Solutions for
Profitability
About Patrick Cordon
For over Twenty-five years, Patrick Cordon has completed full business assessments for over 4000+ Companies in die build, distribution, manufacturing and logistics; working with client management and business management systems. His background includes twenty three years financial/operational auditing and implementing Ford’s Q1, Q.O.S., MIL-Q-9858A, ASME MCS -1-1990, ISO 9000, AS9100 and QS-9000, ISO TS 16949 and QS-9000/TE systems, as well as training and managing operations auditors. Some of the 4000+ companies he’s audited include The LTV Steel Company, The Halliburton Company, Sterling Die build (US and Mexico), Teleflex (US and Mexico) Diebold North American Sales and Service, Rockwell Automotive, Riviera Die & Die Company, Heinzmann Die & Die, Gilman Assembly, True Industries CompanyITT Cannon, AT&T, Wakesha-Pierce, Thomas Strip Steel, Duncan Electronics (RAB Witness Audit for S.I.C.3600), The Browning Rifle Company, Valeo Engines, Yazaki-Torres (Philippines), Sterling Electronics, The Continental Products Company and Utica Products, Inc. (RAB Witness Audits for S.I.C. s 3500 and 2851) Sumitomo Metals (Japan), Ryerson Distribution, General Aluminum Die build, The Johnson Rubber Company, GATX Logistics, and The Carlyle Geauga Company. Mr. Cordon’s expertise includes Tier I and Tier II automotive suppliers, aerospace, electronics, stamping, Die and Die, steel die build, chemicals, petro-chemicals, rubber and plastics, raw materials, textiles, laboratory test houses, health and safety, and environmental. He has served in senior management positions with Proudfoot Crosby and The Steel Service Center Institute and management positions with LTV Steel Company. Mr. Cordon is a Certified RAB/IRCA Quality Systems Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2000, an IATCA Senior Auditor, a RAB Registered Audit Verifier, an RAB Technical Reviewer and an AIAG QS-9000/ISO 17025 Certified Auditor, an IATF ISO TS 16949 Certified Auditor and QS-9000-TE Certified Auditor. Mr. Cordon is an ICBC Certified Business Counselor who received his B.A. from Saint Vincent College and his M.B.A. in Industrial Management from Columbia Pacific University. In addition, he provides financial/operational auditing and systems implementation for manufacturing/distribution/logistics companies worldwide. Pat provides Management Auditing, Financial/Operations Analysis and Advisory Services to many other companies including Amari Metals, Vincent Metals, Amstek Metals, The Wakesha-Pierce Company, MSI Communications, Rockwell International, ITT Canon, Ryerson Industries, New Jersey Bell, and Thomas Strip Steel. He has held senior management positions with the LTV Steel Company, Cleveland, Ohio, The Steel Service Center Institute, Cleveland Ohio, and the Proudfoot/Crosby Management Consulting Company of Winter Park, Florida .
Pat has three children and grandchildren, ages 27, 20, and 18; granddaughter age 3. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pat worked extensively in manufacturing, distribution, logistics and the building construction industries. He has completed Executive MBA courses at Cleveland State University and Youngstown State University. Pat served honorably as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Infantry Medical Corps and earned three field commendations. Experience has encompassed the following types of businesses:
Tool & Die
Machinery Build
Machining
Distribution
Casting
Paper Mills
Machine Shops
Forge Shops
Refractory Metals
Maintenance (Airlines and Automotive)
Warehouses
Die Shops
Plastics
Rubber
Steel Industry
Wire Manufacturing
Circuit Boards
General Manufacturing
Hot Water Heaters
Paint Manufacturing
Electronics
Furniture
Purchasing
Production Control
Order Entry
Quality Control
Insurance Company
Telephone Companies
Fiber Optic Cable
In
addition to identifying and evaluating cost reduction possibilities, we
can help with:
cost benefit
analysis;
overhead
analysis;
product line
and distribution channel cost analysis;
marketing and
sales costs analysis;
direct costs
analysis, & appropriate allocation of overhead;
make-vs.-buy
analysis, lease-vs.-buy analysis, & out-source analysis;
materials and
procurement costs & supplier negotiations;
labor cost and
efficiency analysis;
on-going cost
control, budgeting, and forecasting;
physical
inventory; and,
trends,
projections, benchmarks, & goal-setting.
To find out if our experience might help cut costs at your facility, call us for a confidential discussion.
The Patrick J. Cordon Company
590 Barrett Road, Berea, Ohio 44017-1055
Phone: 440-816-9081 E-mail: patrickcordon@aol.com
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