William A.

Corning Jr

***** ******** ******

Grand Haven MI. 49417

616-***-****

aca6vs@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Automatic Spring Corp, Grand Haven, MI

Quality Engineer 3/2012 - 5/2012

Helped resolve quality issues for rejected parts using problem solving

tools such as Global 8D, Fishbone, Is/Is not, etc.

Updated PFMEA for Ford and Fastenal

Updated Pan Cards

Caterpillar (through G-Tech Staffing), Mossville/Decatur, IL

Quality Engineer 5/2010 - 3/2012

Part of Supplier APQP Deployment Team that applied APQP disciplines with

key suppliers and taught them the Caterpillar APQP Discipline

Identified 7 high-risk suppliers with poor quality (ppm, delivery, etc.)

and went on-site to help them with their quality issues.

Team would work with suppliers' quality team to demonstrate the correct use

of the Caterpillar tool by using pareto chart to determine top quality

issues, then apply SIPOC to determine Process Flow Chart, and then write

PFMEA to determine correct Control Plan.

After demonstrating the discipline, we would then have the suppliers'

quality team complete APQP for the other identified quality issues.

Engine Power Components, Grand Haven, MI

Quality Engineer 6/2007 - 1/2009

Quality engineer for Navistar, Cummins, MerCruiser, General Motors, Harley

Davidson, Bowden, Polaris and Unibore (DMI) cam-shaft customer accounts.

Review customer process flow to help implement best-practice quality

standards and tools to assist them in improving quality, included check

sheets, program control, daily audits, SOP's, etc.

Assisted Navistar to reduce rejects rate from 2000ppm to 200ppm in 3

months.

Daily duties included plant floor quality audits and review of rejected

parts to determine root-cause.

Asimco (Formerly Weyburn- Bartels and Federal Mogul), Grand Haven, MI

8/1984 - 5/2007

Sr. Quality Engineer (9/2006 - 5/2007)

Quality Engineer work with Cummins, General Motors and Chrysler customer

accounts.

Focused on process flow, reduced rejection rates, improved tool-life, and

introduced "clean point" check sheet to contain non-conforming products.

Reviewed takt time of GM production line and reduced WIP (4500 parts to

400) and manning (18 FTE to 9).

Quality Manager (9/2005 - 9/2006)

Implemented plant wide Focus Plan (Standardized Operations, Standardized

Operator Check sheets, Standardized Operator Work Instructions).

Reduction of manual cycle time through takt time analysis of Quality Checks

in the QA Lab.

Responsible to measure internal Customer Satisfaction and completion of

quality checks.

Implemented program control in the quality lab.

Create Inspection Priority List and consistent disposition across all

shifts

Responsible for daily reviews of: Plant scrap, Material Disposition, Clean

Points, Team Meetings with Direct Reports, and Management Meetings.

Performed weekly reviews of: Change Management, Change Requests, RPN's by

customer, CPK reporting for each product line, Customer Web sites, and

Plant Scrap for Information Boards.

Part of team to review production Constraint Management to determine pinch-

points/bottlenecks. Then helped determine methods to alleviate concerns.

Perform Layered Process Audits.

Perform reviews of direct reports.

Quality Engineer (8/1998 - 9/2005)

Quality engineer for Caterpillar, General Motors and Chrysler customer

accounts.

Deliver all Caterpillar lines (induction harden process) maintaining a zero

PPM record for 54 straight months without a rejection.

Instrumental in attaining successful PPAPS and APQPs setting a global

benchmark for PPAP submissions to Caterpillar.

Consistently maintained exceptionally good working relationships with

customers.

Knowledgeable in operations and methodologies to including PFMEA and

corrective and preventative actions.

Instrumental in assisting customers to gain new business through improved

processes.

Reduction of manual cycle time through takt time analysis of check sheets.

Instrumental in gaining 100% volume of the C7 Caterpillar business.

Major participant in successful PPAP and launch of numerous product lines.

Passed QS 9000 audits with zero nonconformances when audited.

Supported all prototype builds for Caterpillar and instrumental in move and

relocation of the whole Caterpillar line.

Machinist/Lead Man (8/1984 - 8/1998)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

OLIVET COLLEGE, Olivet, Michigan, Education Major, 1980-1981.

MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Muskegon, Michigan, Course of Study included

technical training in drafting, blue print reading, metallurgy, welding,

mathematics, etc.

Proficient in general PC operations and applications including Excel, Word,

etc.

Numerous in-service seminars and workshops offered by automotive industry.

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