Jim Cook

Background

About Jim Cook

25 years in Materials Management Plant Manager / General Manager for 1 1/2 years Project Manager for 8 years Solid experience in Value Stream Mapping, Making Material Flow, Parts presentation, PFEP, Kanban, Kaizan, 8D, A3, 5S, PLant Layouts, PPAP and Pareto Analysis. Implemented AGV in 2012 - resulting in an increase of equipment uptime, 5S and material flow while reducing manpower by 33%=$280K annually. Behaviour based Chairman from 2012 to present ensuring plant training - audits - feedback and continuous improvements. Improved the plant DOH inventories on average by 3.5 days per month from 2011 comparing to 2010. Equating to 2.2 million per month in savings while achieving a 99.9% OE ship on time. Lead in 5S implementation in 2008 and 2011. Lead company in succesful ISO 9001 - 14001 and 18001 implemtation in 2010. Value Stream Mapping for several production lines resulting in a 40% material handling reduction and in excess of in savings annually. 5S implementation – resulting in a 15% increase in overall production flow and source/cell inspection resulting in savings. Shop upgarades in 2008-2009. Electrical upgrades, equipment aquisitions, fencing, office expansion. Plant meeting 97% operational efficiency with no TIR or TCR safety issues. Implemented safety program and preventative maintenance programs in 2008 - 2009.