Frank S. Hada

About Frank S. Hada

Currently providing global support for tissue machines leading a group of technical leaders in cost transformation in a LEAN environment, capability building and best practice development. Lead tissue manufacturing workshops, problem solving workshops and on-site review of operations to find cost savings opportunities.Also have extensive experience in R&D for tissue manufacturing and converting and products including development with external companies. Hold 52 US utility patents. Have led projects from pure research to commercialization.Have been located in France, England, the United States and Canada. Speak reasonable French.

Experience

1. Global System Leader

   Kimberly-Clark

   Apr 2012 — Present

   Currently providing global support for tissue machines leading a group of technical leaders. Major areas of work are- Cost transformation in a LEAN environment- Capability building and best practice development. Lead tissue manufacturing workshops- Problem solving workshops and on-site leadership of problem solving sessions- Review of operations to best practices to find cost savings opportunities.

Education

• University of Toronto

  BASc, Mechanical Engineering

  1976 — 1981

Skills

• Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Product Development
• Root Cause Analysis
• Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• R&D
• Consumer Products
• Process Optimization
• Mechanical Engineering
• Change Management
• Design for Manufacturing
• Design of Experiments
• Engineering Management
• Fmea
• Finite Element Analysis
• Kaizen
• Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Materials
• Operations Management
• Process Engineering
• Process Improvement
• Process Simulation
• Product Design
• Spc
• Business Strategy
• Tpm
• Iso
• 5s
• Chemical Engineering
• Six Sigma
• Quality Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality System
• Plc
• Product Innovation
• Production Planning