Brandon Marlow

Experience

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  Baldor Electric

  Jan 1998 - Jun 2010

  Plant change agent and chair of the Lean Steering CommitteeCoach Lean Flex Flow Master® candidates with their Lean certification projectsManage plant continuous improvement direction, kaizen event planning, 6S audit program, and kaizen suggestion programWork with production managers to perform kaizen events in key areas that lead to the plant strategic goalsBenchmark current state of plant and other facilities to determine where we are and where we need to goSelected AccomplishmentsProject leader for large motor assembly lean rearrangementImproved productivity of EW assembly by 20%; eliminated need for overtime; reduced manpower by 10%Decreased throughput time by 16 hours; from 20 hours to 4 hours; value added ratio of 15%Reduced layout space required by 50%; freed up 26,000 sq. ft.Moved internal key supply processes adjacent to assembly line; reduced material travel by 500 ft.Changed product flow from push to pull though:Reducing WIPCross training (allowing manpower to flex job to job)Reducing floor space (less walking)Improving material flow (introduce water spiders to deliver one hour of material to each work station)Perform standard work (combine work to reduce idle time)Value Stream Map (VSM) entire plant and key business processesHelp Value Steam managers and their staff to visually see their process and begin to strategically choose kaizen eventsUse VSMs to document processes, determine material flow, predict manpower, develop layout and determine where bottlenecks will be with changes in demandImproved Lean plant assessment score by 10% in one yearRe-structure and improve kaizen suggestion programBegin to use value stream maps to determine capital expendituresForm future state value stream maps and coordinate changes with Value Steam managersStrategically chose kaizen events as a plan to change the business culture from push to pullImplement 6S audit program Show less Identify and implement processes that increased production efficienciesSupport production by introducing process improvementsEvaluate improved processes to determine effectiveness and the resulting product qualityDesignate area manager for UL auditSelected AccomplishmentsProject manager for a new $1.7 million fully automated machine winding systemDeveloped and implemented lean cell process that doubled output of rotating assembly without any extra inputsDesigned and installed lean cell process that doubled the output of winding assembly without any extra inputsProject manager for new laser name plating systemTripled the output of winding systems using TPM, Six Sigma, and Lean concepts Show less Utilized manufacturing databases to perform constraint, productivity and quality analysisPerformed time studies using MOST Used time studies to value stream map entire processSelected AccomplishmentsDeveloped program to design, build and install tooling on an unused machine in three weeks completing project 12 weeks early with a cost savings of $1.05 millionPowerLean® certified rotating assembly cellLeader for setup reduction team that reduced the setup time from 275 minutes to 32 minutes on a bottleneck winding machine resulting in a savings of $1.6 millionImproved flow in assembly by creating a spur line that enabled shorter cycle motors to pass longer cycle motors evening the flow of work to all workstationsDesigned and developed machine winding process for high temperature winding materials Show less Designed layouts for best raw material and process flowRe-engineered critical machine parts that fail prematurelySelected AccomplishmentsGained Lean certification on a project to redesign material and process flow that resulted in an annualized cost savings of $547KRe-designed tooling to eliminate insulation trim process for a annualized cost savings of $201KProfessional Training160 hours of Six Sigma Training200 hours of Lean Manufacturing Training96 hours of Leadership Training 40 hours of MOST® Training30 hours of OSHA and STOP® Safety Training Show less

  • Continuous Improvement Manager

    Jan 2008 - Jun 2010

  • Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

    Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    Jan 2001 - Dec 2006

  • Associate Manufacturing Engineer

    Sept 2000 - Dec 2000

  • Coop Engr.

    Jan 1998 - Aug 2000
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  Southern Nuclear

  May 2010 - now

  • Project Manager (Subsequent License Renewal)

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Project Manager (Digital Modernization)

    Apr 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Project Manager (Southern Nuclear Development)

    Jan 2018 - Apr 2021

  • Human Performance & Organizational Effectiveness Manager

    May 2012 - Feb 2018

  • Root Cause Analyst

    May 2010 - May 2012