Istvan Dorka
Mechanical engineer
Professional career, positions held
2007 – | Lean Team PC./Concordia Ltd., leading lean consultant |
2006 – 2007 | Gestamp (automotive), production director |
1999 – 2006 | Alcoa-Extrusion Ltd. (aluminium industry), lean director, production director, TPM introduction director, European cost decreasing project consultant |
1998 – 1999 | Lean engineer of Alcoa’s 1st lean trial/test workshop |
Experiences gained
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Customer satisfaction improvement | Efficiency improvement | Lean education | Developing workshops | Problem solving and strategic thinking |
Improvement of delivery time accuracy | Overall Equipment Efficiency improvement without investment | Education of Lean leaders, engineers, upper managers, group leaders – lean in practice. Let’s learn to observe! | Initial survey and feedback to top management | A3, 8D, Hoshin kanri methods |
Lead-time decreasement | Workforce/workers’ efficiency improvement | Lean trainings for operators | Kaizen workshops | Cost decrease |
Prevention and treatment of quality problems | Process efficiency improvement (speed, accuracy) | Education of workshop facilitators | Vocational consultations and trainings for cross-functional project teams | |