BIOGRAPHY

Kathleen J. Pennise

Kathy has over 20 years of experience in Operations Management, primarily in Inventory and Production Control environments. For the past 7 years she has been working as a consultant in Implementing ERP systems for customers with a wide-range of manufactured products.

Manufacturing environments include:

• Electronics
• Medical Equipment
• Food Industry
• Sporting Goods
• Lighting
• Furniture
• Aerospace
• Movie Industry

Her consulting focuses on:

• User Education for all cycles of the business
• Inventory and Purchasing Management
• Sales Orders and Shipping Management
• Accounting-AP, AR and GL
• CRM
• Cycle Counting and Physical Inventory
• Development of Bills of Material and Routings
• WIP Management
• Development of Company Metric’s and Reporting systems
• Preventive Maintenance Scheduling
• Serial and Lot tracking systems
• Develops and provides tools to assist in tracking open issues
• Suggests and implements unique processes tailored to each company
• Develops, documents and implements specifications for software modifications

Her greatest strength is the ability to work closely with customers, becoming knowledgeable in their business practices and assisting them to define their business processing flow. Kathy has the ability to gain the user’s confidence, placing emphasis on team building. She makes sure that the needs of the individual and of the company are addressed through analysis, design and testing of business processes, focusing on solutions that benefit the entire organization.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Understands Business Processes
• Strong Organizational Skills
• Participated in two ISO 9001 Implementation Teams
• Train the Trainer course
• Manager/Supervisory Leadership Skills
• Facilitator and Mentor for Individuals and Teams
• Member of APICS for 22 years