246 Floyd Dr.
Statesboro, GA 30461
	(912)842-5434
JACK READY	[Send email using form at bottom]

SUMMARY:	
Senior Manufacturing Executive with experience in P&L management, turnarounds,
lean manufacturing/5s and strategic planning.  Well organized individual
experienced in leading multi-disciplined teams.  Skilled at finding creative,
cost effective solutions to plant problems.  

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:	
Development of product design changes resulting in savings of $4.2MM over life
cycle of product
Changes to process resulting in cost savings and capacity increase totaling
$1.2MM/year ongoing
Led plant to ISO9001 certification and subsequent upgrade to 2000 standard
Championed change in product focus leading to 20% increase in margin
Led implementation of Lean Manufacturing, Visual Factory, and 5S
Led turnaround from break-even to $8MM profit
Led plant through change in ownership

EDUCATION:	
BSME, University of South Florida  -  Tampa, FL; 1984
Company sponsored seminars:  
- Finance and Accounting for the Non-financial Manager
- Rubber Chemistry
- Designed Experiments
- Lean Manufacturing
- Project Management

EXPERIENCE:

11/07 – Present 	Consulting	
Presently designing a DDB implementation to download setup information to
workstations in a  sequential process line. 
Recently engaged with a wood carving tool manufacturer.  The scope of this
consulting project was to evaluate material, equipment, and labor utilization
using Process Flow Analysis to predict the most effective process manufacturing
flow through the plant at the optimum cost.  Designed, developed, and implemented
a computerized procedure, which analyzes and recommends the best process flow to
create optimal manufacturing costs for a particular product line.  

07/07 – 11/07	GPX International Tire Corp.	Boston, MA
Director of Quality  	 
Manage Quality functions and programs for international, multi-plant tire
manufacturer.  
Manage ISO conformance.  
Drive down costs through quality initiatives.  
Resolved problems with major supplier regarding tire mounting issues.  
Wrote corporate-wide tire grading standard.  


1995 – 2006    	Carlisle Tire & Wheel / Titan Tire Corp.	Clinton, TN
Director of Engineering	Aug. 2005 – Aug. 2006	
Responsible for process and product engineering for multi-plant operation.  
Oversaw development of new tire line for compact utility tractors.  

Plant Manager   	Aug. 1996 – Aug. 2005
Full P&L responsibility for management of all phases of $80MM/yr., 500 employee
tire manufacturing facility
Reorganized production management to facilitate better coordination between
departments
Created process improvement group
Increased productivity by 20% with 17% reduction in personnel
Achieved ISO9001 certification

Manufacturing Services Manager 	       Sept. 1995 - Aug. 1996 
Responsible for management of maintenance and engineering departments of
$80MM/yr. tire manufacturing facility; responsible for development and
administration of  capital budget
Reorganized maintenance department for greater responsiveness to production
breakdowns
Relocated engineering functions to local plant for better service
Effectively controlled $3.5MM capital budget

1987 - 1995   	Michelin Tire Corporation 	Greenville, SC & Tuscaloosa, AL
Project Engineer / Design Engineer / Maintenance Supervisor
Responsible for development and analysis of maintenance procedures, methods &
organization for effectiveness & efficiency improvements
Coordinated all control system integration of a $75MM rubber mixer project; this
included a run simulation saving five weeks of start-up delays
Increased manufacturing line reliability by identifying and analyzing downtime
causes; downtime reduced from 12% to 1% of scheduled runtime including three
months of no occurrences
Managed project team to upgrade control system on tire test cell which included
negotiations with vendor to correct design problem; completed project on
schedule; managed 50% increase in job scope in mid-schedule

1988 – 1992	Greenville Technical College	          Greenville, SC
Part-time Allen-Bradley PLC/5 Instructor
Taught Basic and Advanced PLC/5 Programming for the Continuing Education
Department

REFERENCES:	Available upon request.