Philippe Bource

Supply Chain Engineer at Caterpillar Inc.

Charleroi, Walloon Region, Belgium

About

Experienced Supply Chain Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the machinery industry. Skilled in DMAIC, Material Handling Equipment, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Value Stream Mapping, and Communication. Strong operations professional with a Ingénieur Civil en Mécanique focused in Design and engineering, Production, Automatism, from Faculté Polytechnique de Mons.

Experience

  • Caterpillar Belgium S.A. (22 yrs 1 mo)
    • Supply Chain Engineer
      Jan 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 7 mos

      - Responsible for intra-logistic budgets and continuous improvements of distribution methods for 4 years 5 M€ - 100 people). - Manage insourcing of logistics activities (8000 loads, 3500 m², 50kits/d, 25 people). - New WMS, flows and KPI's development and deployment (OPE, Andons). - Maintenance for distribution equipment's and automated storeroom modifications.

    • Supply Chain Engineer
      Oct 2011 - Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      - The project concern the building of 2 new production lines in an existing and running environment (50 M€, 70 000m², 60 operating stations). - Working in a team of 5 in charge of defining and implementing the material distribution principles around new assembly lines. - Define distribution strategy, select material handling equipment, organise and implement processes (kitting, delivery for new and temporary layouts). - Design and implementation of a 1400 m² station to kit and prepare material from mobile sequencers to internal delivery trains. - Estimate and control annual running budgets. - Work standards redaction and training on the field. - Material and prototypes test and selection (Still, MoveX, Linde). - Ensure flow continuity during temporary moves (2 years, 2 buildings, 20 machines/d).

    • Logistic Project Leader
      Jan 2009 - Oct 2011 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      - As 6 sigma blackbelt, I was in charge of multiple logistics projects. - The most interesting projects were on capacity managment of hydraulic tubes fabrication line and hydraulic valves (3500 refs). - The process of cutting, bending, welding, painting and kitting tubes was made of two bottlenecks and the scheduling needed improvements based on capacity studies and LEAN principles. - Involved in a 2 years Apics certification for Production and Inventory Management.