Expert Details
Printing Plant Layout, Facility Expansion, Materials Handling and Productivity Improvements
ID: 722803
North Carolina, USA
Expert's 40+ years in printing has been primarily in lithography (offset) operations. That experience is primarily in equipment layout for ideal workflow, efficient materials handling and waste reduction. He is also very qualified to analyze printing operations for productivity improvements.
Expert has worked with small to large packaging printers. His primary expertise is in equipment layout to provide ideal workflow, efficient materials handling, and waste reduction. He is also very qualified to recommend operational improvements to increase productivity.
Expert has worked with all sizes of flexo printers including paperboard printers. His expertise is primarily in equipment layout for ideal workflow, efficient materials handling, and waste reduction. He is also very qualified to recommend improvements in operations to reduce costs.
Expert has worked with small and large paperboard offset printers in laying out equipment to provide ideal workflow, efficient materials handling, and waste reduction. He is also very qualified in analyzing operations to recommend improvements to reduce costs.
Expert has worked with small to large screen printers in arranging equipment for new plant operations and rearranging existing plants to provide the best possible workflow, efficient materials handling, and waste reduction. He is also very qualified in analyzing operations to recommend improvements to reduce costs.
Expert prepared Expert area analysis of all existing operations and then expanded those area needs to accommodate Expertprinter’s expansion plans. (If Expertnew facility, provide for the ideal workflow in department and equipment layout, and if into Expert existing building, providing the best workflow within the facility confines.) He provided detailed equipment and storage facility layouts.He reviewed all materials handling and storage equipment, and areas and operations. He recommended new layouts, equipment, and methods to improve those operations. Expert analyzed all waste paper Expert to source and quantity. He provided recommendations to reduce waste and to improve methods of collecting, sorting, and disposing of waste.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1953 | Degree: B.S.M.E. | Subject: Industrial Engineering | Institution: Purdue University |
| Year: 1971 | Degree: M.B.A. | Subject: Management | Institution: Ohio State University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1989 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert provides engineering services to printers that are expanding, or need help in waste reduction, materials handling and storage, and productivity. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 1989 | Employer: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation | Title: Director, Technical Services | Department: |
Responsibilities:He managed up to 12 consultants that provided technical services to the Foundation’s members. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1977 | Employer: Bright of America | Title: V.P. of Operations | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for all manufacturing and distribution operations for a $12 million printing and manufacturing firm. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1972 to 1973 | Employer: Western Publishing | Title: Director of Research & Development | Department: Racine, WI |
Responsibilities:He provided engineering services for Expert eight-plant, $100+ million printing corporation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1971 to 1972 | Employer: National Graphics | Title: Director of Research & Development | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert provided engineering services for a $12 million printer. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1965 to 1971 | Employer: American Education Publications | Title: Industrial Engineering Manager | Department: Columbus, OH |
Responsibilities:He managed industrial engineers and capital budget accountants for a $25 million printing division of Xerox. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1961 to 1965 | Employer: McCall Corporation | Title: Industrial Engineer, Assistant Maintenance Manager, Assistant Mailing Manager | Department: Dayton, OH |
Responsibilities:Expert performed various duties for the world's largest printing plant. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1959 to 1961 | Employer: American Machine & Foundry | Title: Engineer | Department: International |
Responsibilities:He coordinated the installation of bowling centers internationally. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2000 to 2000 | Agency: General Accounting Office | Role: Consultant | Description: Expert provided area analysis of all activities with recommendations for consolidations. |
| Years: 1999 to 1999 | Agency: General Accounting Office | Role: Consultant | Description: He conducted Expertstorage area analysis and provided recommendations. |
| Years: 1999 to 1999 | Agency: General Accounting Office | Role: Consultant | Description: Expert provided recommendations for relocating Expert in-house printing operation. |
| Years: 1997 to 1998 | Agency: Department of State | Role: Consultant | Description: He provided recommendations for relocating Expert in-house printing operation. |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1981 to 1987 | Country / Region: Saudia Arabia | Summary: Expert specified and designed layout of all equipment for the Royal Saudi Air Force Publication Facility. |
| Years: 1992 to 1992 | Country / Region: Capetown, South Africa | Summary: He did equipment and storage layout planning for relocating Capetown's largest printer into larger facilities. |
| Years: 1994 to 1994 | Country / Region: Lima, Peru | Summary: Expert did equipment and storage layout planning for relocating Peru’s largest printer into larger facilities. |
| Years: 1993 to 1993 | Country / Region: Santo Odomingo,DR | Summary: He did all layout planning of Expertnew facility for the largest carton printer in the Dominican Republic. |
| Years: 2004 to Present | Country / Region: Mexico City, Mexico | Summary: Expert performed layout planning for additional equipment and consolidation of three plants into two. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| AIIE, NAPL, PIA/GATF |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| He is Expertlicensed Professional Industrial Engineer. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Chair of the GATF'S Society of Fellows, Chair of NAPL's Nonpareil Society and Chair of AIIE's Society of Fellows |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| He is ExpertFellow of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, ExpertFellow of the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation and Expertmember of NAPL/R & E Council's Nonpareil society |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert authored two books for the printing industry and over 25 articles for printing industry journals. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert was Expert expert witness fsupplier against Expertprinter in Houston, Texas in 1990-91. He was also Expert expert witness fprinter against Expertsupplier in Memphis, Tennessee in 2000. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| He developed Expertthree-day seminar on printing plant expansion and conducted 20 classes for over 400 printing executives. He conducted over 25 half- to full-day seminars on layout, waste reduction, and materials handling for printing industries associations. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert has constantly searched for and recommended vendors to printers that would improve their operations. |
Fields of Expertise
book binding, graphic-arts lithography, offset printing, packaging printing, paperboard flexographic printing, paperboard offset printing, screen printing, digital printing, gravure printing press, rotogravure printing press, paperboard conversion, offset paper, rotary screen printing, web handling system, prepress system, rotogravure printing, printing machinery, paperboard, gravure printing