AMY FRIESEL

505 Tara Court

Germantown, Ohio 45327
afa7a622@westpost.net
937-855-6580 (H) 937-542-9183 (cell)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

SUMMARY
Demonstrated track record of improving profits, quality, and delivery in a manuf
acturing environment. An advocate for Lean Manufacturing, strongly driven to fin
d ways to save money, increase capacity and customer satisfaction while making j
obs safer. Experienced in many manufacturing fields, passionate about working wi
th people to achieve measurable results, dedicated and enthused about increasing
employer's bottom line.
* Earned the Chairman's Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement from Flowserv
e Corporation: an award granted to only five people out of 7,000 employees.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Avery Dennison Corp. Miamisburg, Ohio 2001 - 2009
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Supported the Supplies division with engineering expertise including: modifying
equipment, data and cost analysis, process improvements, new material selection,
and quality enhancements.
* Saved a total of over $2 million in reoccurring savings through various projec
ts.
* Analyzed new materials factoring equipment speed into the cost. Determined and
recommended the materials that would provide a lower total cost which resulted
in a savings of $570,000 annually.
* Through testing and analysis, reduced one material's coat weight and eliminate
d another material, resulting in a savings of $220,000 annually.
* Discovered a bottleneck process affecting over half of the plant. Modified the
equipment to increase its speed. This increased the capacity and utilization of
the entire department by 30%, thus lowering material costs to two divisions.
* Identified the cause of costly inventory errors, and drove the development and
implementation of an engineering change process which eliminated such errors, i
mproving quality and reducing scrap.
* Identified and corrected more than a dozen OSHA violations including unguarded
pinch points, blocked access to electrical panels, workers climbing on equipmen
t over six feet high without safeguards, inoperable e-stop cords, and a structur
ally compromised crane. As a result of correcting these long-term, previously un
noticed hazards, OSHA fines and further employee injuries were prevented.
* Gathered and analyzed data for senior management to assist in decision making
on numerous projects. Performed on-going cost analysis work to identify system-w
ide costing inaccuracies.

Flowserve Corporation Dayton, Ohio 1987 - 2000

Manufacturing Project Manager 1998 - 2000
As a direct report to the vice president of operations, was responsible for plan
t-wide improvement efforts making the plant the most profitable in the division
in 1999.
* Earned the Chairman's Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement; an award gra
nted to only five people out of 7,000.
* Designed and implemented a quick-ship assembly operation. This improved on-tim
e delivery from 84 to 96%, reduced assembly lead time from four weeks to two day
s, reduced assembly work in process by 90%, and doubled assembly productivity. N
egotiated with the union leaders to adjust union rules in order to implement thi
s.
* Co-led a diverse team to improve competitive strategy by adopting Lean Manufac
turing initiatives. Led meetings to sell the strategy to top company management
and plant floor employees. Plant's profit increased $1.3 million, and inventory
was reduced by 30%.
* Drove quality improvements saving over $300,000 annually.
Project Engineer 1994 - 1998
Supported the Assembly and Miscellaneous Machining Departments
* Moved the assembly, paint, and crating operations, plus seven two-ton overhead
cranes into a new building without losing a day of production.
* Solved complex paint process problems, improving customer satisfaction and sav
ing $50,000 annually.
* Solved quality problems in the clean room process by inexpensively modifying e
quipment and changing procedures. This satisfied an important customer's complai
nts and retained their $250,000 annual business.
Industrial and Foundry Engineer 1987 - 1994
Responsible for supporting the Resin Shell Department, and doing time studies as
assigned.
* Implemented an SPC system to discover the cause of excessive product variation
thereby satisfying an important customer.
* Analyzed scrap causes and devised rigging or methodology changes to reduce shr
ink scrap by 46%, eliminate flashing problems, and implement metal filtration, c
o-authoring an article in the American Foundry Society Transactions, "Filtration
of High-Alloy, Corrosion-Resistant and Nickel-Base Valve Body Castings".
EDUCATION
University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)
Earned a BS in Industrial Engineering Technology, graduating cum laude
Purdue University (Anderson, Indiana)
Earned an AAS in Industrial Engineering Technology, graduating cum laude
Awarded the Outstanding IET Student Award by the Manufacturing Engineering facul
ty.
Taylor University (Upland, Indiana)
Earned a BA in Psychology, graduating cum laude.