Michael D. Elza
Sr. Manufacturing Manager, Operational Excellence at Baxter
- Role
- Sr Manufacturing Manager, Operational Excellence at Baxter International Inc.
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael D. Elza
I have worked for Baxter, in Batesville, Indiana for 29 years in various roles. Baxter is a leader in the Healthcare industry, improving outcomes for patients and their caregivers. The timeline below breaks down my years of service.2013 - Present: I am part of an Engineering team that is dedicated to continuously improving (CI) the assembly lines to be World Class thru a focus on Lean Manufacturing Methodologies and integrating mistake proofing into our assembly process. 20••••13: Member of an Engineering team that transferred three hospital bed assembly lines to a new manufacturing facility and assisted with integrating a fourth working with the New Product Development (NPD) team. 2010 - Worked with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) team to develop interactive workstations as part of a fully integrated assembly line.2009 President\'s Award for Continuous Improvement at Hill-Rom.20••••08: Member of New Product Development (NPD) team for 9 months.20••••07: Responsible Engineer for overseeing the assembly process for multiple hospital bed and stretcher assembly lines.20••••04: Responsible Technician for overseeing the assembly process for multiple hospital bed and stretcher assembly lines.19••••02: Responsible Technician for overseeing the Remanufacturing / Reconditioning process for multiple hospital beds.
Experience
Sr Manufacturing Manager, Operational Excellence
Sep 2015 — Present · Batesville, IN, US
Manufacturing Manager, driving Continuous Improvement to assure a safe, efficient and compliant work place. Part of an energetic and driven team transforming the site, using lean principles. Leading a project to improve operational performance, utilizing Microsoft\'s Power BI. Alerting Management when Key Performane Indicator (KPI) thresholds are breached. Transforming a vast amount of data (from various data source types) into Powerful Dashboards filled with intuitive and informative charts, tables, gauges, graphs and more. Enabling predictive analytics.
Education
Vincennes University
Associate of Science (AS), Computer Programming Technology
1993 — 1995
Taylor High School
Diploma
1990 — 1993
Indiana Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Business Information Systems
2014 — 2016
Purdue University
General Studies
2002 — 2003
Ivy Tech Community College
Technical Certificate, Manufacturing Engineering Technology
2007 — 2009
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