Experienced Professionals, Specialists and Executives

 

Our team of improvement consultants has many decades of experience in sales, engineering, IT/IS, accounting, finance, manufacturing operations, and strategic leadership.

Igor – PhD welding metallurgist, founder of successful hybrid welding technology company serving automotive, defense and other industries. Specialist in welding automation and efficiency improvement.

Paul – Metallurgist, casting engineer with 37 years in casting design, process development and tooling optimization for dozens of auto industry foundries in 13 countries.

Richard – Plastics industry expert with business turn-around and project/program management expertise gained over decades.

Greg – Researcher, technology innovator and business owner in the automotive and defense industries.

Ray – Information technology in manufacturing specialist and founder of successful IT, app development and systems integration firm.

Brad – Stamping process engineer and founder of automation / controls firm providing process monitoring software for stampers in automotive and other industries in dozens of plants over 34 years.

Bill – Pragmatic lean expert with over twenty-five years of experience in real-world senior management who specializes in lean training, lean manufacturing, kaizen implementations, shop floor management, information systems, and supply chain management.

Not only are we business experts, we are also scientists and engineers – and natural change agents. We are leaders from metal casting, machining, welding, plastics, stamping, automation, and assembly manufacturers.
We can help you streamline your version of “product / process development, launch and Ramp-Up – done right.”
  • Reduce scrap by up to 20 to 35%
  • Boost manufacturing throughput and capacity by up to 10 to 15%
  • Oakstone Group Critical Design Review Workshops
  • Design for Manufacture / Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFM  DFMA)
  • Change Management (ECR / ECO / Launch) process optimization
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) workshops and consulting
  • Lean (learning) culture transformation
  • Product Engineering, APQP-PPAP, Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and implementation – SoftExpert Excellence Suite,  AIM Vision, Invanse BirdsEye, Plex Systems ERP, Epicor ERP, Actify Spinfire / Centro product visualization and data integration
  • Communications and pragmatic project management skills training
Oakstone Group Leadership

Potoczak, is a systems engineer with a masters degree. He has years of experience in sales (with over $85 Million in personal deal wins), product and process engineering, program management, operations, finance, information systems and executive leadership. He also has additional certifications in Value Analysis / Value Engineering, team-building and effective communications. Deep experience in the automotive, aerospace and defense industries.

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