Manager Supply Chain

Bryan K. Bishop

**** ******* ***** ***** **. Clair, PA 15241 ● 480-***-**** ● abnqen@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

I am a lean six sigma black belt with a history of leading and implementing multi-million dollar savings projects and

improving the operational excellence of supply chain organizations and internal / outsourced manufacturing

organizations.

Objective

To obtain a leadership position in a forward thinking supply chain or manufacturing organization implementing

solutions to drive cost savings, efficient use of capital, and operational excellence.

Education

George Group (ON Semiconductor Phoenix, AZ)

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt ON Semi Certification (2 completed projects, ON Semi), December 2007

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Classroom Certificate (LSSBB), July 2006

Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Masters of Accounting and Information Systems (MAIS), June 2004, GPA 3.8/4.0

Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)

B.S. Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, May 1999, GPA 3.2/4.0

ON Semi Advanced Leadership Training

ON Semiconductor Internal Training Program, 2007

Included classes covering Leadership, Talent Management, Communication and Strategy

Experience

Akustica - Pittsburgh, PA (07/08 – Present)

Director of Supply Chain (07/08 – Present)

Leader of supply chain function for a developing fab-less semiconductor company encompassing short

& long term demand planning, supplier scheduling, inventory management/reporting, logistics and data

management

Process owner for Serus Operations Management software covering inventory management, supplier

integration, order entry / order fulfillment, purchase orders and invoicing. Increased financial reporting

integrity of company through system implementation and report development.

Developed planning and forecasting application using MS Access and Visual Basic and used the

application with the operations team for scheduling / forecasting suppliers as well as committing to orders.

Had both forward and backward scheduling functionality with bottlenecks and shortfall reports.

Responsible for company inventory tracking and management including writing visual basic scripts to

produce html reporting system. Also Led kaizen / 5s style event to consolidate two inventory rooms into one

by reconfiguring the shelves, cleaning up unneeded items, and better utilizing vertical space

Data owner for internal MES system for inventory management, on site testing, and data collection.

Included working with software provider (Cold Cypress) on changes to the software and administrating the

SQL Server database (analysis, modification, etc)

Developing engineering data collection process and data architecture in PostgreSQL with the

manufacturing organization including product traceability and audit to the lot / wafer / order level by

manufacturing stage and the associated build parameters

Documented internal business processes for planning, scheduling, shipping / receiving and supply

chain / enterprise software systems. Admin for Knowledge Tree document management software (open

source, DMS) for operations which managed / controlled all company documentation.

Admin for Business Process Maker software (open source, BPM). Created Business Process Maker

flow to manage sample order request process involving 10 people, 14 process steps, auto email notifications,

and data capturing to optimize and control the process historically done through email and verbal

communication.

ON Semiconductor - Phoenix, AZ (07/99 – 07/08)

Industrial Engineering Manager, Global Operations (12/07 – 07/08)

Project leader (Product Manager Role under Microsoft Framework for IT) for the manufacturing

enablement portion of the ON Semiconductor / AMI Semiconductor merger and subsequent integration project

(started March 2008). Responsible for developing a sound business process to enable cross manufacturing

flows between the two entities in the combined company. Also included implementing a sub-contractor /

foundry process for the combined company to enable B2B sharing of engineering specs, demands and

commits as well as a data exchange process to feed transactional data from the AMI sites and external

partners back to ON Semiconductor inventory / financial systems

Led LSS Black Belt Project to revamp business process for wafer substrate raw material ordering.

Project included working with global factory team from eight locations, substrate growers (internal and

external) and corporate supply management on business process for ordering, disposition, and obsolescence

of inventory. Developed Kanban model prototype / pilot application in MS Access and Visual Basic. Initiative

has reduced inventory $4.5m to date for the company

Worked on manufacturing capacity modeling initiative with three assembly / test factories to

standardize model and data structures to allow cross reference among factories, efficient scenario evaluation,

and identification of opportunities for asset reallocation and potential connectivity to corporate planning

solutions

Set direction for world wide Industrial Engineering teams at all manufacturing locations including

training, expectations, knowledgebase, best practices and corporate integration

Zener-Rectifier Wafer FAB Business Manager (8/06 – 12/07)

Led FAB Planning, CIM (IT) and Industrial Engineering Departments with 5 team members for 6”

discrete wafer fabrication site producing 10k to 15k wafer starts per week of Zeners, Rectifiers, Bipolars,

Schottky, Ultrafast technologies and partial flows (2800 active devices for FAB)

Worked with manufacturing team to design, develop and implement WIP management system. Wrote

prototype system using MS Access and MS Excel as first LSS Black Belt project saving the factory $535k in

inventory (cycle time) reduction and headcount right-sizing. Worked on corporate rollout team with IT to

develop process into worldwide WIP Management solution for all ON wafer sites

Developed manufacturing (headcount / high level fab direction) model and equipment / device level

FAB static capacity model using MS Access and MS Excel. Utilized models with Fab Manager and

Manufacturing Manager to drive headcount / staffing, capacity declaration, and equipment decisions

CIM team activities included sustaining site MES, documenting MES rules, and implementing MES

changes including FAB lot priorities structure and rules, probe structure during corporate change of probe

supply chain strategy, and corporate MES standards. Team also put together a database / analysis training

course for FAB indirect support

Planning team activities included factory substrate (raw wafer) and wafer starts planning, priority

(expedite) lot execution, and WIP movement. Worked with team on initiatives including smaller lot size pilot

program, priority lot rules, and quotation of data to corporate planning systems (yield, cycle time, capacity

data, commits, substrate management)

Participated on corporate team to design and implement new cycle time and yield quotation process

along with FAB WIP projection to company planning systems

Manufacturing Business Process and Data Manager (2/05 – 8/06)

Performed business process and systems integration role for worldwide manufacturing planning &

infrastructure group covering 45 internal/subcon/foundry/jv sites (assembly, test, FAB, probe, substrates)

Developed measurement tools and processes for factory on time delivery and capacity expansion

program execution that made up 40% of the global manufacturing bonus in 2006

Worked on key factory system integration initiatives. Led system integration of Flip Chip Inc. (Bump

processing) enabling $5m of yearly revenue. Participated on various teams for $105m acquisition of external

wafer fab in 2006 including planning system integration and trench product transfer team

Project leader for 25 member global implementation team upgrading i2 Factory Planner software for

scheduling, starts, and dispatching process for internal assembly, test and consolidated probe sites

Standardized business processes & data infrastructure for factories including business continuity,

annual budgeting, factory starts & outs data-mart, turns/WIP data-mart and corporate operations reporting

Developed test constraints delivery process (Perl, MySQL, Oracle) that will enable better declaration

of capacity expansions to our planning systems (time-to-money estimates $1m-$2m of order pull-in)

Final Manufacturing Planning Manager/Analyst (6/04 - 2/05)

Performed tactical and systems role for worldwide final manufacturing planning and capacity

management group covering 25 internal/subcon/jv factories.

Engaged tactically on factory expedites, capacity management (long-term, short-tem, new products),

cycle-time/yield and factory planning processes.

Designed, developed, implemented, and sustained new performance measurement system that

scored 25 factories weekly with respect to starts compliance and cycle time.

Upgraded of MS Access sales distributor Application (developed in previous role) to CGI-Perl web-

based

Worked with offshore programming team to implement a new version of the factory capacity statement

management process that further integrated global supply chain and planning processes.

Final Manufacturing Capacity Analyst (7/99 - 6/04)

Performed data mining role for worldwide final manufacturing (assembly / test) planning and capacity

management group

Utilized Perl, Visual Basic, MySQL & MS Access to manipulate and analyze date for decision making

by manufacturing organization

Worked with global team to prototype & develop several corporate systems including factory

performance measurement, factory calendar system, and capacity statement system

Prototyped database & dynamic web applications using MS Access & ASP programming including

long/short range planning shortfall reports, customer delinquencies, inventory trends and metrics

Developed inventory analysis report for global planning team used to create over $1m dollars per year

in additional billings from year 2000 - present

Developed MS Access tool for sales team to analyze supply chain inventory levels which they used to

enable $50m of sales as of 2006 (approx $10m per year of distribution sales into the channel)

Supported and interfaced with site die planners worldwide for manufacturing

College Internships (6/96 - 11/98)

Motorola - Phoenix, AZ - Industrial Engineering Co-op (6/98 - 11/98)

Worked on Year 2000 compliance team for worldwide SPS Motorola sites

Designed MS Access reporting tool for SPS Year 2000 Equipment tracking system

Constructed & maintained Motorola Year 2000 related WEB sites

Promoted Year 2000 compliance procedures and training as Support Specialist

Formulated data guidelines & procedures for the database system

Helped administrate SPS worldwide Year 2000 database system

Motorola - Tempe, AZ - Industrial Engineering Co-op (12/97 - 3/98)

Designed computer lot tracking system for package assembly, reliability, and testing

Implemented multi-user system (designed in database software FileMaker Pro 4.0) on Macintosh

network

Wrote system documentation and completed operator training

Flow-charted department package assembly, testing, and reliability processes

Performed electrical testing on prototype semiconductor packages

Eastman Kodak - Rochester, NY - Industrial Engineering (Multiple Internships 5/96 - 9/97)

Intern for Advanced Sheet Metal department at Elmgrove facility which performed metal work

(welding, press brake, laser cutting, etc.) for Kodak film processing and health sciences (x-ray machines, film

developers, copiers)

Participated on department wide project to implement a paperless shop-floor manufacturing system for

work instructions, SPC / QA data collection, and asset management

Led planning and implementation for replacement of sheet metal department tool inventory system

and interfaced with vendor

Manipulated FoxPro databases using Microsoft Access, Excel, and Approach to analyze and transfer

data

Trained operators, technicians, and engineers on tool system operation, SPC Software, and PC usage

Assisted in setup of computers and software for networked SPC data and document management

system

Mapped manufacturing flows (ABC Flow Charter) and developed work instructions using Microsoft

Word and Kodak digital camera

Developed task list (Microsoft Project) for management to help department organize strategic items

Designed Microsoft Access database for quality corrective action form management

Metalade - Henrietta, NY (5/95 - 8/95)

Operator / Summer Job (5/95 - 8/95)

Performed resistance spot welding, press brake, punch press, drill/tap and shear

Learned how to read work instructions/mechanical drawings and learned job-shop operations

Skills and Experience

Operations Related: Six Sigma Black Belt, Factory WIP Management, Production Headcount Modeling, Raw

Material Planning (Kanban), Production Planning & Scheduling, Business Process Management (BPM), Capacity

Modeling, Software & Database Design / Development / Implementation / Sustaining, PO / Invoicing Process,

Sales / Order Entry Process, Operational & Performance Metric Design / Implementation, MES System

Administration & Development, Process Flow / Value Stream Mapping, Project Management, Work Instruction

Design, Mechanical Drawings, Machine Shop & Factory Floor Experience

Software (user / admin): Serus Operations Management Software (ERP / Enterprise), JMP (Statistical),

Autosched / Pro Model (simulation), Free Mind (mind mapping), AutoCAD, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access,

PowerPoint), Open Office, Visio / ABC (flow charting), FrontPage / NVU (web authoring), Linux / Windows

(operation system)

Database Development: MS Access / MS Query, MySQL / PHP Administrator, Oracle / Toad / Oracle SQL Plus,

PostgreSQL / PG Admin, SQL Server, Brio Query, FileMaker Pro, Approach

Programming: SQL (ANSI 92, Transact), Perl (Active Perl, Perl DE, Crimson Editor, Windows/ Linux), Visual

Basic (for Applications), Active Server Pages (VB script), HTML (NVU Editor / FrontPage), XML, Crimson Editor,

Java, Win CVS / CVS Tortoise (concurrent versioning), C-Programming, Cold Fusion

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