David Bouriaque

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About David Bouriaque

Experienced Manager of people, processes and projects with extensive knowledge in cost improvement systems, including Lean tools. Recognized as a skillful leader of individuals and teams with the ability to grasp and use the latest technology to solve problems and improve the bottom-line performance of the business. I am a very strong systems/business operations hybrid who has worked as an IT business analyst/a lean manufacturing/process improvement analyst and also held operations/management roles. I can properly design systems (both the application and the database) and implement the business processes to use them. I enjoy integrating information with processes in an environment that strives for “operational excellence”. I have extensive experience in both discrete and process manufacturing. Specialties: lean; VSM; capacity planning; spaghetti diagrams; flow; level; pull; supermarket; KANBAN; Kaizen; project management; metrics; root cause analysis; 5S; PFEP; continuous improvement; PDCA; DMAIC; change management; business processes and mapping; gap analysis; data; TPM; business and process knowledge; Word; Excel; Access; Project; Visio; SharePoint; InfoPath; PowerPoint; Adobe Acrobat Professional; eVSM, eKaizen; SAP, 4th Shift, JDE, NDS, DIS, Quipware; BO, SharePoint, SQL, Crystal Reports 6 weeks of lean “boot camp”. Training included classroom and practical application using the following Lean Enterprise Institute Workbooks: Creating Level Pull; Learning to See; Creating Continuous Flow; Making Materials Flow and the Value Stream Mapping Workshop (Now an expert eVSM user (https://evsm.com)) Improving Production in a High-Mix/Low-Volume Company Lean Institute Oct 2011. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (IASSC) August 2016