Alison Houston is a part of the Advanced Manufacturing team at Ford Motor Company. This is a cross functional team consisting of Digital Engineering, Manufacturing Analytics, Additive Manufacturing, Process Innovation and Advanced Controls & Digital Factory, with a focus on advancing Manufacturing 4.0. Alison has experience in a variety of roles, namely as an ergonomic engineer. Previously, she helped role out 3D workstation design within the manufacturing team as part of the organizations move to digitization. In her current role, Alison is leveraging data scientists to deliver analytical solutions across the manufacturing enterprise. These solutions impact advancing automation of complex decision making, especially in the upfront design process.
What is the pop in your job? What drives you? What is your passion? "I love working with cross functional teams, where each person brings unique experiences and knowledge to the table to solve difficult problems. In being tasked to leverage data analytics in our manufacturing processes, I am excited to see how our existing project portfolio can impact ergonomics."