Supply Chain Six Sigma

Professional Resume

Kent Vincent

Summary of Qualifications

Professional with deep experience in leading operations and quality initiatives for manufacturing companies across diverse sectors including batch chemical, food, and automotive supply. Expert in diverse manufacturing methodologies used in the development and maintenance of continuous improvement programs, initiatives, and projects including lean, Six Sigma, and Quick Response.

Strong background in industrial engineering, life and ag sciences R&D, and mid-sized task team management. Proficient in use and understanding of commercial systems and applications including MS Office Suite, ERP, MES, and manufacturing-related data acquisition and process control. Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Lean Bronze, APICS CIRM, Supply Chain Analyst. Strong production and R&D liaison skills.

Areas of Expertise

Lean and Six Sigma Strategy/Training

Continuous Process Improvement

Manufacturing Methods & Processes- Strengths in Batch Process and Food, Formulated Products

Processth Control, MES, and Planning Systems including select ERP systems

Process focus on the distal end of production-outbound Supply Chain interface

Public sector/government agency health care center logistics and Supply Chain

Variants or “dialects” of lean that include the Toyota Production System, Quick Response Manufacturing for high variety- low volume/shorter run products, basics of TPS mixed model materials flow and line design (study, no engagements yet)

Professional Experience

Professional Experience

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Professional Experience

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Professional Experience

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Professional Experience

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Professional Experience

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Contract Product Owner/ MES Requirements Development and Continuous Improvement Support

Panasonic America, Buffalo Grove, IL., December 2022 – July 2023

Generated functional requirements for a new marketable MES system for the Electric Vehicle battery production market.

Contract Change Control Quality Delegate (Staff Augmentation role)/Improvement and Control

CSL BEHRING Kankakee, IL., May – October 2022

Monitor and execute regulatory and operational documentation changes to reflect the state of process improvement implementation for quality and production process improvement at a biotechnology-based biotherapeutic production facility (blood and plasma bioproducts.

Principal Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Consultant

Techwerks LLC North Chicago, IL and San Antonio, TX (Remote)

August 2019 – June 2021

Agency: JA Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, IL

Supply Chain Modernization and Improvement Effort

Conducted and validated current and future state process mapping of 75 key processes in supply chain management and fulfillment for financial, pharmacy, and biomedical functional departments in support of:

a) the readiness initiative in advance of a Department of Defense medical logistics software supply chain system migration and implementation.

b) a nascent pilot processes.

Client: Veterans Health Administration

Improvement initiative for waste reduction streamlining and optimizing manual and automated processes and procedures.

Generated and co-authored a triad of documents for discovery, rank ordering, staging, and execution of supply chain-oriented continuous process improvement projects within a single VA-DoD joint Medical Center that the VHA Procurement and Logistics Office would use as a model for 175 VA medical centers nationwide.

Projected benefits to roll out estimated at $0.9M according to VHA projections.

Complete business architecture, systems redesign, and business process improvement project implementation plans were supplied despite a lack of senior project management level support or detailed client departmental input to project opportunity development.

Client: Veterans Benefits Administration San Antonio TX., Veterans Records Remediation Effort

Identified and documented improvement paths for identifying and rectifying errors in veteran benefits records including process mapping, redesign of problem submission tickets, and work in process volume and pacing control.

Managing Principal

Industrial Systems and Re-engineering Services, Lisle, IL DBA sole proprietorship

March 1999 – July 2019

Provide contract-based consultation and training on quality and process improvement for a client base of small to mid-size manufacturers and service providers located primarily in the quad-state Lake Michigan area.

Analyze client operations to develop and implement long-term strategic plans focusing on lean enterprise, Six Sigma processes, and quality assurance methodologies.

Develop custom offerings for high mix/short run clients.

Occasional project-focused staff augmentation assignments with larger enterprises.

Selected Accomplishments and Project Highlights:

Guided supply chain management and plant operations improvement efforts at production and development facilities for Roquette North America.

Concentration on rail logistics and co-product quality and cost reduction.

Assisted in balancing rail fleet size and on-time delivery requirements and in elevating product delivery rates.

Conducted green belt level Lean Six Sigma training at Lakeview Energy LLC, a producer of corn bioethanol and animal nutrition end co-products.

Achieved 8% improved yields and throughput by way of optimizing truck queue management for delivery and testing of incoming raw product and through optimizing reactor blending conditions and recipes.

Identified means of accelerating throughput at a prominent mid-market cold rolling metalworking operation with emphasis on tool and die reconditioning practices, finite capacity scheduling use, and statistical work sampling. Initial 8% throughput rise for 3 mo.

Acting Quality Manager for bottled water producer in South Pacific for Mid-August- Mid-October 2012.

Launch LSS DMAIC and project structure concepts, supporting laboratory analysis practices for trace contaminant control.

Developed two distinct protocols for Measurement Systems Analysis for laboratory and plant data to conform to professional association standards.

At Abbott Labs mapped and documented as-is processes for post-sales blood diagnostics systems implementation (2013).

At Kraft Foods, IA, optimized yields from meat slicing via Design of Experiments, recapturing $260,000 in 16 weeks. (2011).

Performed process and value stream current and future state mapping for Navistar military parts supply business, identifying savings and streamlining opportunities in the information and material flow.

Conducted Six Sigma Green Belt training and mentoring for Stanadyne Performance Engine Parts, a Tier-1 automotive component manufacturer at two flagship plants; created a plan for implementation of specific process improvements generating more than $3,000,000 in cumulative cost savings.

Implemented process changes leading to the retention and expansion of business with Chrysler and John Deere at Stanadyne. Adapted select features of Shainin and TPS planning and execution for Chrysler.

Conducted Lean Six Sigma training for exiting employees at General Motors and other mid-sized manufacturers such as Prent Corp. in SE Wisconsin.

Some received new certifications or redeployment.

Aided in the start-up of a firm that developed laboratory software information systems (LIMS) and helped them secure several key pilot accounts including Abbott Laboratories.

Co-authored specifications for a large active drug screening lab.

Conducted lean site audit for a high variety, low volume sewing manufacturer, Juki Holdings, in preparation for a comprehensive ERP / business system upgrade; utilized multi-route capacity-driven kanban’s to shorten the timeframe for implementing a lean enterprise system.

Performed IT applications-based paper industry consulting for Greycon Software Ltd (UK/US) to optimize plant scheduling.

Clients included Stora-Enso, International Paper, and Votaratim (Brazil).

Optimized capable-to-promise product allocation plus rework time and trim loss savings at key rolled paper and textile clients. Co-authored procedural documentation at UK HQ.

Provided operations and business development support to a biotech-based water treatment start-up, now Enzymes-Inc. that secured pilot contracts with food, metals, and large vehicle fleet-based express delivery companies such as UPS.

Senior Program Manager / Business Advisor

Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Chicago, IL, US Govt/NIST Small Bus. Center

January 1995 – March 1999

Led assessment teams of 4 to 6 professionals in conducting process improvement projects for a wide range of manufacturer clients that enabled them to compete globally, support greater supply chain integration, and access technologies that enhanced their productivity.

Recruited, reviewed, and contracted with approximately 50 providers supplying diverse technical support that included computer technology, environmental health and safety, and environmental engineering.

Directed multi-faceted project for fish packing plant, Vita Foods, entailing the implementation of lean, quality improvements and HACCP compliance; reduced costs associated with compliance and water-based assessment, clean up, and consumption by $250,000 annually.

Conducted ERP software selection project for Kay Manufacturing, IL, a Tier-2 supplier of transmission hubs and gearing for GM, NorthStar, and other OEMs.

Vice President / Engagement Coordinator

Industrial Systems Integrators, La Grange, IL, Contract Automation Integrator

June 1993 – December 1994

Provided engineering and systems integration for clients in the packaging and metal products sector located in the Great Lakes area.

Charged with oversight of requirements analysis for implementation engagements including engineering, electrical, and IT resources.

W-2 based consulting assignments for Cap Gemini for warehouse management and software and automotive supply chain software search at Keystone Steel, IL and Wizdom Systems, IL a manufacturing and government agency process analytics software provider.

Advisory Systems Engineer / Industrial Specialist

I.B.M. Corp., Rolling Meadows, IL, established information technology & services firm, 1987 – 1993

Served as branch office and regional specialist for early phase implementation of less conventional IT applications utilized in automation, process control, process industry MRP, data collection, and internal logistics.

Built and led action teams of 8 to 10 comprised of IBM sales and systems engineers and client department heads.

Selected Accomplishments:

Recipient of IBM National Process Industry Sector Outstanding Performance Award for pre-sales and post-sales support of plant applications primarily in process consumer goods.

Analyzed needs and implemented an innovative system for two major food processors that increased business volumes on the vendor side by $3M per year while cutting customer material losses by $250,000 annually.

Set up a pilot program for a food processing plant that analyzed ingredient consumption with a combined MRP and MES system (PRISM and POMS) for accurate work-in-process reporting and production costing enabling them to implement efficiencies that saved more than $180,000 per year for the duration of the plant operation (1990 – 2004).

Collaborated with IBM’s industrial products support center in the construction of a pilot MES demonstration system for the food batch process industry that resulted in multiple trial sales for clients in northeast Illinois.

Professional Training:

McElrath and Associates (MN, IN) Engineering Statistics and Quality Metrics

Lean Enterprise Institute (GA) Lean Concepts and Continuous Flow

University of Wisconsin Quick Response Manufacturing

IBM Instruments Analytical Chemistry Computing (later instructed the same)

Virginia Tech University Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

MESA Manufacturing Extension Systems and Digital Transformation

Education & Certifications

MBA, Kellogg Graduate School of Business Northwestern University (IL)

Food Science and Technology MS, Cornell University (NY)

BA Chemistry cum laude Phi Beta Kappa, Lawrence University (WI)

Six Sigma Master Black Belt – American Society of Quality

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt—SSI, Inc. TX

Cert. Supply Chain Analyst- ISCEA

Lean Bronze level certified – Assoc. of Mfg. Excellence, CIRM- APICS/ASCM

MESA Certificate of Competency for Manufacturing Execution Systems

Project Management and Agile Basics – pending December 2023

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