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Nick ThrolsonExit Presentation – Manufacturing Engineering Co-Op

Overview

About Me

Goals

Projects

Lessons Learned

Internship Improvement Suggestions

About Me

Hometown

New Rockford, ND

School

North Dakota State University

Major

Industrial Engineering and Management

Involvement

IIE – Institute of Industrial Engineers

STLF – Students Today Leaders Forever

Interests

Basketball, golfing, outdoors, Green Bay Packers

Goals

Gain real world experience as an engineer

Gain real world experience in a manufacturing setting

Be able to apply classroom concepts to the workplace

Take workplace concepts back to the classroom

Improve project management

Make sure this is what I want to do

Projects

Delivery

Tool boards

Safety

Shelving Load Capacities

Training Room Stairs

Quality

Poka Yoke

F-Row Station 2 Setup Booklet

Quality Spreadsheet

Toolboards

Designed a modular toolboard with ability to add different bolt on attachments.

Adjustable to each individual station without much re-design.

Ability to easily organize tools on board.

Designed a computer stand attachment.

Increased much needed floor space and reduced clutter.

Reduced wall space used by 5 feet in each station.

Went from (2)-8ft toolboards to (1)-11ft toolboard per station.

Shelving Load Capacities

Safety issue determined that shelving in facility was improperly labeled

All shelving/racks need a label with load capacity

Had a list of over 200 shelves and homemade racks

Identified need for more standard racks/shelves

Showed me how something simple can become complex

Properly labeled shelves throughout the facility

Training Room Stairs

Simple project, yet lots of thought process

First time dealing with OSHA

Didn’t realize how many regulations there actually were

Stairs bolt together to make easier to move

Poka Yoke

Poka Yoke - [poka yoke] is a Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing".

Mechanism that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka).

APB Suspension Table

Suspension

Fifth Wheel

Suspensions were being built with 5th Wheel Frame5th Wheel

Suspension

F-Row Station 2 Setup

Created a “Standard Work” booklet

Shows 7 different set ups for BD/SSD trailers

Reduces setup time

Labeled parts

Directions on where they go

Storage Instructions

Quality Spreadsheet

Modified spreadsheet that tracks Defect Correction Reports throughout shop

Spreadsheet shows…

Defects per department (Weld, Paint, Prep, Final)

Defects per trailer

Defects per station in each department

Produces a chart that is used on production boards

Chart shows a visual of errors being committed by station

What I’ve Learned

Know what your customer wants

Always have a final design review

Make connections with operators to get better help when it’s needed

Design for Manufacturability

The need for prioritizing and managing multiple projects

Co-Op Improvement Suggestions

Introduce Interns to the Intern Standard Work

Provide more knowledge of trailers that Trail King builds

Good idea for everyone in orientation

Better relate to company

Show us how to use Infor for better material selection

Material in stock

Pricing

Thank You!

First of all, thank you to all of Trail King for the experience and helping me along the way.

Kray Olson

Alan Cartwright

Wyatt Kram

Jared Graetz

Jaron Hughes

Matt Anderson

Damon Kelly

Russel Newman

Neil Burkhart