Donald A. Herber

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Ames, Iowa ***10

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An accomplished Industrial Engineering Manager and a certified LeanSigma®

Career

Summary Greenbelt with over twenty four years of experience in manufacturing operations.

Specific expertise in lean manufacturing, six sigma, and traditional industrial

engineering skills in continuous improvement processes, and leadership qualities.

Experience

Kreg Tool Company 2011-2013

Huxley, Iowa. Manufacturer of woodworking products

For the commercial and hobbyist woodworker.

Industrial Engineering Manager Nov. 2011-Nov. 2013

Responsible for manufacturing engineering activities. Included are: labor and machine

standards, process and methods improvements, supporting the manufacturing floor on

continuous improvement activities. Also introduced the Kaizen Event improvement

methodology. Events included: workflow, setup reduction, quality improvement.

Implemented 9 dedicated work cells to production floor.

Implemented & reduced setup reduction on injection molding presses by 52%

Implemented part reduction on a product from 33 to 17 parts in final assembly.

Western States Envelope & Label Company 2005 - 2011

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Manufacturer commercial

& customer specific envelopes and labels.

Corporate Lean Transformation Coordinator 2005 - 2011

Lead the corporation in all Lean improvement activities at all 5 company locations.

Responsibilities included: Leading the culture change throughout the organization.

Assisting the company leadership in understanding the requirements needed for

sustaining the culture change. Lead the effort in developing accompany-wide strategy

(Hoshin) plan which involved all parts of the organization. Helped mentor and develop

Lean champions throughout the company as well as educating the leadership in the TPS

philosophy. This would include: Training Within Industry-TWI, visual management,

and standard work. In addition, responsible Manager for the Manufacturing

Engineering function. This would include: project management, machine design,

process improvements, and cost savings projects.

Reduced manufacturing lead time 92% with introduction of work cells.

Reduced spare parts costs by 33% by reverse engineering & internal re-builds.

Reduced inventory by 27% by build to order vs build to stock.

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Maytag Corporation, Refrigeration Appliances 1989 - 2005

Manufacturer of household refrigerators including:

Maytag, Amana and Jenn Air models.

Manager, LeanSigma®,, Amana, IA Plant, - Oct. 2003 – March 2005

Lead the organization in the administration of the kaizen event process. Experience in

planning, leading, facilitation, and follow-up of LeanSigma® events based on the

Toyota Production System. Accomplishments include:

Improved kaizen event process by reducing the # of steps by 29%.

Improved productivity (labor hours/unit) by 11%.

Saved $384k through kaizen efforts Oct through year end 2003.

Manager, Manufacturing Services, Galesburg, IL Plant – July 2002 – Oct 2003

Experience in the leadership role of managing the support department to the

manufacturing floor. This includes industrial and manufacturing engineering,

tooling/equipment support, and any manufacturing project work assignments. All

labor and budget development, as well as any continuous improvement activities were

managed in this function. Accomplishments include:

Reduced direct labor (DL) standards by 7% from previous year

Successfully launched lean assembly line on 2nd shift, with 9% productivity gain.

Successfully launched production line rate changes during plant closure activity.

Manager, LeanSigma®, Galesburg, IL plant - Jan 2001 – July 2002.

Experience in the leadership role of managing the kaizen promotion office(KPO).

Mentoring, coaching and facilitating the engineers in the office on preparing,

facilitating, and following up on lean (kaizen) manufacturing events. Additional

responsibilities included working with senior management on the strategic vision on

changing the factory's culture. Experience in developing Business Process Events(BPE)

and SigmaKaizen events and six sigma projects. Accomplishments include:

Reduced setup times on machinery by 54%

Improved productivity (labor hours/unit) by 28%

Eliminated 53% of defects (PPM)

Saved $1.9M through the kaizen efforts-year to date 2002

Senior Engineer, LeanSigma®, Galesburg, IL Plant - May 1999-Dec 2000.

Experience in the facilitation of lean manufacturing events(kaizen promotion office)

based on the Toyota Production System. Participated in all facets of the kaizen events

including team leader, sub-leader, member, and facilitator.

Experience in the lean manufacturing concepts(kaizen) for improvements in lead-time

reduction, one piece flow, 5S, jidoka, just-in-time, production smoothing. Additional

experience in the development of a lean vision which gives direction for the factory to

go from a batch manufacturing system to a lean manufacturing system.

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Senior Industrial Engineer, Galesburg, IL Plant - Dec. 1991-May 1999.

Managed the design, purchase and installation of all components for a new assembly

line for new product launch. Additional experience in line balancing, methods

improvement, and ergonomics in supporting the factory floor. Coordinated multi-

functional teams with assigned projects towards new product launch.

Industrial Engineer, Galesburg, IL Plant - Oct. 1989-Dec 1991.

Responsible for establishment and control of factory labor(direct & indirect).

Experience in establishment of labor standards using continuous stopwatch method and

Methods Time Measurement(MTM Blue card certified). Experience in metal

fabrication, sub-assembly, and final assembly line activities.

Boeing Corporation. Fabrication Division 1986-1989

Seattle, Washington; manufacturers of commercial

and military aircraft, aerospace products, and computer systems.

Industrial Engineer - 1986-1989.

Experience in the development and application of labor standards for use in work

measurement, estimating, and methods improvement by use of Methods Time

Measurement(MTM Blue card certified) system and continuous stopwatch method

techniques. Additional experience in the evaluation of tooling requirements for use in

production. This includes knowledge in the design, fabrication, and production use of

fiberglass/plastic, sheet metal, and assembly tooling.

Education Bachelors of Science in Industrial Engineering(BSIE).

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; 1986

Associates of Science(AS) in Pre-Engineering

Southwestern Community College, Creston, Iowa; 1983.

Additional

Training

Certified Green Belt, LeanSigma® (BlackBelt enterprise) – Maytag Corporation

Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Minitab, and QSI for ISO 9000

Ergonomics Training – HumanTech Inc.; Ann Arbor, MI

Managing Lean Implementation – TBM Consulting; Durham, NC

7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Franklin Covey Co.

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