“Fred Gapasin and I worked very closely to re-engineer the Company and bring it from a loss operation with a questionable reputation for the quality of its products to a very profitable ISO 9001 certified manufacturing unit…
Together we sponsored an employee job skills retraining program to bring the manufacturing culture from a manual to a computer based operation. We established a Quality Improvement program and encouraged employee empowerment. Then we introduced the requirements for an ISO 9001 certification by an international registrar and set up a complete implementation program…. Fred was the man in the trenches who led the implementation. To accomplish this he had to intimately understand all of the detail systems, procedures and statistical control of production processes required for a manufacturing unit to function smoothly.
Fred has a wonderful personality and technique for teaching and technical training. The company employees were a group of people with more than ten years seniority of performing their functions manually and they were very resistant to change. Fred’s low key approach and obvious knowledge of the subject not only engendered respect but also promoted a willingness to learn on the part of the personnel he was teaching. They liked him, they trusted him and they learned from him.”
– Director of Engineering, components and systems manufacturer, Southern CA area
“Fred consistently demonstrated his expertise in driving operational growth while identifying and integrating cultural change needs, processes and operations. He is a great communicator with a proven record of accomplishment who can forge relationships with a variety of personalities and levels with the organization.
Fred is a strong, inspirational and dynamic leader who leads by example and knows how to get the best out of a diverse team. In other words, confident while being humble. His strong business acumen, expertise in supply chain and ability to manage contract manufacturers was instrumental in growing our margins.
Fred was also instrumental in his own creation of all-hands meetings…and is an expert who can evaluate existing processes, recognize and recommend areas for improvements and can drive change and have all employees enthusiastically involved and participating. He has a track record of transforming strategy into an actionable plan that delivers measurable business results.”
CEO and Owner, telecommunications manufacturer, Northwest WA area
“Fred has helped the Company upgrade its processes for manufacturing our products and has trained our people on using modern forecasting and demand management practices. This has helped us do a better job of balancing the need to maintain low inventory while keeping our lead times competitive. He has successfully developed plans for assuring the company maintained its ISO 9000 certification and recently guided us in preparing for the AS9100A aerospace quality certification audit, which we passed with excellent results. Fred is now working to establish a better data collection and analysis system for the Company to help us reduce our cost of sales in manufacturing and reduce the turn-around time in our customer service function.
I have enjoyed working with Fred…and have always found him to be consistently easy to work with, tackling all assignments with dedication and competence. Fred’s knowledge of all aspects of manufacturing, his deep understanding of the principles of quality assurance, and his many years of hands-on experience make him exceptionally well qualified…”
CEO, Test & Measurement manufacturer, San Francisco CA Bay Area