GANESH KUMAR NATARAJAN

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Summary:

Working Exposure to various production scenarios like WIP, Bottleneck identification, layout planning, FMEA,

VSM, 5s and 5M methodologies.

Strong understanding of other lean principles and six sigma concepts.

Good understanding on DSS and 2D and 3D modeling software.

Work experience:

Junior Manufacturing Engineer -SKS accessories, Coimbatore, India May 2011-

Jul 2012

Manufacturers of pumps for tanks and bore wells

Roles and responsibilities:

Project coordinator for designing layout planning for the new production line.

Trained contractors on inventory control, smooth line flow, organizing tools and equipment and other lean

principles.

Responsible for buffering capacity of incoming raw materials by coordinating with multiple suppliers.

Improved workplace safety by establishing a visual sign system.

Trained employees on personal safety in the workplace.

Instrumental in achieving ISO 9001-2000 certification for the organization.

Projects:

New product line Introduction:

Member of the team to introduce a new product line of 3 hp motor pumps used for irrigation.

Analyzed the variability sources using root cause analysis on the current line and effectively designed the new

product line with minimum variability.

Designed and implemented flexible-flow layout planning for new product line using weighted design (WD)

method.

Performed system failure mode and effects (SFMEA) analysis on the new process line and identified the

parameters to reduce risks and failures.

Existing product line:

Effectively pulled down the Variability (co-efficient of variation) from 0.79 to 0.34 by controlling non-

preemptive outages of tool changeover and wear time.

Analyzed sources of process fluctuations using Value stream Mapping and reduced process time by 22%

creating a flexible flow layout system.

Manufacturing Internships:

Lakshmi electrical Control systems, Coimbatore, India May 2010-

Aug 2010

Manufacturers of control panels for machineries used in textile and manufacturing Industries

Assigned to study the inventory levels of assembly line and reduce WIP levels.

Studied the assembly line of panels and introduced poka-yoke motion –step method to list assembly process in

sequence.

Stream lined WIP inventory using Value stream mapping to differentiate value added processes from non-value

added processes.

Reduced the inventory from 4.1 hours to 1.3 hours by eliminating inventory of scrap and rework materials

Designed individual lines to process scrap and rework materials.

Sree Moogambika Fabricators, Coimbatore, India Nov 2010-Jan 2011

Manufacturers of automobile components for Tata motors

Managed a team to introduce automation into drilling, facing and turning departments of the process line.

Investigated work and time flow of man power using time- motion study and identified bottlenecks that required

automation.

Devised an effective automation system by using 5M methodology that reduced manpower by 30% and cycle

time by 67% from 48 minutes to 16 minutes.

Worked with 5S audit team that brought in a standard to the work place.

Introduced Kanban card system into process line which was initially run on demand forecast.

Participated in Capital planning of the organization for the fiscal year 2011-2012.

Implemented solar energy system in an effort to reduce non-renewable energy consumption.

Graduate Projects:

BAJA:

Led a 40 member BAJA-India team that created and run a successful all-terrain vehicle.

Responsible for design of the ATV using AutoCAD and Solid works.

In charge of material procurement and capacity planning for the entire program.

Other projects:

Performed a factorial design analysis on type of material to be used on a tennis racquet that would dampen

vibration and increase the stroke speed of the racquet.

Developed a model for decreasing wait time of customers entering a fast food restaurant using DMAIC process.

Designed a decision support system (DSS) using VBA macros for Clemson swim meet that imports raw data into

worksheet, organizes data into multiple sheets and ranks participants based on categories.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering GPA-3.02/4

Clemson University, SC Aug 2012- May 2014

Bachelor of Engineering- Mechanical Engineering GPA- 3.12/4

Kumaragu College of Technology, India Aug 2007-Apr 2011

Coursework specialization:

Manufacturing systems planning and design, supply chain design and control, quality in industry, six sigma quality,

Advanced Manufacturing system, production planning and control, fluid mechanics and machinery, thermal

engineering, strength of materials, machine tool engineering.

Core competencies:

• Six sigma green belt / DMAIC • Lean manufacturing • Kaizen • MRP, ERP

• Design of experiments • Value stream Mapping • 5s, 5M • ISO 9001 & 9000

• Statistical Process Control • Toyota production system • Just in Time • SIPOC

Software Skills:

• Auto CAD / Solid works • Pro-E • Ansys • Catia

• Minitab/ Mat lab • Microsoft office suite •C++, html •AMPL R

Achievement and honors:

Treasurer of Mechanical Engineering Department for technical events and symposiums.

Worked part time in Clemson University Police Department.

Member of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) India chapter.

Member of ASQ.

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