Six Sigma Manufacturing

Tony Grace

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Clarksville, TN

270-***-****

I have many years of experience and expertise in manufacturing high volume

Precision parts with great success in increasing productivity, improving

quality and reducing cost to manufacture. I have completed projects myself

and as a leader and member of local/global teams in US, Japan and UK

working with all levels from V.P. Engineering, Director of manufacturing to

the shop floor.

Strengths include:

Machine, Tooling and Product Six Sigma/Lean

Design

Automation Concepts and Design Change Management ECR/ECO

Cold Forming/Heading/Extrusion Finding sustainable / measureable

savings

Autodesk Inventor/ AutoCAD 2013 Tier 1 Automotive

Experience:

2010-Present Manufacturing support plus LLC. Clarksville,

TN

Owner

. Tooling and machine design

. Automation design

. Fabrication design and installation- Fab USA LLC

. Tool design- BOM, procurement, Machine repair- Ebonite International

. Machine repair rebuild, Solid models and prints- Mize Machine LLC

. Tooling manufacture, Machine automation, Machine upgrade design-

Emhart Teknologies

. Precision Crimp die manufacturing

. Autodesk Inventor / AutoCAD 2013

. Predictive and Preventive maintenance program

. Machine repair/ rebuild

1997- 2010 Emhart Teknologies, Inc. Hopkinsville, KY

(Stanley Black & Decker)

Manufacturing Engineer

. Production/ R&D/ Quality support and development

. Six Sigma Green Belt

. Lean Sigma

. AutoCAD / INVENTOR

. JD Edwards

. FMEA, PFMEA

. ISO/TS 16949:2002 Advanced Level Training

. Lean/Six Sigma and other cost saving in Manufacturing- Examples (2007-

$237K / 2008- 135K / 2009- 150K) annual saving in tooling, process,

machine upgrade, process flow.

. Automation of existing equipment to reduce cost and improve quality

. Prototype machine design, cell concepts

. Write capital justification for new equipment/upgrade existing equipment

. Procurement and installation of new equipment (commissioning and

employee training)

. New machine commissioning US, Japan

. Lead team implementation and validation of new equipment

. Setup predictive and preventive maintenance schedule

. Lead maintenance and repair of machines and equipment

. Develop standard work instructions

. Hands on shop floor experience

. Work with cross functional teams- Manufacturing, Vendors, Global

. Shift supervisor

. Customer/Quality support internal and external

. Process monitoring, Vision systems, Quick changeover development

. Cold heading . Carlo Salvi 246, Fomax35 - 5 die, proprietary heading

machines, assembly machines

. Tooling design/material changes to improve tool life / performance

. Evaluation of lubricants to improve tool life / performance

. Worked with engineers in UK and Japan on projects for best global

manufacturing practices.

. Presenter / Participant in Global Manufacturing Counsel,Toyohashi,

Japan

. Participated on Global Tooling Team,Birmingham, England, Hopkinsville KY

1992-1997 Emhart Teknologies, Inc.

Maintenance Machinist

. Prototype machine builds

. Programmable 2 axis vertical Milling machine

. Machine build / repair

. Production tooling

1988-1992 Emhart Teknologies, Inc.

Machinist / Precision Die / Punch /Cutter

. Production dies and cutters make and rework

. Production tooling

. EDM

1983-1988 Emhart Teknologies, Inc.

Production Tool Setter,

. Machine setup / repair

Education/Training

Christian County Technology Center 1991-1993 Hopkinsville, KY

Machine Tool Technology, 2 year course completed

Some College course work- 1998-Present

Inventor/AutoCAD

Six Sigma Greenbelt

Lean Sigma

ISO/TS 16949:2002- Advanced Level

Advanced Cold Forming principles

MS office

Cognex Vision

Introduction to Allen-Bradley SL500/RSLogix

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