I no longer actively work with clients to design, improve or manufacture products. Instead, I apply the experience and knowledge gained from that type of work to my litigation consulting activities. Examples of past engineering services experience are summarized below.

Reliability Consulting

Using the Six Sigma approach to problem solving can stop the financial drain that poor quality brings. Six Sigma Black Belts are trained to lead these types of projects and to train project teams in the use of the tools. I am trained to the Black Belt level and provided the team leadership and coaching that was needed to find true root cause and end warranty problems.

Product Development and Manufacturing

JM Corliss & Associates provided professional services to support new product development at client companies. These services focused on design review, reliability enhancement and manufacturing improvement.

I provided an independent review of a product design spanning from the voice of the customer to final product release to manufacturing. My services focused heavily on achieving high reliability in the final design by applying Lean Six Sigma principles during the early design and test phases. For example, I assisted my clients by developing a design of experiments matrix to help them understand key factors in a products performance or life expectancy. I assisted clients in gathering data through process sampling and by analyzing data from a process or test to understand the potential reliability of a product and the certainty of the life expectancy.

My product development services also included helping clients eliminate waste in the manufacturing process. I worked with clients to understand the source of waste and variability in the process and how to eliminate them. This provided higher profitability through lower warranty claims and field failure, and also resulted in more satisfied customers for my clients.

A brief list of example products includes:

  • Residential combined heat and power system
  • High-efficiency gas fryer
  • Various combustion systems
  • Battle field kitchen equipment
  • A novel ice maker
  • Water filters for restaurant equipment
  • Agricultural dryer
  • Beverage dispensers
  • Ice dispenser portion system
  • A wide variety of commercial appliances and cooking equipment
  • Refrigeration equipment