Bruce Shown, CPIM, CmfgE, CQE began his manufacturing career in 1970 after four years as a ship officer with the U.S. Merchant Marine. He has worked in all areas of operations as a machine operator, foreman, plant superintendent, project coordinator in production control, quality manager, manufacturing engineer, business unit manager, and since 1996 in purchasing as the Manager of Supplier Development. Ongoing since 1997 he has served as project manager for a series of warehouse consolidation projects. Bruce is part of the Johnson and Johnson plant rationalization and consolidation committee for 29 plants in the United States and Europe.Bruce is certified in Manufacturing Engineering, Production and Inventory Management, and Quality Engineering. He received an undergraduate degree at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and completed his MBA at Indiana University in 1992. He has spent the last 15 years with DePuy Orthopedics, a Johnson & Johnson Company. In his current role in supplier development, he helps DePuy suppliers by teaching techniques to reduce their lead times, assisting with process yield issues, and helping them solve processing problems. He is currently reducing backorders from international inter-company plants.
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