Company Name: Denso Marston

Job Title: Business Improvement Engineer (Graduate)

Dates: September 2007 - November 2008

Location: Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK.

"Manufacturing thermal systems for construction, industrial and agricultural applications.

Originally founded in 1904 as the Excelsior Motor Radiator Company, DENSO acquired the manufacturing facility in 1989 that was to become DENSO Marston Ltd., with a focus on manufacturing thermal systems for construction, industrial and agricultural applications."

source: https://www.denso.com/uk/en/about-us/company-information/dnmn/

Graduate engineer reporting directly to the Operations Director and Assistant Managing Director. Responsibilities included diffusion of business improvement techniques and associated activities, 5S coordinator, Denso IDEAS coordinator, Quality circles, variety of project work.

Projects included; improving efficiency of a manufacturing cells & reduction manpower, leak & scrap reduction, introduction of a high-volume module assembly line to increase production capacity from 400 p/day to 630 p/day.