Dean H. Stanton · Selected Work
PPI North Facility Acquisition, Renovation & Manufacturing Expansion
Executive operating leadership for the acquisition, rehabilitation, plant relocation, and startup of a 20,000-square-foot industrial facility converted into additional medical-device manufacturing capacity.
Results
Results and contributions.
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Situation
Operating context
PPI needed additional manufacturing capacity and acquired a nearby 20,000-square-foot former roofing-tile plant that had been vacant for years and was in major disrepair.
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Challenge
What made the work difficult
The project had to turn a neglected industrial shell into a working medical-device manufacturing facility. Rehabilitation, utilities, safety, security, networking, warehouse flow, production layout, equipment integration, and the physical move all had to be coordinated.
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Dean's role
Responsibility and authority
As General Manager and COO, Dean led key planning and operational-integration work. He connected manufacturing, warehouse, material-handling, equipment, staffing, technology, and move requirements to facility layouts and formal project plans. Acquisition, construction, trades, equipment installation, and relocation were shared efforts with company leadership, employees, vendors, utilities, contractors, and public entities.
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Actions
How the work moved forward
- Integrated facility rehabilitation with manufacturing, warehouse, equipment, utilities, safety, security, networking, and operating-flow requirements.
- Developed and revised facility and production-line layouts to support equipment placement, storage, material handling, and production flow.
- Used formal project planning to coordinate the plant transition and operating dependencies.
- Coordinated the operating side of the facility expansion with company teams and local-government stakeholders.