ABHINAV TANKALA CSSGB

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Fall 2014 Graduate, Seeking Fulltime Opportunities in the areas of Quality, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

Education

Master in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (CGPA: 3.67/4.0) Dec’14

Bachelor of Technology Production Engineering, College of Engineering Pune (CoEP), India (SGPA: 7.26/10) May’09

Relevant Coursework and Skills

Statistical Process Control, Measurement System Analysis, Process Capability studies, Design of Experiments, Six

Sigma, 8D, PFMEA, ISO 9001/TS 16949 experience, CAPA, Root Cause Analysis, GD&T, Value Stream Mapping, Lean

Manufacturing, 5S, Time & Method Study, Total Productive Maintenance, Production Planning, Scheduling, Inventory

Control, Theory of Constraints, Supply Chain Logistics, Manufacturing Planning & Control Systems, Operations Research.

Software Skills: JMP, Minitab, ARENA, Simio, SQL, MS Access, Visio, MS Office, VBA.

Certifications: ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (Cert No.11544), Goethe-Institut zertifiziert C1-Niveau

Academic Projects

• Resource optimization of a Machining line using ARENA - Worked under Dr James Wilson to simulate a machining

line of an auto component. (Enhanced production capacity by 14%, reduced bottleneck of resources and achieved

better utilizations at different workstations on the line)

• Building a Database for the Veterans of America Medical Centre (Durham) -Created a database application for the

Ambulatory Care Service of the Veterans of America Medical Center at Durham with MS Access (using in built SQL,

Visual Basic).Scheduling clinics, rooms, doctors and support staff across different sites within the medical center.

• Manufacturing Process Control Simulation - ITEC, Inc. is a fictional manufacturing company that makes hand-held

electronic devices for use in inventory control. The purpose of the ITEC simulation project is to allow us to make

important strategic and tactical manufacturing decisions, observe how those decisions unfold over time, and use their

observations to guide and refine their decisions in future planning periods. Involves demand forecasting, product mix

for production, MPS, MRP, Shop Scheduling.

Professional Experience

Tulip Engineering Intern at GKN Driveline, Mebane NC, USA Aug’13-Present

• Developed Quality control documents like A3, control plans, quality flash cards, quality alerts for Toyota & Ford.

• Inspected scrapped parts returning from customers, found relations and reasons associated to the defects using tools

like ISHIKAWA diagram, 5 WHY analysis etc.

• Analyzed the trend of defects using weighted Pareto analysis and SPC tools to focus on the prime ones.

• Improved and implemented various changes in Process Instructions at Quality Gates for all Tulip Cells.

• Calculated Process Capability (CpK) and Process Performance Indices (PpK) of machines on the shop.

• Observed some machining and heat treatment operations like CNC turning, spline rolling, CNC grinding, induction

hardening, induction tempering, friction welding, polishing etc.

Manufacturing Engineer at Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Vikhroli, Mumbai, India Jul’09-Jul’11

• Led an entire assembly line as Shop supervisor for manufacturing and assembly of Heavy pressure vessels.

• Ensured fabrication as per the drawing & codes specification (ASME Section-VIII).

• Liaised with the Sub-Contractor for planning, designing, regarding drawings, fabrication & inspection.

• Aligned different tasks based on priority and accordingly allocated the resources.

• Facilitated welding procedures and maintained parameters of welding as per weld procedure and control sheets.

• Coordinated with QC, maintenance, engineering and other dept. for progress and dispatch of various projects.

• Involved in many Kaizen and manufacturing improvement projects to improve the productivity of the assembly line.

• Evaluated various quality inspection and NDT test reports to carry out the necessary corrective or containment action.

• Observed welding procedures like SAW (single DC, single AC and tandem DC+AC), SMAW, GTAW, ESSC, MIG,

MAG, gas gouzing, on Low Alloy Steel (SA - 387, GR 22, CL2) as well as Carbon steel (SA-516 GR70 & GR60).

Procurement Intern at Sauer Danfoss India Pvt Ltd., Pune, India Dec’08 – May’09 & Jul’07 – Dec’07

• Mapped manufacturing process flow of various parts that were being procured from different Indian suppliers.

• Reported my recommendations based on comparisons and negotiations in a competitive manner for overall reduction

in price to the procurement team when awarding the contracts to the respective suppliers.

• Assisted project managers in conducting some forging trials to study and analyze the behavior of the material.

• Developed a Visual Basic calculator which tells during forging how much material is lost due to draft, flash& gutter.

• Observed some forming and gear manufacturing processes like hot forging, cold forging, gear hobbing etc.

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