Matt Shamblin
Senior Manager, Plante Moran
Matt has over 24 years of experience in the manufacturing industry with a primary focus on information technology and business intelligence. He has a record of successful leadership in information technology, quality, operations, mechanical engineering, and commercial areas of manufacturing organizations in automotive, heavy diesel, marine, and material handling systems verticals, along with experience in the healthcare and government sectors. As a result, he has a sound cross-functional knowledge base and skill set that enable him to quickly and effectively evaluate organizational challenges and make recommendations of best practices to improve operational efficiency. He has 21 years of experience in ERP implementation covering multiple platforms, but primarily focuses on the Plex platform, with a successful track record in global and multi-facility organizations, as well as single facility implementations and projects.
His primary areas of focus have been across Europe and North America, with Japanese owned, public and private equity, VC, and privately held clients. Matt has extensive experience in various manufacturing processes and types of equipment, as well as ERP integration, PLC programming, and SCADA/OPC development and mechanical design. Matt specializes in Plex's Production Control, Order Fulfillment, EDI, Materials Management, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Production Requirements Planning (PRP), and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) modules. Prior to Plante Moran, Matt served as the Quality Manager for an automotive and heavy diesel thermal controls manufacturer. Matt is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Project Management Institute. Matt studied electrical engineering and computer science at North Carolina State University.