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Michael
G. Cowan, BS, MS |
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SUMMARY
OF OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE
(Over 35 years
experience in material handling & manufacturing)
DIVERSITY
OF EXPERIENCE:
Logistics and Manufacturing experience gained as:
 | Industrial Engineer—
Fortune 100 companies
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| Consultant — Big-6
accounting firm
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| College
educator—Logistics
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| Expert witness &
forensic consultant
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| Senior corporate officer
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| Senior manufacturing
executive
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| Production-line manager
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| Entrepreneur
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| Inventor--United States Patent No. 5,484,152. |
| Retail stockroom
employee |
SCOPE
OF LOGISTICS EXPERIENCE:
| Evaluated and redesigned
over 3 million square feet of warehouse space. |
| Developed and
implemented multi-million dollar material handling cost reductions. |
| Evaluated and
recommended warehouse equipment and technology including:
 | High density
automated warehousing. |
| Automated
palletizing and depalletizing. |
| Stretch and
shrink-wrap application and adhesive binding agents. |
| Fork lifts and
attachments, monorails, conveyors, ramps, dock plates, and various
other warehouse and material handling equipment. |
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| Designed unitized loads
for high volume wholesale distribution. |
| Designed break-bulk,
break-case, and pick-pack warehouse operations. |
| Designed and implemented
inventory management procedures and distribution standard cost
systems. |
| Designed receiving and
shipping procedures and wrote warehouse procedures manuals |
| Conducted remedial
training for hundreds of inventory buyers and warehouse managers in
inventory control and warehousing. |
| Maintained relation with
unions such as the Teamsters and Longshoremen. |
SCOPE OF
MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE:
| Designed and Modified
Production processes to improve operations.
| Doubled production
output without increasing labor or equipment used. |
| Initiated direct
labor budgets and forecasting to level production
cycles—maintaining production efficiency and minimize overtime. |
| Implemented
multiple vendor sourcing and receiving inspection. |
| Designed balanced
production lines. |
| Established
and maintained production standards and wage incentives. |
| Designed production
layouts for inline machining, assembly, and process manufacturing
environments. |
| Implemented a two-shift
operation to eliminate all overtime. |
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| Designed and built
production equipment for General Motors & General Foods. |
| Managed complete logistics
process from suppliers into manufacturing and through to the customer’s
inventory network. |
| Restructured
Manufacturing and Corporate operations for major consumer goods
manufacturer significantly reducing operating costs. |
| Evaluated and conducted
remedial training in inventory control and warehousing for hundreds of
inventory buyers warehouse supervisors and managers. |
| Maintained relations
with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United
Autoworkers, and Amalgamated Food Workers. |
RANGE OF INDUSTRIES:
Experiences span food
processing, wholesale and retail food distribution, aerospace
manufacturing, soft-goods manufacturing and hanging goods distribution,
wholesale and retail consumer products manufacturing and distribution
industries.
EXPERIENCE RECOGNITION: Mr.
Cowan has been a speaker, panel moderator, trainer, and educator for
Fortune 1000 companies and an internationally recognized logistic
management organization involving logistics management issues.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1982-2000
INTEGRATED STRATEGIC RESOURCES, INC.
President: Provide forensic consulting services and litigation support on
logistics, material handling and manufacturing issues. Provide Crisis Management
Consulting services to industrial and commercial client base. Other services include
Productivity Improvement, Mergers & Acquisition, Business Valuation, and Strategic
Planning.
1995-1999
SIDEWINDER CYCLE COMPANY
President: Manufacture a patented three wheel recumbent cycle for the rental
and consumer markets.
1992-1995
RMF METAL FABRICATORS, INC.
President: Manufacture truck service bodies and toolboxes. Turn-around
consulting project of Integrated Strategic Resources, Inc. At request of Client's Board of
Directors, took hands-on responsibility for management of Client during 1993.
1981-1982
C & H DATAPUNCH, INC.
President: Data Processing company providing inventory, payroll,
general accounting, and other data processing support to major corporate accounts.
1979-1981
DUREX, INC.,
Vice President Manufacturing and General Manager: 300 person
unionized manufacturer of metal components and consumer products.
1976-1977
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE, NJ.
Adjunct Professor: Taught Warehousing and Inventory
Control in an adult evening program concurrent with tenure at Deloitte & Touche.
1972-1979
DELOITTE & TOUCHE
Senior Management Consultant: Provided consulting to both public and
private sector clients in productivity improvement and logistics management in the
manufacturing and retail industries.
1966-1972
GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION
Senior Industrial Engineer and Assistant Industrial Engineering Department
Head: Responsible for project engineering in material handling, distribution,
and warehousing, and manufacturing efficiency.
1963-1966
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP.
Industrial Engineer: Responsible for wage incentives, production
methods and layouts, and material handling.
1962-1963
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
Methods Engineer: Responsible for production and material handling
cost reduction.
EDUCATION:
| MASTER of SCIENCE, Management Science, Major
in Operations Research and Computer Science, Steven's Institute of Technology, June 1968. |
| BACHELOR of SCIENCE, Management Engineering
(Industrial Engineering), University of Vermont, June 1962. |
PROFESSIONAL:
| Biography published in Marquis': Who's Who
in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in California. |
| United States Patent No. 5,484,152. |
SPEAKING & PUBLICATIONS:
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Speaker, National Council of Physical
Distribution Management: Productivity Seminar, A Practical Approach to Operational
Auditing of a Distribution System--A Case Study, Clark, NJ, 1976.
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Moderator, Productivity and Physical
Distribution Conference, Edison, NJ, 1977.
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Co-chairman and Speaker, National Council of
Physical Distribution Management:
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Optimizing Resources Through the Physical
Distribution Function, 1978 National Conference, Chicago.
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Speaker, AMC's General Merchandise Managers'
Meeting, Pooled Stock Concepts, Dallas, 1978.
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Speaker, Western and English Manufacturers'
Association, Long Range Business Planning and Statistics, San Antonio, 1978.
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Speaker and trainer, Recreational Equipment,
Inc., Merchants Training Program, Seattle, 1978.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
| National Council of Physical Distribution
Management, Vice President and Program Chairman, North Jersey Roundtable. |
| National Council of Physical Distribution
Management Co-Chairman & Speaker, 1978 Annual Conference. |
| American Institute of Industrial Engineers
(AIIE), Senior Member. |
| Industrial Management Club of North Hudson,
Vice President. |
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