Cornelio Abellanas



DEGREES:

  • Doctor Engineer in Telecommunications (University of Madrid, SPAIN)
  • Master of Science (University of Kent at Canterbury, UK)
  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
  • EFQM evaluator


CURRENT WORK:

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in manufacturing and service companies. Completed project examples:

·         Job scheduling and hourly production display

·         Real time operator feedback (quality & delivery)

·         Component kanban logistics implementation

·         Engineering change application lead time reduction

·         Materials dock to stock lead time reduction

·         Parts planning and procurement value stream optimization

·         5S implementation in repair workstations

·         Automatic placement line setup time reduction

·         Manufacturing test attended time reduction

·         Suspect defective test cell automatic detection

·         Invoicing error and leadtime reduction

  • Quality system auditor on following standards:

·         ISO 9001: 2000

·         AS9100 (Aerospace)

·         ISO/TS 16949 (Automotive)

·         ISO 13485 (Electro-medicine)

 

EXPERIENCE:

  • EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) and Baldrige (USA) audits and implementation.
  • Quality and Process Improvement in-house training and support in the following companies:

·         IBM

·         AT&T Netherlands

·         MSL

·         Philips

·         Volvo Truck

·         Ford

·         Celestica

·         Grupo Guzman

·         IBC Insurance group

·         PT Pro

·         BP Solar

·         Faurecia

·         Asac Pharma

·         General Dynamics

 

  • Management courses lectured in the following countries:
      • France
      • Spain
      • Portugal
      • Belgium
      • Sweden
      • The Netherlands
      • Germany
      • Italy
      • Austria
      • Switzerland
      • Ireland
      • Greece
      • USA
      • South Africa
      • Czech Republic
  • Class Management and lecturing at the IBM International Education Centre in Belgium on the following topics:

·         Total quality management

·         ISO 9000

·         EFQM

·         Reliability and Stress screening

·         Six Sigma

·         Statistical process control and capability

·         Design of experiments (Taguchi)

·         Design for manufacturability

·         Business process improvement and re-engineering

·         Lean production

·         Just-In-Time manufacturing and logistics

·         Continuous improvement (Kaizen)

·         Theory of constraints

  • Independent business unit management for a tape drive assembly and test line in an IBM Spain local subcontractor. Interface with the IBM development lab in Tucson (USA).
  • Engineering management, banking terminal controllers at IBM Spain plant
  • Design of a ticket matrix printer for British Railways at the company Ventek Ltd. (Datapoint Computer representative) in London (UK).
  • Systems engineer responsible for logic design at Burroughs Machines Ltd. (later Unisys) in Scotland (UK).

 

 

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