Craig Flowerday

Lead Engineer @Skytron

Grand Rapids, MI, US

Focused on product risk management for current and future Skytron assemblies. Addressing the Cost of Poor Quality by building a culture of proactive risk mitigation and implementing Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) tools that are actively used to document conversations and debate about product and process risk. Using Design and Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis documents (DFMEA, PFMEA) to draw out the team\'s concerns and address them actively prior to production. Promoting the use of Control Plans to document risk mitigation actions and actions to take should a problem occur. Implementing Work Instructions that help a technician consistently assemble products with little or no variation.

University of Michigan

Bachelor of Science

University of Michigan

Master of Science in Engineering

Hope College

Engineering, pre-Architecture