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Peter A. Crosby
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| Questions relating to manufacturing plant location, site selection, labor planning & control; plant maintenance; inventory control; production planning and scheduling; forecasting; plant layout and design; supply chain; purchasing; logistics; distribution; warehousing; transportation
Can`t answer detailed technical questions regarding equipment operations or design | Available
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Kenneth L Pratt
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| Packaging Machinery. Application and repair of all brands of stretch wrap machinery including fully automatic units, most strapping machinery, tape machinery, and shrink wrap machinery. 35 Years experience in a variety of machinery maintenance and purchasing fields, 35 Years experience in equipment maintenance and specifying, including 13 Years experience specializing in packaging machinery application and service, primarily in the manufacturing/distribution environment. | Available
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Michael A. Zakkour
U.S.
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| I can answer questions about manufacturing and sourcing products in China, including design, engineering, quality control, factory auditing, packaging, shipping and customs clearance.
I can also answer questions about Chinese culture, cross-cultural training and understanding, China business culture and etiquette.
I can also answer questions about developing branding and marketing and sales plans for your off the shelf or OEM products. | Available
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Paul J. Zepf
Canada
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| I can answer any questions reguarding the design, operation, efficiency and effectiveness of most packaging production lines and their equipment found in the pharmacuetical, health care, home care, food and beverage industries. My specialty is Quick Change Processes and tooling. | Available
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Aaron Overbeek
U.S.
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| Expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Toyota Production Systems, Strategic Sourcing, and re-engineering of manufacturing processes. Also available to answer any multiple project management questions, Best Manufacturing Practices, ISO and MIL standards, Environment, Health, and Safety questions. | Available
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Adam Paige
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| I can answer questions about adhesive coating, laminating, slitting. I am an expert on adhesives and substrates for adhesive coatings, including release coatings. permanent vs. removable adhesives. I have 30 year expertise in Converting, and am happy to give advise on new product development or specifing specific additives to adhesive formulations. | Available
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Joe D. Buys
U.S.
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| I can answer questions about Lean initiatives both on the plant floor or in the office. Lean is about How to eliminate waste in any process. How to build and maintain teams used in Kaizen or rapid improvement events. | Available
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Joe Martin
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| I can answer questions about Quality Systems (AS9100, AS9103, Boeing D6-82479, etc.) Particular areas of expertise are Statistical Process Control (SPC), sampling inspection, design for Six Sigma, and Six Sigma tools in general. | Available
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R.Gopal
India
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| Production technology, machinery selection and know how for rubber products, testing procedures. | Available
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Rolfe Foxwell
U.S.
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| I am a small manufacturer of jewelry for semi-precious stones. I have been working in this area for 10 years. Our Major stones are Larimar (from the Caribbeans) and Dichroic ( a man made crystal ). The mayority of our work is in silver and 14k gold. We do not deal in fine jewelry such as diamonds. | Available
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Adrian Flores
U.S.
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| I can answer questions regarding Labor Intensive Manufacturing (assembly), from the Manufacturing and Quality Standpoint. Supplier Quality, Process Improvement and optimization, Error proofing, Process Control and Waste (Muda) elimination | Available
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