Supply Chain Six Sigma

SHARAN VENUGOPAL

*** **** ***** ***, *** #** Auburn AL 368**-***-*** 6877 aboedx@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking professional opportunity to enhance expertise in Industrial Engineering, Lean production, Quality, Continuous

Improvement, Logistics & Supply chain management

EDUCATION

Auburn University, Auburn, AL Master’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering May 2013

Anna University, Chennai, India Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering May 2011

Relevant Coursework: Six Sigma, Quality & Process Improvement, Lean Production system, Supply Chain

Management and Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, Linear Programming & Network flows, Manufacturing

and Production Economics, Automotive Manufacturing Systems, Advanced Engineering Statistics, Ergonomics.

ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Plastipak Packaging Inc. (Leading supplier of plastic containers, equipment and services) McCalla, AL Summer 2012

Developed a nd maintained ISO documentation to ensure quality procedures are in compliance with current practices

Created an innovative design for handle of forklifts which was recognized and appreciated by the CEO of the company

Ashok Leyland, India (2nd largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in India with a turnover of US $ 2.5 billion) 2010-11

Led a team of three to work with the company’s manufacturing department in finding a solution for minimizing the

rejection rates of main shafts in Gear box, using the principles of Six Sigma

Communicated with department members, assigned tasks to everyone and successfully minimized the defective rate of

the gear box from 36% to 12%

Cetex Petrochemicals (Only manufacturer of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) in India), Chennai, India Summer 2010

Root caused issues in the extraction process and developed counter measures for quality improvement

Brakes India Limited (Leading manufacturer of Automotive and Non-Automotive Braking Systems and Ferrous Castings

in India), Chennai, India Summer 2009

Standardized the process for different operations to produce brake pads

Conducted time motion study in assembly section

Integral Coach Factory (ICF) (Production Unit of Indian Railways), Chennai, India Summer 2009

Studied the entire manufacturing process involved during the production of a locomotive

Worked in inventory control of the raw materials

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Design and Fabrication of Pin on Disc Wear Test Rig

Sliding wear characteristics of material of any contact load can be evaluated by this developed test facility

Power Assisted Gear Shifting Mechanism for Automobiles

A mechanism to reduce the inconvenience caused when changing gears in the car and shifting gears by pressing of

feather touch buttons present on the dash board.

Kaizen Project

Led a team of 10 students to work on a continuous pull Kanban system in the Automotive Manufacturing lab at Auburn

University.

Created a SMED arrangement, implemented single piece flow, practiced 5s in the work cell and used Andon pull.

TECHNICAL SKILLS / CERTIFICATIONS

Certifications: Auto Cad 2008, Pro/E 4.0, Ansys 12.0, Catia V5

Operating Systems: Windows 9x/NT,XP, Vista,7 & LINUX

Software: MS Office, SharePoint, SAP, CPLEX

Statistical Package: Minitab 16

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