Randy Cole

Randall Cole is an Associate of TranSystems | The ACCESS Group and has over twenty-eight years of experience in manufacturing and materials management leadership roles. His operational experience includes extensive involvement in manufacturing operations, materials management, systems improvements and implementation, supplier development, customer relations, material handling, shop floor control, and supplier development activities. Randall has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility, including Manufacturing Manager, Director of Manufacturing, Procurement Manager, Materials Manager, Associate and Senior Associate Consultant. Randall has also served companies as a consultant in the positions of Customer Service Manager, Materials Manager, Director of Planning and Vice President of Purchasing. Randall has worked in several industries including automotive, component remanufacturing, assembly plant equipment, heavy truck, sporting goods, consumer goods, and appliance.

Randall has been responsible for implementing change throughout his career. He has led many projects ranging from systems data preparation and implementation, new product launches, and plant closings. He has led and been involved in computer systems improvements and installations, materials management and shop floor control development, and the implementation of scheduling processes and procedures. Some of his accomplishments include the development of bills of materials and all related database information for a start up company, new company supplier development, the liquidation of inventories, and the final build-out of significant product lines. He has worked with customers to determine anticipated needs, developed sales forecasts and Master Production Schedules, and worked with suppliers to insure needs are met while maintaining bankruptcy guidelines. Randall has developed significant material handling improvements including one foreign facility that reduced stocking travel distance by over 90%. He has also implemented improvements that eliminated triple handling of products, developed shop floor controls to eliminate operational bottlenecks, and regularly develops systems that eliminates past due customer orders. In one case, this resulted in the elimination of over $150,000 of premium freight charges annually. Randall also implemented scheduling improvements, shop floor controls and disciplines in shipping and receiving departments. Results yielding improvements such as an 88% reduction in shipping discrepancies, output increases of 35%, and an increase in sales dollars per overtime hour of 400% have been achieved.

Randall is a veteran of the United States Army. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree from Tennessee State University. Randall has received the Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) designation from the American Production and Inventory Control Society. He has attended numerous formal training courses in leadership and organizational development.