the seven Waste Team where multiple waste

opportunities were identified and eliminated.

. Provided SQA between machined and assembled component vendors for

continuous improvement opportunities and quality problems.

TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS-TURBINE ENGINES, Toledo, Ohio (1996-2001)

(An ISO 9000 Aerospace manufacturer of Gas Turbine Engines for military

Cruise Missiles and trainer aircraft)

Manufacturing Engineering Manager (1999-2001)

(Led 15 Manufacturing Engineers for production & R &D programs and 10 UAW

indirect reports)

. Managed Manufacturing Engineering during build-out of J69-T25 Gas

Turbine Engine spare program and transfer the two Lean Cells for The

Harpoon, JASSM & J69 Gas Turbine Engines programs to Alabama.

. Created and implemented Manufacturing Engineering standard

instructions for standardization and ISO 9000.

. Eliminated paper process and inspection system by implementing

Computer Aided Process Planning System for Continuous Improvement and

Manufacturing Excellence objectives.

. Implemented VA/VE program to support the company's cost reduction,

Scrap and rework goals.

. Implemented component reprocessing to standardize perishable tooling

and retooled all machining operations. Reduced cycle times using

ceramic and advanced carbide cutting tools in Inconel and Waspoloy

aerospace materials. Reduced cost by $10,000 on three production

components with cycle time reductions of 2 hours.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (1996-1999)

(Responsible for production support, estimating, operations plans & cost

structures for new production programs)

. Cost justified, proposed, planned and implemented two one-piece-flow

Lean Manufacturing Cells for production Gas Turbine Engine contracts

with Boeing, Lockheed Martin & The USAF. The two manufacturing cells

were grouped by large stationary and small rotating components

transitioned from obsolete departmentalized batch flow equipment.

Purchased, launched, tooled and programmed CNC lathes, CNC machining

centers & grinders, quick-change workholding, cutting tools and

software. Reduced manpower requirements by 24 people.

. The capital purchased for machine tools and tooling was $6M and

followed ITAR regulations.

. Trained all Production Operators and Manufacturing Engineers in 5S and

implemented 5S in the Plant.

. Created the capital & labor plans, production pricing, manufacturing

and QS9000 quality system for the Ford Motor Company and US Department

of Energy Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) program utilizing Gas Turbine

Engines for automotive power plant applications. Worked with

suppliers to develop there capabilities at producing components for

the required volumes. This program was estimated at 10K, 100K & 500K

units/year and would have required $1.9B in Capital ant 1.5M Sq Ft in

floor space.

EAGLE PICHER AUTOMOTIVE, HILLSDALE TOOL DIVISION, Hillsdale, Michigan (1990-

1996)

(QS9000 $200M Tier 1 & 2 supplier of machined and assembled engine,

transmission and driveline components for GM, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Mazda,

Dana)

Manufacturing Engineer

(Responsible for Manufacturing Engineering for production launch teams and

existing Machining & Assembly Lines)

. Launched, tooled and programmed 10 new 200K+ P/Y automotive product

lines in manufacturing cells at three Plants consisting of aluminum,

cast and ductile iron components. These products were turned on CNC

Mazak's & Okuma's, broached, drilled, balanced, assembled, induction

heated, washed & painted on time and in budget. For these projects,

$7M in capital was purchased in the APQP Launch Team where I was a

member and leader.

. Participated in multiple Continuous Improvement & Kaizen events where

Lean Manufacturing Training provided and the Teams realized

significant improvements where in Materials Flow & Quality.

. Standardized the corporate wide machine tool purchasing practices by

establishing vendor partnerships.

. Reduced cycle times by 50% using ceramic cutting tools when CNC

machining cast and ductile iron parts.

. Advanced manufacturing engineering support and VA/VE was provided to

estimating, by developing manufacturing estimates, processes for

crankshaft dampers, and transmission pumps.

MILITARY

Honorably Discharged United States Marine Corps, 1984-1991

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, Team Project Management & Influencing Skills

Building Certified Manufacturing Engineering

Motorola University Six Sigma Black Belt Technologist

Trained Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point,

Six Sigma Green Belt Trainer Project & Visio

Minitab, MAXIMO, Kronos TS16949 Experience

Chrysler SMART, QAD/MFG-PRO, CMS Certified Lift Truck Trainer

Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains GD&T, APQP, SPC, FMEA, Control Plan

Supervisor & Employee Involvement Dale Carnegie training

Training

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

. Society of Manufacturing Engineer since 1989

. Society of Automotive Engineer since 1989

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