My Current Goal
To share **+ years of Experience in Lean Manufacturing (TPS) with you.
Elgin Sweeper
Industrial Engineer
(Contract/Mid-State Technical) Elgin, IL -
. Cost/Process analysis of recently acquired product line of Semi-
Custom builds on truck chassis. Deliver analysis on (5) trucks
built by (10) Installers in (6) areas of the facility.
Caterpillar
Supplier Collaboration Engineer
(Volt/Contract) Aurora, IL - 02/2012 - 05/2014
. $2.1mil in cost reduction/avoidance for purchased finished parts in
2013.
. "Cost Model" purchased finished materials to determine expected
cost.
. Negotiate with, or challenge suppliers with these cost models.
. Visit suppliers worldwide and assess processes, capabilities,
and audit assigned "APQP" and "Gate Review" elements for NPI.
Ind. Eng./Constraint Management Team
(Volt/Contract) Joliet, IL - 12/2007 to 02/2009
. Constraint Management team successfully raise OEE in selected areas
to meet Takt time.
PC-Tel
Lean Manufacturing Engineer
(Contract/Benchmark) Bloomingdale, IL - 03/2011 to 08/2011
. $110,000 yr. savings by identifying productivity/design
opportunities in a med volume/high mix assembly lines.
Electro Motive Diesels
Sr. Industrial Engineer
(1099/Direct Contract) LaGrange, IL -
03/2007 to 08/2007
. 33% increase in turbo housings saved in the "Refurbishing Machining
Center" by standardizing the process and creating "Visual
Operational Standard".
Lean/6S Facilitator
(1099/Direct Contract) LaGrange, IL
- 02/2006 to 08/2006
. Train 6-S and basic lean concepts (Toyota) to 101 employees
including hourly, staff, engineers, management in weekly events
with Friday report-outs.
Knowles Acoustics
Sr. Industrial Engineer
(1099/Direct Contract) Itasca, IL -
03/2004 to 08/2005
. Create "Visual Operational Standards" for "MEMS Release" process in
Itasca.
Sr. Industrial Engineer
(Techni-Power/Contract) Elgin/Itasca, IL - 08/2000 to
11/2000
. Create "Visual Operational Standards" in English and Chinese for
NPI in China Plant.
Sr. Industrial Engineer
(Techni-Power/Contract) Elgin, IL -
02/1998 to 09/1999
. Replace MTM Operational Standards with newly introduced "Visual
Operational Standards" for NPI in Elgin and Itasca Plants.
Molex Fiber Optics
Sr. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer
(Perm) Downers Grove, IL - 11/2000 to 12/2002
. Devised and built module burn-in system that yielded a
o 300% increase in daily output.
o 70% reduction in daily labor
. 50% reduction in labor. Replace inconsistencies in hand soldering
operation with Automated Soldering System. ROI ($150,000) in four
months.
. 67% increased output with new "Lean" floor lay out. (00:01:21 Takt
time now met).
Patriot Range Technologies
Project Manager
(W2/Direct Contract) Burr Ridge, IL -
08/2010 to 03/2011
. Construction of firearm training systems and facilities for Law
Enforcement, Military, Homeland Security, and public/privet use.
. Weapons Technician for DOD "M-2" feed bolt assembly proof-firing
test program.
Overland Bowling
Production Manager/SMED Training
(Beco/Contract) Franklin Park, IL - 04/2000 to 08/2002
. 75% set up reduction during SMED training exercise with "0" spend.
Nalge Nunc Inc.
Industrial/Project Engineer
(Oxford/Contract) Naperville, IL - 09/1999
to 10/1999
. 75% labor reduction by redesigning plastic injection molding "Auto
Packaging Project".
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Industrial/Logistics Engineer
(Avalon/Contract) Vernon Hills, IL - 12/1996 to
01/1998
. Cad-Layout (1) new warehouse to combine (2) existing warehouses.
. Spec, bid, and supervise trades installing pallet racking etc. in
new warehouse.
Stenograph Corp.
Sr. Industrial Engineer
(Perm) Mt. Prospect,
IL - 08/1995 to 05/1996
. 87.5% set up reduction during SMED training exercise with "0"
spend.
. Create "Visual Work Standards" for machine assembly.
Krack Corp.
Sr. Industrial/Lean Engineer
(Avalon/Contract) Addison, IL - 05/1996
to 11/1996
. Build a "Product Focused" work cell that yielded a
o 95% reduction in "Lead Time" (2 days to 48 minutes)
o 60% reduction in labor content (4 hours to 1.6 hours)
Sr. Industrial Engineer
(Perm)
Addison, IL - 06/1995 to 08/1995
. 98% reduction in Industrial Engineer needed to make routing/job
packets.
Sr. Industrial/Lean Engineer
(Beco/Contract) Addison, IL - 01/1995
to 04/1995
. 90% reduction in handling time of "Large Coils". Move machines for
"1 Piece Flow".
AMMCO Tools Inc. - North Chicago, IL 1990 -1994
Kaizen Manager
. Co-ordinate internal Kaizen activities with outside Consultants.
. Coached full time Kaizen Implementation Team members in completing
action items form all shop floor Kaizen team activities.
Product Focused Manager
. Increased customer part order daily fill rate from 60% to 95% in a
two month period.
. Redesign Product Focused strategy. Merge four product Focused
groups into three.
Industrial Engineer
. Designed and implemented a Kan-Ban (Visual Inventory Control)
eliminating 100% of parts shortages to the welding cells.
. Implemented Kan-Ban in raw material to increase turns from four per
year to 26.
. Implemented Water Spider delivery system from Grocery Store style
parts supply to reduce model change over time from four hours to
zero.
Education
. Four-year student of "Shin-Gijutsu Ltd.", Masters of the Toyota
Production System.
. Honorary Degree in Engineering/Management from the "University of
Hard Knocks". I have earned this honor through 30+ years of
life experience, decades of focused self education, hard work, and
a commitment to being the best at what I do.
Professional Development
TPS - Shin-Gijutsu Ltd @ Ammco Tool
SMED - C. Nakao (Shin-Gijutsu @ Ammco Tool)
Standard Work (Shin-Gijutsu @ Ammco Tool)
5-S Instructor Training (Shin-Gijutsu @ Ammco Tool)
Concurrent Engineering - C. Nakao (Shin-Gijutsu @ Ammco Tool)
Pre-Production Planning - C. Nakao (Shin-Gijutsu @ Ammco Tool)
Coaching - B. Stiwell (Ammco Tool)
FMEA - R. Mehraban (Molex)
APQP - R. Mehraban (Molex)
Gage R&R - R. Mehraban (Molex)
SPC-I - R. Mehraban (Molex)
SPC-II - R. Mehraban (Molex)
Supervisor Development Program (Molex)
SMED - (LMR @ CAT)
Constraint Management (CAT/Honda)
GREEN belt Certified (CAT)
TPM (LMR/CAT)
Standard Work (LMR @ CAT)
Takt Time (LMR @ CAT)
5-S (LMR @ CAT)
Root Cause Analysis (LMR @ CAT)