Catarina Bjelkengren

Internal consultant focusing on LEAN projects in manufacturing. Key projects include development of standardization concepts and principles for sharing best practice across production sites worldwide and development of the production units' LEAN strategy towards 2014.

External management consultant focusing on cost reduction projects in the auto industry. Led cross-functional low cost country sourcing initiative for North American OEM, identifying and realizing > USD 5.5M in annual cost savings, on various automotive components, through negotiations and re-sourcing.

Developed model to calculate the automotive lightweighting potential and cost throughout the vehicle development process, linking mass savings to impact on fuel efficiency, acceleration, and consumer value

Developed road map for transitioning to more sustainable consumer goods packaging by translating consumer, stakeholder, supplier, and competitor demands/trends into new sustainable packaging options.

Proposed improved design of new porous collagen-apatite bone scaffold with superior bone regenerating properties through in vitro and in vivo studies of BMP-loading and gelatin coating of three different bone scaffold materials.

Proposed short and long term improvements for pharmaceutical plant construction in Asia through interviews with expatriates.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Product Design and Development, Engineering Risk Benefit Analysis, Manufacturing Processes and Systems Control

Thermodynamics, Mechanical Properties of Materials, Electronic and Magnetic Materials, Kinetic Processes