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Helping You Manage Your Supply Chain More Effectively! |
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Don Rice is a management consultant and educator with
over 20 years of experience in manufacturing. Don is president of D. R. Rice
Company and a senior partner of Partners for Excellence. He specializes in
consulting and education for Supply Chain Management and Logistics
implementations while integrating the Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II),
Total Quality Management (TQM), Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP),
Continuous Improvements (CI), Just-In-Time (JIT), and People Involvement and
Empowerment philosophies. He holds an A.S. degree in Industrial Engineering
Technology from Nashville Tech and is certified (CPIM) by the American
Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS). He is a frequent speaker
for APICS and other professional organizations. Previously, Don was associated with R. D. Garwood, Inc. for over eight years, where he
provided consulting and education for a wide variety of companies both abroad
and in North America. He has developed and taught courses to managers and
executives and has published numerous articles. Some of his clients have
included Bristol-Meyers Squibb, BASF, Ingersoll-Rand, O-Cedar Brands,
Torrington, Pandrol-Jackson, Crescent Hosiery, Maxfli, Ethel M Chocolates,
Mizuno Air Products & Chemicals, and Simon Ladder Towers. Before becoming associated with R. D. Garwood, Inc., Don was Manufacturing
Administrator for APCOM, Inc. where his responsibilities included Purchasing,
Production Control, Data Processing, Internal Management Consulting. He
designed and developed company wide systems to support sales planning and
forecasting, sales & operations planning, cycle counting, point-of-use
inventory control, back-flushing, engineering changes, vendor scheduling, flow
production processes, and capacity requirements management. Don was full-time Project Leader during APCOM's
successful MRP II implementation. He took a stalled implementation project,
restarted it, and reached "Class A" status and recognition. After reaching "Class A"
status, he focused the management team on pursuing additional applications of
Just-In-Time manufacturing principals. Don is the author of many widely read articles including: "Safety Stock: Unsafe at any Level" "Sales and Operations Planning Handbook - coauthor" "The Forecast Was Wrong Again" "Identifying the Critical Issues" "MRP II & JIT Make a Tough, Competitive Combination" - co-author "Cycle Counting: Down for the Count" "It takes to long and it costs to much" |
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D. R. Rice Company 9326 Lake Shore Drive • Brentwood, TN 37027 • 615-221-2196 • riceco@riceco.us |