John Yater
Value Stream Manager at Hamilton Carts and Trailers- Claim this Profile
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Hamilton Carts and Trailers
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Value Stream Manager
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Aug 2022 - Present
As the Carts and Trailers Value Stream Manager, I am responsible for the Carts and Trailers Value Stream all the way from the beginning to the point at which Production has everything needed in order to produce our world-class products. My overall purpose as the Value Stream Manager is to leverage the assets available to the Truck Department to their fullest, to provide value to our customers and vendors, a sense of fulfillment and worth to our employees and profit to our shareholders all while being a positive influence in the community.
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Hamilton Caster
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Design Engineer - Material Handling Equipment
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Jun 1999 - Present
Responsible for the design and engineering of special engineered to order material handling equipment, Developing ingenious solutions to complex and unorthodox problems. I leverage FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and DFMA (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly) to ensure my designs are efficient. Use Lean principles and philosophies like Poka-Yoke in order to remove waste. At Hamilton I have designed trailers, cart, trucks, dollies, tables, racks, order picking carts, four wheel steer, fifth wheel steer, caster steer, automotive steer, four wheel automotive steer, knuckle steer, four wheel knuckle steer, dual steer, double fifth wheel steer, and so much more. My carts can be outfitted with, or made to work with other types of material handling equipment like conveyors, turntables, slew drives, power pushers, lift trucks, scissor lifts, trailer jacks, and so much more.
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