Parker HannifinLean Coordinator
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2010Falkoping, SwedenTurned around a severely underperforming manufacturing facility through lean transformation. Conducted layered auditing of tracking centers yielding metrics and actionable insights. Created a sustainable problem-solving environment with extremely high employee engagement. • For the Falkoping, Sweden facility, overcame employee resistance, led culture change, developed training program, and improved management – employee communication, securing $150K corporate investment, improving quality 30% and inventory cost 50%, and achieving ROI of ~$2M. • Decreased costs by $1.49M with lean principles and right sizing application.
• Reduced lead time from 66 to 31 days through value stream mapping.
• Implemented assembly cell layouts, improving flow and reducing costs by decreasing forklift trucks from 14 to 4.
• Established a three-tier problem-solving structure and culture, improving FPY from 70% to 95%.
• Falkoping employees subsequently initiated re-engineering of the work cell stations, further reducing inventory costs, and improving efficiency and flow.