M.I. FRANCISCO ESTUPINAN

Product Development Coordination: Lead cross-functional teams, including R&D, engineering, operations, and sales, to develop the product concept.

Prototyping and Testing: Coordinate the creation of prototypes and oversee testing processes to validate product functionality and performance.

Monitoring and Controlling:Track project progress against the plan using key performance indicators (KPIs).
Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and budget.

Achievements: Successful completion of the introduction of 24 part numbers in a 12-month period by creating prototypes, fixtures, and developing production lines ready for mass production..
Productivity generated: $263 K USD

• Analyze and design processes that allow for improved operations throughout the customer's value chain.
• Leadership in the development of initiatives to increase productivity and efficiency, reduce scrap, downtime, and eliminate waste.
• Timely monitoring of the plant's KPIs with the aim of developing improvement projects according to the needs or important impacts
• Implementation of Six Sigma and lean manufacturing tools for project resolution.
• Achievements: Leadership and closing of 16 scrap reduction projects with different failure modes applying tools such as Paretos, MSA, DOE, RCA, POKA YOKE, and LINEAR REGRESSION. Savings: $130K. YIELD: From 96% to 98.5%.
• Transformation and innovation of the mold maintenance workshop through kaizen in the regional VSM. Implementation of TPM
  Investment: $150 K USD ROI: 14 MONTHS
  OEE: FROM 55% TO 78%
  OTD: FROM 85 TO 95%
• Application of SMED in the set-up processes of stamping machines.
  Increase in daily production from 80 K to 110 K units per day.

• Supervised the ordering, receipt and inventory of tool room supplies.
• Developed and implemented procedures for tracking and maintaining tool room equipment in an efficient manner.
• Monitored and maintained a preventative maintenance program for all tools and machines in the tool room.
• Managed budgeting activities related to purchasing new equipment and supplies for use within the Tool Room Department.
• Achievements: Implementation of a program to eliminate rework on the final product through the implementation of corrective and preventive maintenance of tools.
  Savings: reduction of 12 people in the rework area, $120K USD.
• Implementation of JIDOKA on 450 tools to mitigate the jamming failure mode in the operation.
  Savings : 30% reduction in downtime