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Omar Salgado has experience in the implementation of manufacturing technology in the automotive sector with a special interest on transferring technology to undeveloped countries via subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations. He earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge and currently collaborates with EGADE Business School as a Researcher. |
Expertise areas:
Business Consulting: Supply Chain, Manufacturing, ERP; Operations Manager: Distribution Centre, Production Management
Industries:
Automotive, Consumer Goods, Retailing, Transportation
Education:
Affiliations:
Research interest (Current Projects):
(Click to open) Past projects:
- Emerging capabilities in Manufacturing companies
- Supply Chain Analysis & Distribution Centre Development
- Logistic, Re-engineering, Optimization and Supply Chain Strategies
- Sap R/3 implementation in garments industry
- Business Process Re-ingeniering in wiring & electric components producer
- Process development in Heating Elements manufacturer
- Manufacturing cost management in Plastic Injection Industry
(Click to open) Professional experience:
- Cambridge Manufacturing Industry Links Ltd. Position: Project Engineer Activities: Manufacturing assessment tools, Manufacturing – Market strategic alliance, Outsource/Offshore manufacturing, Supplier assessment, Supplier Development, Location decisions, Product – Market adaptation, Entry barriers, Internationalization mechanisms
Project: VW Group Internationalization Mechanisms
- FEMSA, Position: Project Manager
Activities: Supply Chain Analysis, Logistic discount by Suppliers, Distribution Center Layout Design, Process Design, Warehouse Equipment, Distribution Resource Planning, Performance Measurements, Organizational Structure Definition, Distribution Cost Analysis, Location Analysis & Decision. Project: Development of a New Distribution Centre
- VW de Mexico, Position: Manufacturing Consultant (independent)Project: LOGROS Logistic, Re-engineering, Optimization and Supply Chain Strategies.
Activities: Integration meetings, Assembly & Line Replenishment Working Team, Warehouse Management Working Team.
Tools: Project plan development, Integration meetings, Kanban Electronic Replenishment (one & two Bins system), Repacking, Rush Delivery, Full Service Delivery, Sequencing & JIT Delivery, Inventory count strategies, Line Side Organization, Line Runner Routes, By Pack, Quality issues management (Blocking material, Insurances, Obsolete), Electronic Payment to Suppliers, Empties handling, Rework (Internal, External), Technical Changes, In-house Production Management, ASN handling, Time Windows, Urgent Delivery Management, Storage Strategies (Random, Fix, Consignment, In-house production), Confirmations through Bar Codes.
Project: Alligment of VW’s 1st & 2nd tier suppliers to LOGROS project
Suppliers: Brembo – San Luis Rassini, Cartec, ACE Automotive, Seglo, among others.
Activities: Presentations about Flow manufacturing methodology.
Tools: Sequence of Events, Assembly Line Design, Material Synchronization, Electronic Operational Method Sheet, Electronic TQC, Kanban Monitoring, Proactive Material Monitoring.
- GBA, Position: Manufacturing ConsultantClient: Grupo Industrial Cierres Ideal de México
Activities: Sap implementation final stage (Go and live) interface R/3 with Visual basic Development in order to print Floor control sheets instead of Production Orders.
Reaches: Decrease the costing work and increase the assurance of floor control.
Client: Grupo Industrial IUSA
Activities: Logistic project, production planning using theory restrictions with LINDO, Production Scheduling using MS Project, re-programming function, MRP, Bill of Materials, Floor control, Information system, Logistic Organization chart and functions definition, Preparing the Company structure for R/3 of S.A.P and Rhythm of i2 Technology, All of these was thought in courses training for Managers and Supervisors.
- PIU Eichenauer, SRL y CV, Position: Production chiefActivities: Projects developed for national and overseas companies such as: T-Fal, Moulinex, Dazey Co., Incelt Co. Brawn, Black and Decker, Hamilton Beach.
Reaches: Reduced 50% of rejected elements in the filling process, Reduced 90% mixed elements via re-lay out and production flux directing, Expensive inventories were got rid of via a new production count system, Designed and implanted a training course to workers, Implanted the obligatory education to workers (INEA)
- Plasticolores SA de CV, Position: Project EngineerActivities: Project to reduce the production cost
Reaches: Design a system to calculate unitary production cost, Reduced from 3 shifts to 1in pigmentation activity via work sampling, Designed experiment to control critical values in the injection process, Designed a wage program for workers according their job development
- Dulces Anahuac, Sweet Industry
- Confecciones La Merced, Garmets Industry
(Click to open) Academia:
- Universidad de Las Américas, Puebla. Course: Logistics Systems, Simulation of Business Scenarios, Business Inteligence, Manufacturing Systems.
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK, Course supervision, Course: Operations Management.
- Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – ITESM. Lecturer, Course: Manufacturing Management.
- Universidad Iberoamericana. Speaker at Engineering Symposium, Talk: Making manufacturing work.
- EGADE Business School. Lecturer,Courses: Global Business Strategies, Planing & Development of MNEs, International Business Environment & Emerging Regional Scenarios, International Distribution and Logistics, Capston Seminar, Decision Modelling.
(Click to open) Publications in conferences:
- Salgado, Omar. (2005).’Assessing the process of localization of parts in a Mexican car manufacturer and its effects on region’s growth: Convergent topics and research opportunities in emerging economies’. Working Paper for Academy of International Business – UK Chapter, Conference: “Innovation, Change and Competition in International Business”, 2005, Bath Spa, UK.
- Salgado, Omar; Shi, Yongjiang, Gregory, Mike. (2006). “Sourcing patterns and product configuration of an International Manufacturing Network’s node”. Academy of International Studies (AIB) – UK Chapter, 33rd AIB-UK Manchester, UK. “International Business in the Age of Anxiety” conference proceedings April 2006.
- Salgado, Omar; Shi, Yongjiang, Gregory, Mike. (2006). “Paths & Barriers to enhance a node in an International Manufacturing Network”. Academy of International Business Studies (AIB) – World Conference, “From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business”, conference proceedings Beijing, China, June 2006.
- Salgado, Omar; Shi, Yongjiang. (2006). “Plant Role’s coherence in an International Manufacturing Network Node”. Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) – Shanghai, China. Conference proceedings, June 2006.
- Salgado, Omar; Shi, Yongjiang. (2007). From Plant to Subsidiary: capability growth in a manufacturing network’s node. 12th CIM International Manufacturing Symposium, “New leaders in global manufacturing – emerging models and trends” – Cambridge University, conference proceedings, September 2007.
- Salgado, Omar. (2009). “Sourcing patterns and product configuration as a mean to identify technology gaps in Mexico”. The 20th Annual POMS Conference, “Global Challenges & Opportunities”, Orlando Florida, conference proceedings, May 2009.
- Salgado, Omar (2010). “Flip side internationalization: Mexican companies to the US”. AIB 2010 Annual Meetingin PDW, ’International Business in Tough Times’, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2010.
- Salgado, Omar; Ramírez-Sanchez, Carlos (2010). “Access of Host country nationals to foreign subsidiaries top staffing positions: initial statement for Latin America”. 2010 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, U.S. Northeast Chapter. “Doing Business in an Era of Global Turbulence”. Conference proceedings, Oct 2010.
- Martinez-Ramos, Diana; Salgado, Omar (2010). “International social entrepreneurship: a developmental model for Latin America”. 13th Annual McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Montreal, Canada, Sept 2010.
- Salgado, Omar (2011). “Landing cost as a parameter to measure the degree of Subsidiary embeddedness: initial assumptions”. Production and Operations Management 22nd Annual Conference, Operations Management The Enabling Link, Reno Nevada, USA. April 2011.
- Salgado, Omar (2011). “Mobility & Sustainability: Competitiveness Changes in Manufacturing Sector if Sustainability Indicators are put in place in Mexico”. EMAN-Americas 2011, Corporate Social Responsibility in America: Facts & Best Practices. Mexico City, June 2011.
- • Salgado, Omar; Banks, Jerry. (2011). “Foreign subsidiaries’ ability to develop business for the base of the pyramid: Caught between a rock and a hard place. SUSTAINABILITY: the Legacy of Business Ethics. The 18th Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics. New York, October 2011, St. Johns University, 2011.
(Click to open) Publications in Journals:
- Salgado, Omar; Shi, Yongjiang. (2009). Emerging capabilities in manufacturing companies: a new taxonomy of multinationals’ transformation, Journal of Business History, Routledge, ISSN: 0007-6791 (Submitted Oct 2009, ID: FBSH-2009-0074).
- Salgado, Omar. (2009)¿Cómo destacar en nuevos mercados?, Revista énfasis Logística, Año X, No.112, México, Octubre 2009.
- Salgado, Omar. (2009). Plantas y subsidiarias: Logística y Compromiso con el Mercado, Revista Mundo Logístico, Octubre 2009.
- Salgado, Omar. (2010). Copiando a los maestros. Revista Manufactura, Año 17 (186), December 2010.
- Salgado, Omar; Ramirez-Sanchez, Carlos. (2011). Talento gerencial, ¿local o foráneo?. Manufactura, Año 17 (187), January 2011.
- Salgado, Omar; Ramirez-Sanchez, Carlos. (2011). Access of Host Country Nationals to foreign subsidiaries top staffing positions: Initial statements for Latin America. Journal of Management Policy & Practice, volume 12 (3), spring 2011.
- Salgado, Omar. (2011). Barriers to the accomplishment of a subsidiary’s strategic role: How Location and Corporate Networks Influence Subsidiary Performance, Revista de Administração Contemporânea, ANPAD, Vol. 15 (2), pp. 261-282
(Click to open) Media Interviews:
- Vargas, Ivonne. (2010). Posgrado, ¿dentro o fuera del país? CNNExpansión, Febrero, 2010.
- Maldonado, Mario. (2010). Ven el futuro de Grupo Modelo fuera de México. Milenio, Marzo, 2010.
- Vega-Valerio, Andrea. (2010). Entre los favoritos. CNNExpansión, Septiembre, 2010.
- Maldonado, Mario. (2010). Exhortan a Grupo Modelo a definir su futuro con AB-InBev. Milenio, Septiembre 2010.
- Vega-Valerio, Andrea. (2010). México, favorito de las multinacionales, CNNExpansión, Octubre 2010.
- Maldonado, Mario. (2011). Industria de la cerveza toca fondo en 2010. Milenio, Febrero, 2011
(Click to open) Books:
- Salgado, Omar. “Emerging Capabilities in Manufacturing Companies: A new Taxonomy of Company’s Transformations”. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-363906855
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