CHERYL L. LANCASTER 2330 Neibel Street (313) 595-4230 Hamtramck, MI 48212 krazbt@comcast.net CAREER SUMMARY An Industrial Engineering professional with extensive experience, in Commercial and Government Defense contracting companies. A diverse background in Continuous Improvement coupled with increasing responsibilities in Engineering, Manufacturing and Management, ranging from basic industrial engineering to program management. Specific expertise includes: Project Management Capacity Planning Six Sigma Green Belt Equipment Layouts and Processes Manpower Planning Ergonomic Assessments and Improvements

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
University of Miami	Industrial Engineering & MBA	1992	Master Degree
California University of Pennsylvania	Industrial Engineering Technology	1979	Bachelor Degree

Highlights:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AMERICAN AXLE AND MANUFACTURING. INC. Detroit, MI 1994 – 2008 Tier one automotive supplier of driveline and drive train systems: $3.2 billion sales. Senior Engineer, Capacity and Capital Planning 2006 – 2008 Engineer responsible for the Manpower requirements, Capacity and Capital Planning within the corporation. • Chaired the “Make or Buy” committee which determined the most cost effective locations to produce required components for customer demands. • Developed and managed the five year manpower requirements for all corporate locations. Reducing labor in high cost locations by more than 50% without any negative impact to customer delivery schedules. • Relocated and refurbished capital equipment from under utilized locations. Program Manager, Cost Estimating 2003 – 2006 Responsible for managing the process of taking customer cost requests, for large truck axles from the sales department, to the final business case and presenting them to upper management for approvals prior to multi-million dollar quotes. • Implemented a standardized system for obtaining the detail costs from all the various departments which streamlined the total quote time from six weeks to ten days. • Interfaced with Production, Quality, Engineering, Design, Materials and Sales to develop cost while maintaining the quote timing schedules, accuracy and completeness. Supervisor, Corporate Industrial Engineering 1999 – 2003 Supervised and managed a staff of ten Industrial Engineers. Responsible for the planning of manpower, establishing the production methodology and detailed work instructions for future program implementation within the corporation. • Responsible for overseeing and managing Industrial Engineering projects that included the successful implementation of the GMT900 and the Ssang Yong programs. Productivity Manager 1997 – 1999 Managed a staff composed of two Industrial Engineers, a Scheduler and a Production Coordinator. Developed methods and processes, which reduced costs and improved the overall productivity, within the large rear axle assembly Plant. • Achieved a 50% reduction in manufacturing cost by re-allocating manpower and underutilized equipment. • Recognized for successful implementation of tugger material handling system. AMERICAN AXLE AND MANUFACTURING. INC (continued) Supervisor, Industrial Engineering 1994 – 1997 Responsible for the managing of assignments and the training of 15 Direct and Indirect Labor Industrial Engineers that were responsible for the implementation of the GMT800 Truck Axle into regular production. • Recognized for successful implementation of the GMT800 program on time and within budgets. • Coordinated the activities of the Industrial Engineers to establish time standards and standardized work instructions for all operations within the Detroit Gear Facility. Senior Industrial Engineer 1994 Responsible for the daily classical Industrial Engineering functions within the Detroit Gear and Axle Facility. McDONNELL DOUGLAS, Titusville, FL 1989 – 1993 Department of Defense contractor of Tomahawk and Advanced Cruise Missile Systems: $4.8 billion sales. Senior Specialist Responsible for the daily classical Industrial Engineering functions within the Florida Missile Systems Facility including time studies, ergonomics, manpower planning, implementing methods improvements and continuous cost reductions. GENERAL DYNAMICS, San Diego, CA 1984 – 1989 Department of Defense contractor of Tactical Missile Systems: $12 billion sales. Manufacturing Engineer Responsible for the daily classical Industrial Engineering functions within the Chemical Processing Facility for the Advanced Cruise Missile including time studies, ergonomics, manpower planning, Radar Absorbing Material application methods and cost improvements. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC, East Pittsburgh, PA 1980 – 1983 Switchgear Division - producer of Low-Voltage Power Circuit Breakers. Industrial Engineer Responsible for the daily classical Industrial Engineering functions within the Sheet Metal and Chemical Processing Departments including time studies, ergonomics, manpower planning, methods improvements and cost reductions.

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