Consulting Expertise
The time to review a facility or company and outline what results can be achieved is normally two days
Process & Systems Improvements Experience
Industry & Company Types/ Product Types/ Process Types/ Assignment Types
Aircraft Manufacturer: Aircraft Production & Assembly, Landing Gear Production, Boeing
Aerospace & Defense: First, Second, Third Tier Contractors; Many Types of Products/ Rocket Engines/ Jet Engine Overhaul & Remanufacturing/ Drones/ Fuel Pods/ Composites Production/ JDAM Product/ Explosives/ Fuel Sensors/ Propeller Manufacturing/ Electronics/ Automatic Test Systems/ Fabrication Processes; Many Types, Machining, Composites
Architectural & Construction Products: Buildings Skins Steel/ Aluminum Wall and Window Systems/ Aluminum Doors/ Air Handling Equipment; Production & Installation/ Roof Tiles
Automotive Components: Air Bag Inflators/ Wheel Alignment Products/ Air-conditioning Dehydrators
Consumer Products: Black and Decker Household Products Divisions; Irons, Coffee Makers, Toaster Ovens/ Brass Lamps, Shades/ Beauty Products; Giorgio of Beverly Hills
Electronic Devices & Components: Printed Circuit Boards; Blanks, Loading, Testing/ Components; Pots, Networks, Trimmers, Motors, Transformers, Magnetic, Substrates/ Semiconductor; Fabrication, Bonding, Encapsulation, Test Operations, Packaging
Electronic Equipment: Instruments & Communications; Many Types/ Test Equipment, Testing Systems/ Phone/ Computers/ Bottle(Glass) Testing Equipment; Thickness, Flaws, Seals, Pressure/ Cable TV/ Satellite Receivers/ Point of Sales Terminals/ Card and Check Scanning Devices/ Enclosures; Sheet Metal, Molded, Racking/ Test Props and Leads
Electrical Mechanical & Optical Equipment: Semiconductor Process Equipment/ Credit Card Processing Machines/ Printers/ Eye Examination Devices/ Fingerprint Scanners/ Flow Control Devices/ Optics Manufacturing; Lens Fabrication, Grinding, Coatings/ Marine Satellite Antenna
Explosive Devices: Aero Space Devices; Many Types/ Airbag Inflators/ Initiators/ Ammunition
Fishing Products: Poles/ Reels/ Fishing Line/ Tackle/ Bait/ Rope/ Accessories
Food Processing: Food Dehydrators/ Burritos/ Rice Mill; Processing, Packaging/ Pistachio Nut; Processing, Packaging
Golf Products: Golf Shafts; Graphite, Steel/ Golf Clubs Production
Mechanical & Machines: Glass Processing, Molding, Handling Mach./ Lifting Equipment, Genie Lifts/ Engine Turbo Chargers/ Packaging Mach./ Grinders/ Floor Sweepers, Cleaning Mach. Tennant Co./ Semiconductor Processing Equipment/ Robotics/ Windmill; Production, Overhaul & Repair/ Hydraulic; Cylinders, Pumps, Controls/ Compressors/ Credit Cards; Imprinters & Processing Equipment/ Mining Equipment & Machines/
J-Dam Guidance
Medical Devices: Infusion Pumps/ Precision Dispensing Devices/ Breathing Apparatus, CPAP, Respirators/ Eye Examination Devices/ Thermometers/ Pressure Monitoring Catheters/ Artificial Heart Components/ Patient Monitoring Devices/ Medical Test Kits/ Health Aides, Wheel Chairs, Walkers, Many Types Health Aids/ Dental Chairs/ Oral Surgical Tools/ Disposables; Injection Molding, Sterilizing, Packaging
Mining Products: Tunnel Boring Machines/ Ore Mining Mach; Boring, Removal, Conveyor/ Ore Processing Mach; Mills, Pumps, Pump Linings, Separators, Centrifuges
Software Production: Software; Duplication, Assembly, Packaging, Distribution, Microsoft
Tools: Fabrication, Processes, Packaging, Snap-On Tools/ Special Tools Automotive
Window Coverings: Blinds/ Verticals/ Woven Woods/ Pelted Cloth/ Plastic Coating
Process & Specialty Industries: Graphite Composites; Production, Sheets, Threads, Forming: Golf Shafts, Air Craft Parts/ Heavy Metal Foundries/ Extruding; Aluminum, Plastics, Fishing Line, Filament/ Plastics; Injection Molding, Rotary Molding, Vacuum Molding, Extruding / Rubber Molding, Ore Mill Linings, Pump Linings, Isolation Dampeners, Small Pasts / Die Casting/ Women Undergarments Production/ Paints/ Glaze Production/ Plating; Most Types/ Etching; PCB Blanks, Displays/ Laminating; PCB, Credit Cards/ Deposition Coatings Processes; Plastics, Substrates, Metal/ Credit Cards Production; Printing, Processing, Mailing/ Explosive Devices; Military, Detonation Cord, Ammunition, Initiators/ CD Processing/ VCR Processing/ Filter Production / Wire Production/ Rope Production/ Machine Shops/ Sheet Metal Shops/ Printing Processes; Lithographic, Silk Screening, Flood Coating, Food Containers / Tube Processing/ Welding Fabrication; Tanks, Draglines, Hoe Buckets/ High Speed Automated Fabrication & Processing; Electronic Component, Explosive Initiator’s, Air Bag Inflator, Medical Device Components & Disposables/ Robotic Processing; Welding, Machine Load & Unloading, Process Handling
Material Handling & Warehousing: Many Stockrooms & Point of Use POU Storage Supporting; Fabrication, Manufacturing, Assembly, Finished Goods, Bulk Storage, Seasonal Food Bulk Storage, Seasonal Products / Distribution Centers: Products; Software, Spare Parts, Grocery, Frozen Food/ Picking Methods: Pallet Load, Mixed Pallet, Mixed Pallet & Hand, Small Parts Stockrooms/ Automated Picking; Packing Delivery Systems, Man Aboard Picking, Carrousels, Automatic Storage & Retrieval Systems, Conveyers/ Expert: Inventory Record Accuracy All Types Listed Above
Types of Business Categories: Engineer to Order/ Configure to Order; Make, Assemble, Fabricate, Pick to Order/ Lower Volume High Mix/ Mixed Model Continues Processing/ Make to Stock; Low, Medium, High & Mixed Volume, Seasonal Distribution/ Overhaul Repair; Wind Mills, Turbo Prop Jet Engines, Automotive Cores/ Service & Repair, Many Types, Field Service Machines Business, Service & Repair Depot Business/ Replacement Spare Parts Business, Obsolete Product Support Business
Planning & Scheduling Experience: Fabrication & Assembly; High & Low Volume, Low Volume High Variation for MTS & MTO/ Engineer to Order, ETO/ Configured Products, Model & Options/ Large Batch Process/ Continues Process/ Extremely Long Complex Machines: Tunnel Boring, Glass Molding, Rocket Engines/ Service & Repair/ Rebuilds/ Overhaul/ Spare Parts/ Fabrication Support Processes & Fabrication Shops: Machine, Sheet Metal, Welding, Plating, Paint, Composites, Molding, Deposition Coating Complex Scheduling: Heavy Metal Foundries/ Rice Mill/ Mixed Model Continues Process/ Coordinated Multi Flow Continues Process
Systems Experience: Implementing & Tailoring to Match Difficult; Processes, Product, Market Demands/ Created Customer Driven Manufacturing, CDM, Method to use ERP System for Demand Pull/ Distribution Resources Planning DRP/ Shop Floor Control SFC/ Other Systems Experience: Engineering Change/ New Products Introduction/ Business Planning/ Sales and Operations Planning SOP/ Linking / Linking Factories with Distribution Systems & Sales
Countries Consulted: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden and United Kingdom.
Strategies for Competitive Manufacturing
David Waliszewski, P.E., CPIM
