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Michael W. DeVries
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
(248) 844 - 2353
mwdevries@comcast.net


Dimensional Management Engineer with experience in dimensional management from early design through launch and manufacturing with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. I work with both upstream and downstream colleagues to develop standardized processes and methods to efficiently transfer information in an optimized workflow. I am an expert in the use of Microsoft Excel, Access, and advanced programming in VBA for processing large volumes of data and automating tedious tasks and generating standardized reports. I am looking to leverage my knowledge and experience to develop efficient and innovative solutions leveraging existing and new technologies to standardize processes and improve the efficiency, consistency, accuracy, and quality within an organization.

 

Professional Experience

Dimensional Control systems, Troy, MI

Contract Employee to FIAT Chrysler Automobiles

Dimensional Management Engineer, May 2010 – Current

·        Developed control plans for all the current production programs.

·        Developed the corporate Data Analysis workbook used for analyzing dimensional data, requesting tolerance dispositions, and also supporting the bluepoint(PPAP) process.

·        Developed change management process for tolerance dispositions  and bluepoint (Dimensional PPAP) for control plans.

·        Developed standardized Master Workbook for all the BIW assembly and stamping control plans.

·        Developed a Microsoft Excel Add-in application to update tolerances in PC-DMIS programs using VBA.

·        Developed a Microsoft Excel workbook application to compare features from NX CAD to features in data files from the CMDANA database to identify changes to CAD.

·        Developed Microsoft Workbook that pulls data from FCA CMDANA database and performs forensic analysis on the data in the system to identify data integrity issues.

·        Developed Microsoft Access Database to pull data directly from CMDANA database and calculate the corporate scores to replace a labor intensive process.

·        Took over the corporate reporting from 3 other people due to the efficiencies introduced into the process with the Microsoft Access database.

·        Consulted on the development of a Sharepoint Site for users to upload disposition requests and get the required approvals using Sharepoint workflow.  Updated Disposition workbook with Sharepoint Metadata fields and updated VBA code to automatically populate the fields.

 

Education

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Houghton, MI

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 1993

 

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Administration, May 1993

 

Additional Skills

·        Expert in Microsoft Excel and Access

·        Expert in Visual Basic for Applications and automation of tasks in Excel

·        Knowledgeable in all aspects of dimensional management from datum definition, GD&T tolerances, RSS Stack Studies, Variation Systems Analysis modeling, Gage design reviews, GR and GR&R studies, Capability Studies, Cp/Cpk, Pp/Ppk, run charts, PPAP, and control plans.

·        Reputation of developing automated solutions within my job responsibilities and developing standardized documents, processes, and working with others to improve the efficiency of the organization. 

 

 

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