James Morgan

I had a machine shop at my house (45 x 70) where I made parts for Cat.

and other shops or just walk ins. I did this before I retired and was still working at Cat.

This shop was perfect after I retired because Cat toolroom continued to send me work until I moved to Florida.

My shop was all manual machines which was great for 1 or 2 pieces,

CNC machines took to long to set up .

Worked in toolroom making parts for machines in the production shop, to keep product moving on the line. When a machine broke down I would analyze the problem with machine repair. I would make new parts

to get the machine up and running.

I was on 3rd shift and the only person in the toolroom that could run all of the machines, when another building broke something in the middle

of the night, they would deliver it to me to make a replacement part.

A big part of my time was repairing v8 & v10 engine blocks on a large

horizontal boring machine (DevLieg).

• Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
• Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
• Managed day-to-day business operations
• I trained my wife to run the office and my son ran the shop. This allowed me to go back to Cat.

• Studied daily work instruction, sketches, drawings, blueprints, and manuals to determine dimensions and tolerances accurately.
• Monitored equipment to detect and report malfunctions and prevent accidents.
• Completed projects on time and under budget and maintained equipment and tools.
• I set up their tool room placed all the machines. Each machine I
• wired ran air lines. Then I ran the shop to make fixtures or experimental jobs for the engineers.
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• Spearheaded product and process quality initiatives with full compliance to internal, industry and customer quality standards.
• Delivered factory-level communications and tactical direction and drove achievement of quality, delivery, productivity and financial performance goals and objectives.
• Conducted research, market analysis, cross-referencing and testing and made independent judgments in applying guidelines for factory operation.
• Orchestrated and maintained vibrant continuous improvement and lean manufacturing culture within factory.
• Help Negotiate a contract with International Association of Machinist.