Stephan IZARD

www.invivo-group.com
www.invivo-nsa.com
Foreman for the construction of a feed plant.

* Responsibilities:
- - - Monitoring technical modifications with suppliers
- - - Prioritization manufacturing & assembly (construction, machinery, ...)
- - - Production schedules tasks
- - - Monitoring daily work progress
- - - Verification of proper standards of quality and safety

Duration: 1 year (1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011).

www.valeo.com
Valeo Friction Materials, site of Limoges (87).
Leading global manufacturer of clutch fittings for automotive and industrial vehicles, site of 380 people.

1) ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEWLY ACQUIRED BUSINESS FLOWS FROM:

* Objectives:
. . . . Implementation of visual management,
. . . . Prioritization of production,
. . . . Inventory reduction,
. . . . 0 Delivery Per Million,
. . . . FIFO inventory management,

* Achievements:
- - - Value Stream Analysis (VSA / VSM).
- - - Design & Organisation of stocks.
- - - Just renewal of consumption (Kan Ban).
- - - Organization of work & operators' work loads.
- - - Project Coordination & Monitoring.
- - - Training operators.
- - - Continuous improvement.

* Results:
- - -> Visual management to prioritize production.
- - -> 12% reduction of operators' work loads.
- - -> 15% reduction inventory (working capital & expenses reduction).
- - -> Improved ergonomics, hardness reduced by 50%.
- - -> Best implications and involvement of the operators.

=> Validation ceremony VPS : June 2010, operational organization.


2) ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT UNIT OF PRODUCTION IN JUST IN TIME:

* Objectives:
. . . . Implementation of visual management,
. . . . Decreased Lead-Time
. . . . Inventory reduction,
. . . . 0 Delivery Per Million,
. . . . Traceability

* Achievements:
- - - Value Stream Analysis (VSA / VSM).
- - - Consolidated with reference ranges and flows common to differentiate production as late as possible.
- - - Identification and selection of reference "High-runner whose client request corresponding to the stability criteria.
- - - Change in SAP ranges, in collaboration with the Computer and industrialization.
- - - Reorganization physical stock of UAP.
- - - From a visual management tool to manage production.


3) PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A TOOL TO MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE (DLI)

Feasibility study and benchmark for reliability and simplify the capture and processing of information necessary for calculating the productivity indicator DLI (Direct Labor Indicator).


4) PREPARATION OF INTERNAL AUDIT 5000 VALEO VPS (Best practices of production)

* Achievements:
- - - Auditing the initial situation.
- - - Targeting priorities.
- - - Realization of the task schedule.
- - - Monitoring improvement projects and upgrading.

* Results:
- - -> Self-assessment and improvement plan.
- - -> Tools for monitoring axes' improvement & V 5000 workshop supervision.
- - -> Opening of V 5000 workshop.
- - -> Closure of V 5000 workshop => Earnings of points.


Duration: 1 year.

Statistical studies & an Excel tool design to forecast Guest demand from input data.
Shows and Attractions Capacity Study (Operational Hourly Ride per Cap).
Guest attraction flow & resort queue: Time-Movement studies & optimization.

Studies, conception, experimentation and manufacturing a piezoelectric sensor to measure oceanic turbulences, to set up on a profiler (underwater probe).

http://www.tju.edu.cn/

Fitting new optical captors (cameras), signal processing and neuronal learning software, to automate and guarantee the quality of 2 production lines.

Adjustment, optimization of “Schlafhorst, Autocoro” spinning machines. Global maintenance.

Feasibility study to implement a Diesel-electric engine on a 63 feet yacht.

Welder, Fitter, Operator, Labourer.