Engineer Six Sigma
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FLORIN G. LARION
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EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND NOTABLE TRAINING
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 1980
Polytechnic Institute of Cluj, Cluj, Romania
Six Sigma Master Black Belt trained, Flextronics, 2008
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Air Academy Associates for Danaher, 2000
Certified ISO 9000/9001 Lead Auditor, Stat-A-Matrix, 1999
Toyota Production System, Shingijutsu, Japan, 1994, 2008
Danaher Business System trained, Danaher, 1994-2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FLEXTRONICS CO., Vienna, Austria Mar 2008 - Present
Six Sigma Master Black Belt and EMEA Lean Manager
Designed, trained and implemented a Multi-Plant Lean Maturity Tracker (LMT) system
Developed and introduced to a network of 7 East European Plants (approx 20,000 workers) specific Lean
Manufacturing principles
Organised and lead monthly Internal and quarterly External (Japanese consultants) Kaizen events
Developed manuals and trained in Lean and Sigma
Developed auditing software and conducted Lean and 5S audits, sustainability included
Adapted and introduced Toyota's Production Visual Management Systems
Mentored Green-Black Belts and checked / approved Six Sigma projects
Managed Shingijutsu consultants to drive Kaizen events across European plants:
Saved $820K per year at Tczew, Poland, plant through 12 Kaizen events
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Saved $650K per year at Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, plant through 8 Kaizen events
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Saved $1,640K per year at Timisoara, Romania, plant through 12 Kaizen events
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Saved $1,116K per year a Sarvar, Hungary, plant through 12 Kaizen events
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Saved $1,177K per year at Timisoara, Romania, plant though 3 Kaizen events
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CORNING INC., Hickory, NC, USA Sep 2006 - Mar 2008
Continuous Improvement Manager / Six Sigma Black Belt
Trained Plant Management Staff and Operators in Lean Manufacturing tools: Visual Production Management
boards, One Piece Flow, Line Balance, Operator Load, 5S activities, Daily Walk, Lean Manufacturing, Cell
Requirements, Production Pacers, Andon Lights, Kanban Supermarkets, Cross Training, Poka Yoke, Standard
Work, Ergonomics, VSM and Floor Layouts, tools and fixture design, Kanban storage, etc.
Saved $700K per year through line balancing and implementing one piece flow
PELTON & CRANE, a Danaher Co., Charlotte, NC Mar 2005 - Sep 2006
Lean Manufacturing Engineer (Temporary Job)
Converted the plant from batch manufacturing to just-in-time one-piece-flow
Saved $175K per year by reducing labor while maintaining level production
Saved $1,300K per year in product cost by optimizing the 3P process
DAIMLERCHRYSLER / AXLE ALLIANCE, LLC, Hickory, NC Nov 2004 - Mar 2005
Engineering / Services Manager
Green field, new plant start up, which was aborted following affirmative union vote
Contacted local authorities for permits / local laws and regulations
Trained new workforce in Safety, OSHA, EPA regulations
Managed the installation of production equipment
Managed product production start-up
TEXTRON, INC., Charlotte, NC, USA Aug 2003 - Nov 2004
Senior Manufacturing Engineer / Six Sigma Black Belt
Applied Lean Six Sigma concepts to every day production
Reduced end of the line rejects by 20% by implementing in-process quality inspection points
Saved $240K per year by reducing blade inventory, using Kanban, Supermarkets and JIT
Trained work force in lean manufacturing tools
Prepared plant for ISO 14000 recertification and OSHA inspections
Saved $600K per year by reducing rejects on outsourced parts
DANAHER CO., Hand Tools Division, Gastonia, NC Nov 1990 - Jul 2003
Senior Project Engineer
Saved $2.4 million per year through cost reductions and factory automation
Replaced 84 hand packers by designing and building automated equipment
Reduced PPM by 28%, working toward achieving a plant-wide quality level of 5.1 Sigma with reported
savings of $340,000 / quarter
Increased inventory turnover by 12% from 7.3 to 8.18, using VSM, One-Piece flow and Kanban racks,
generating savings of $36,000 per month
Improved delivery performance by 24% using TAI and SMED
Increased productivity by 73% parts/hr, and $1320 / shift
Reduced the time of cold forming presses set-up using SMED/Kaizen techniques, from 3 hrs to 15 min and
savings of $7,900 / change over (5 punches / machine presses)
Redesigned the whole manufacturing process flow through an entire Danaher plant, based in one-piece flow,
reducing the number of auditing gates, travelling space and FIFO principles
Designed / developed manufacturing cells and workstations
Designed various servo mechanical equipment, jigs, fixtures, floor layouts, automated equipment using CAD
software
Implemented JIT concepts under direct Japanese supervision, with application in one piece flow manufacturing
process, U shape cell configuration, inventory and working time reduction, SMED tooling, and material
handling redesign
Managed relationships with outside subcontractors, developing partnerships to reduce operating expenses
while improving provided service quality
Built QC Boards and Control Stations, wrote QC Procedures and Work Instructions
Prepared the plant for official ISO 9000 inspections and led ISO 9000 internal auditing teams
Conducted 5S and OSHA inspections and EPA plant compliance analysis
Created visual standards for product inspection (Visual Management implementation)
Purchased and assembled a modular multifunction inspection/training QC PC digital-TV analogue microscope
system
Increased employee morale and changed attitudes toward the new working processes
FORT LOCK CO., Chicago, IL Dec 1988 - Nov 1990
Design Engineer
Designed and patented new high security electric switches for Harley-Davidson motorcycles
Worked on various research and development projects in high-security locks
Mathematically analyzed and generated over 1400 lock combinations for H-D keys, versus 66 previous
existing combinations; Trained engineers in mathematic principles of lock combinations
TRUCK MANUFACTURING CO., Cluj, Romania Dec 1980 - Sep 1988
Project Engineer
Designed, manufactured, and tested new trucking equipment.
Established new manufacturing techniques, cost reduction and improving product performance.
Decreased rejects by 52% through the introduction of modern welding seams X-rays measuring equipment.
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