William J. Ousley

Background

About William J. Ousley

Leading lean manufacturing teams including training and coaching* Identified needs and wrote specifications for capital equipment procurement.* Developed and updated PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Flow Charts, OPG’s, PM & PPM’s for new and current products and equipment.* Developed a technical training seminar related to specialized parts orienting and automation equipment for maintenance and skilled trades’ personnel and was responsible for the presentation of this material to multiple groups at customer’s facility in Dublin, Ireland during a week-long training session.* Developed and conducted technical training related to specialized parts orienting and automation equipment for field service and sales personnel.* Have done public presentations and training for groups ranging from very small to over 300.* Developed, implemented, and monitored safety and ergonomic improvement plans for production processes.* Developed PLC programming requirements for new projects.* Performed cost analyses including product costs, make versus buy analysis, and assisted in developing budgets.* Had oversight of mechanical and electrical design personnel for custom automation equipment while supervising 5 design engineers.* Developed a process improvement that combined two separate off-line processes into one machine which eliminated a potential error of a missed operation, improved ergonomic concerns with improved loading and less handling, and improved individual cycle time per part by 2.5 seconds.* Served as plant supervisor for special machine, controls and PLC programming personnel with oversight of approximately 40 skilled trades’ team members.Specialties:* AutoCAD 2D* MOUS (Microsoft Office User Specialist) – Ball State University* Lean Manufacturing – Purdue University* Six Sigma Green Belt - Purdue University* Limited PLC programming experience