Rick Duncan, a Lean TPM Consultant with J & A International has
Trained under two Japanese Senseis in the Lean techniques of the Toyota Production System (TPS) and worked with an American Sensei.
Conducted Lean training from the shop floor to the boardroom and led multiple Continuous Improvement events in production, accounting, and the supply chain.
Generated ROI’s that have typically been greater than $1,000,000 per year.
Served Clients from: Food Industry, USAF, Automotive Industry, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Professional:
Institute of Industrial Engineers – professional member
Six Sigma Black Belt certification – 2010
IIE Dayton Chapter secretary – 2009-2014
Published – Learning to see. . . again, Institute of Industrial Engineers website May 2010
Published – Giving Structure to Lean Learning, IIE Lean Division Newsletter June 2009
Operational Excellence Conference, speaker 2008 – “Understanding Lean Visions”
IIE Outstanding Service Award – 2007
Published – USAF Depot Maintenance, Changing Paces with Lean, IIE Lean Division Newsletter May 2005
Professional Accomplishments:
Achievements :
• 60% compression of start-up time for packaging line
• Development of Lean training modules and manuals for plant wide use
• $5.6 million cost avoidance through 16% material yield improvement in packaging.
• $5M+ projected savings through rework reduction, Standard Work, and TPM for Air Force MRO department
• 28% productivity improvement in two months for $300K savings by work balancing assembly cells with standardized work for ABS braking units.
• $720K savings in two week redesign of machining cell flow with a 9 heads reduced.
• 30% improvement is scheduling optimization of shipping, receiving, and load optimization in dock usage
• $2.31M benefit from a capital equipment project that reduced thirteen heads in tool regrinding with cost justification on CNC equipment.
• $480K improvement by designing and implementing an inventory control and supply system in two months for clean room assembly cells.
• $200K savings by developing plant wide down time tracking system.
• $257K improvement by reconfiguring machining line in thermal deburr operation.
