David E. Graney, CPIM

Experience

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  BrassCraft Mfg.

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2016

  Machine Shop Manager 2014-2016Led 2 direct report shift supervisors, who in turn led 32 direct and indirect hourly associates. Managed all department budgeting, manning and expenses for 42 multi-spindle screw machines. Multi-shift operation, leading efforts in; safety, quality, delivery and cost metrics. Implemented performance based end of line, hour by hour boards for 42 screw machines with start of shift tours, addressing performance issues Decreased set up time from 8-12 hours to 2-3 hours by implementing set up reduction cart and kitting process. Show less Led, planned, scheduled, and facilitated all continuous improvement efforts. Championed annual Value Stream Mapping events with Leadership Team to develop continuous improvement focus Implemented lean manufacturing technique, combining bulk packaging of “chrome risers” and plating into one operation, providing savings of $80k in WIP inventory. Developed, facilitated, trained and led plant-wide 5-S program. Setting corporate best practice, traveling to other facilities to aid in training and implementation Facilitated multi-plant implementation of consignment inventory process, resulting in $250k initial savings, $2m potential savings Established OEE metric for 15 key, high-volume machines, tracking improvements from 55% to 65% total OEE. Facilitated series of Kaizen events, improving OEE on 4 key machines, resulting in a projected reduction of 4k downtime hours Plant ISO14001 EMR: Facilitated auditor training, scheduling for procedure and work instruction audits providing external surveillance audits with no major or minor findings Plant Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Coordinator: Worked with department managers, developing PM schedule, work instructions and work orders. Delivered first formal PM program, corresponding to improved OEE metric. Show less Implemented Improshare® gainsharing program. Developed team training curriculum, held management and supervisory team training, and led plant wide team training efforts.  Aided in Kaizen events for new product work cells and process development, resulting in a sustained and profitable rollout of a next generation water stop for the Thomasville facility and the corporation Facilitated development of company “code-of-conduct”, resulting in a benchmark for improved plant interpersonal relationships. Enabled change in automatic valve assembly process from “batch and que” to “flow”, reducing WIP inventory by $120k, cutting lead-time from 39 hours to 6 and increasing productivity 10%. Show less

  • Machine Shop Manager

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Continuous Improvement Manager

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2014

  • Improshare® Coordinator

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2004
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  Team-Based Facilitator and Implementer of Lean Principles

  Jan 2016 - now

  Continuous Improvement Manager

  5-S | TPM | OEE | Set-Up Reduction | Standard Work | Kanban1-piece flow | 5-Why Root Cause | Sustained Processes