CREDENTIAL SUMMARY FOR JOHN VAN HORN

Accomplished management professional who has specialized in performance and productivity improvement in manufacturing, packaging operations and supply chain logistics. I specialize in waste elimination or minimization and elimination of non-value added activities. I have over twenty-five years of proven experience spanning a wide variety of programs in a number of different industries. My unique experience allows me to seek out and find the most innovative, effective and efficient solutions to reduce costs, improve capacity, enhance quality, improve safety and service level with reduction in capital investment.

My process mapping experience enables me to minimize rework, mistake proof steps, minimize excessive motions, have the best method / practice with balanced workloads at each processing step, minimize the number of steps, any transports, any waiting for equipment, material or instructions and convert any idle time to value added where feasible, as well as, being capable of identifying sources of defects , variances, or opportunities that impact productivity and profitability. Areas of significant work experience include: KVI and FTE engineered standards expertise, process and method improvement, identifying best practices requirements, production standards for high speed packaging operations and for warehouse employees, and warehouse layout and design, strategic profiling analysis, materials handling automation and capacity analysis. Certified in Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt), Certified in Work Factor standards and WITNESS Simulation.

Project Manager on many multi-million dollar projects developing and managing a project timeline, establishing sound client relations, and developing and then maintaining baseline information for return-on-investment verification. Each program resulted in successful implementation, improved effectiveness, and significant savings for said projects.

Relative experience related to engineered labor standards includes: The development and deployment of engineered labor standards including receiving, put-away, picking, loading and shipping in a 600,000 sq. ft. distribution center with a unionized labor workforce of 200.

Evaluation of the performance of driver delivery using wireless technology to record the activities of a driver during the delivery process. Time studies and engineered standards were used to determine the productivity gains /losses for the new system’s impact versus previous delivery methods.

Development and deployment of 300 engineered labor standards in 6 facilities..

Most Recent Positions Held: Principal of Consulting Industrial Engineering firm Gulf Coast Performance Inc. Senior Consulting Engineer for Logistics Consultants Inc

Manager of Process Improvement For The Supply Chain E & J Gallo Manager of Industrial Engineering For Perrigo Pharmaceutical (staff of 13)