Supply Chain-Planning Management / Material-Inventory Management /

LANSON LIU

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Expertise in contract manufacturer management, material / production planning, supplier / production management, and process improvement in both electronic and oil / energy industries. Forte in Supply Chain Management – especially Supply Planning and Demand Fulfillment. (Status: US Citizen)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Outstanding customer services

ERP - SAP (MM, PP, SD modules + Z t-codes)

Supply Chain and Replenishment Program

Material Planning and Procurement

Master Scheduling / Production Coordination

ERP (SAP), MRP, JIT, Raw Kanban

ISO 9000 / 14000 / QMS Implementation

Manufacturing System Process Improvement

Quality Assurance / Statistical Process Control

B2B / EDI Sales Order Management

Vertical Supply Chain Integration; SCM Mgmt

Manufacturing Management / Warehouse Mgmt

PCBA / Surface Mount Technology

System Integration or Assembly / CTO Production

Total Preventive Maintenance

Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing

Project Management

Demand Planning / Supply Planning

Shop Floor Control System

CNC Lathe / Mill Shop Floor Coordination

EXPERIENCE:

Baker Hughes, a GE Company

Senior Master Scheduler & Production Coordinator, Houston, TX 2013-Present

Demand Planning / Forecasting – S&OP plan / FGI inventory coordination

Supply Planning / Master Scheduling / MRP management

Production Coordination (work order management / production progress monitoring / supply status)

SLOB (Slow-moving and Obsolete) component analysis.

Foxconn --- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.

Production Control (Production Planning) / Inventory Manager, Houston, TX 2005-2013

Inventory control and Management (consignment and turnkey materials --- $80 million inventory)

Coordinated Physical Inventory Activities – led Quarterly PIs and provided analysis and review

B2B / EDI sales order management – EDI sales data monitoring and implementation – commit / re-commit

Production Coordination (master scheduling / work order management / shipping coordination)

FGI ROP trigger management – set up Merge Center (Distribution Center) ROP trigger model with customer.

FGI Kanban planning, monitoring and execution

Receiving / Warehouse Management

Raw component kanban – to reduce replenishment frequency and to simplify raw component supply.

SAP mentoring (PP: Production Planning / MM: Material Management / SD: Sales and Distribution modules)

Material Planning / Run MRP / Key Component Allocation Proposal

E & O (Excess and Obsolete) analysis, projection, and disposition.

NPI material readiness (risk buy); ECO-related component phase-in management

Customer demand analysis / Master Scheduling comparison / MRP management

Buffer strategy, Kanban planning and monitoring, Material staging and replenishment strategy

Virtual purchasing / procurement for major components (direct links in SAP) / VMI setup

Internal Supplier Management / Vertical Supply Chain Integration

Production Manager 2000-2004

Built up and managed System Integration Line (CTO for network switches /100 members) -- Houston, TX

Managed PCBA Assembly Line (SMT & PTH lines / 70 members) to support NPI center --- San Jose, CA

Acer Peripherals Inc. (BenQ)

Engineering Manager and Production Manager – Set up & run a new factory – China 1998 - 2000

Process Engineer – Process improvement / NPI pilot run / technology transfer – Taiwan 1997

3M Taiwan Ltd.

Process Engineer– Tape converting process control and improvement -- Taiwan 1992 – 1995

EDUCATION:

M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, California State University Northridge, CA

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Set up Demand Planning format, such as 4.5-month planning horizon in order to run MRP (VSF requirements).

Helped with project transfer (build transition / component transportation) between two plants.

Worked with IT Dept to develop work order simulation / daily cycle count tool in ERP-SAP (Z t-codes), and key component tracking in Shop Floor Control System.

Set up and implemented FGI ROP trigger process for Merge Center (Distribution Center) operation

Implemented Raw Component Kanban to simplify raw component issue and kitting

Implemented FGI Kanban and conducted buyback with customers to maintain “lean” FGI inventory

Managed inventory and coordinated Quarterly Physical Inventory across functions (pre-meeting / scheduling / job assignment / reconciliation / analysis / post-mortem review)

Successfully overcame customer’s quarter-ends to fulfill customer’s peak demands by coordinating with PC, Production, Supply Chain Management, and Shipping teams, etc. (Production coordination, live order management, material review and expedition, capacity review, carrier re-arrangement, update for customers, etc.)

An SAP super-user and trainer able to mentor new coworkers who need to use PP (Production Planning) and MM (Material Management), and SD (Sales and Distribution) modules

Brought up the new European site (Czech factory) to support customer’s request in Europe. (MPS split, MPS analysis, personnel training, component transfer, pilot runs, copy-exact, etc.)

Increased service flexibility by using ROP (re-order point) setting, safety buffer setting, buffer HUB, and VMI (Vendor managed inventory) to have necessary and optimal buffer and to reduce inventory cost

Implemented JIT concept into Raw Component Staging and Replenishment process to manage components from Raw Component buffer HUB to Production floor directly

Developed and implemented material management process, expedite procedure, and commit process between customers and the factory

Worked with customer to improve customer’s ATP control. (Available To Promise) – What-if Requests

Provided E & O (Excess & Obsolete) component analysis and projections for EOL (End-of-Life) products, and joined the decision making with customer Planning Managers to consume more components (such as rework, sku swap, transfer to service / repair center.), to finally dispose excess inventory

Shared the decisions with customer Planning Managers by providing component OH+OO+PR status (On-hand + On Order + Purchase Requisition) and potential usage to support upside / pull-in demands

Worked as a virtual buyer to lead 3 other internal sites (China PCBA factory, San Jose NPI center, and China enclosure factory) to ensure major component supply to meet customer’s MPS demand / MRP requirements

Transferred semi-finished assemblies from Houston to China for cost reduction

Successfully completed RoHS compliant transition on short notice schedule change with low excess inventory

Streamlined RMA / STR (Stock Rotation, customer consignment return) process with customers

Transferred CTO (Configure to Order) operations model from San Jose, CA to Houston, TX site.

Built up and trained the first production core team from “20” to “100 members” to support BTO / CTO (Build To Order / Configure To Order) System Integration production line. Houston, TX

Built up and trained the first production core team for PCBA / Surface Mount Assembly Line. San Jose, CA

Led a team (50 members) to transfer DVD-ROM from Pioneer, Japan and achieved 99.5% yield – BenQ

Built up and trained the production staff from 60 operators to 800 operators (Acer Peripherals, Inc. – BenQ)

Increased capacity for flat-bed scanners from 0 to 300K/Month in Suzhou China (Acer Peripherals, Inc. – BenQ)

Laid out and set up facilities for scanner mass production in Suzhou China (Acer Peripherals, inc. – BenQ)

Technology transfer to the European Service Center in Holland and to Suzhou China (Acer Peripherals – BenQ)

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