Abhijit S Patil

**** ******* ****** *** ****, Houston, TX- 77081 Phone # 757-***-**** wvkevc@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

* 3 Years of extensive experience in design and develop Planning and Scheduling the manufacturing processes

* Experience of supervising personnel, Cellular Manufacturing concepts, optimum resource utilization and cost reduction

* Excellent ability to identify potential improvements utilizing the lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and Statistical Process control tools

* Proficient in MS Project, MS Office Suit, Minitab, AutoCAD, CATIA, Unigraphics, NASTRAN-PATRAN, Pro-E, SAP

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Industrial Engineer, Simmons Foods, Arkansas Feb 2011 – Dec 2011

* Supervised a team of 25 on daily production and scheduled workforce rotation to minimize the overtime by 15%

* Monitored and maintained process yield, recommended process changes and increased throughput by 10%

* Implement A3 reports to get the root cause of a problem and clearly communicate with other departments

* Executed process improvements resulting in 10% increase in labor utilization and 75% reduction in cost of rework

* Implemented time study, motion study and Value Stream mapping principles for waste reduction and saved $100,000

* Documented the daily production activities to ensure compliance with USDA standards and Good Manufacturing Practices

* Developed SOP’s, on-job training rosters, process flow charts and saved $70,000 in reducing excess inventory

Operations Engineer, Bio-systems department, Oklahoma State University Aug 2009 – Feb 2011

* Analyzed costs for the project, material cost, process cost and the total capital expenditure to save $50,000

* Initiated activity planning, resource allocation, operations scheduling by using MS Project, reduced overall facility downtime by 25%

* Developed 2D and 3D part drawings using Pro-E, AutoCAD and documented assembly procedures, part routings

* Created non conformity report(NCR) and took Corrective- Preventive Actions ( CA/PA) utilizing root cause analysis

* Utilized 5s, poka-yoke, visual management in designing and manufacturing the “Tar Sampling System” with a savings of $ 60,000

* Tutored and elicited a DMAIC team to further analyze variations in the specific materials to improve the gasification processes by 30%

* Redesigned the layout and the batch size of W.I.P. inventory to minimize the lead time by using Cellular Manufacturing principles

* Increased the annual cost savings by 25% by controlling the product flow with the help of KanBan principles

* Devised Design Of Experiments(DOE) to analyze the relationship between process variables and the output with the help of SAS tools

Industrial Engineer Ghatge-Patil Industries Ltd, India May 2006 – Jul 2007

Production Control

* Planned, designed and scheduled manufacturing operations required for the production of hydraulic valves

* Developed and maintained manufacturing processes for the critical parts being produced in a CNC machine cell

* Helped in the timely management of the MRP system including item Master records and Bill of Materials

* Investigated and resolved day-to-day assembly, process and quality problems, hands on valve assembly experience.

* Issued, documented and approved Engineering Drawings ensuring GD & T, SOP’s, engineering change notices (ECN)

* Interacted with vendors so as to solve product related issues and tracking their performance to ensure product quality

* Worked with R&D and other operations team members to design, develop and implement tooling and fixtures

Lean Six-Sigma/Process improvement

* Improved the CPK of Critical to Quality dimension by 15% by recommending changes in CNC manufacturing processes

* Maintained documentation to ensure that API, ISO 9001:2000, and Quality requirements are being met in terms of product, processes

* Conducted as part of a team, a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis required prioritizing improvement opportunities of entire plant

* Developed PPAP, Process Control Plans, SPCs and Gauge R&R with suppliers

* Analyzed and improved processes to reduce manufacturing costs ensuring optimum utilization of resources

* Executed Kaizen Event with a cross-functional team to optimize Plug valve assembly process, with potential labor savings of $ 50,000

Product Engineer – Intern, Jaymala Machine tools, India Aug 2005 – May 2006

* Designed and developed a special purpose machine for riser cutting to reduce the cycle time, Increased the overall productivity by 60%

* Extensively used AutoCAD & CATIA V5 for generating 3-D modeling and carried out F.E.A. by using UNIGRAPHICS

* Liaised with suppliers and instruct them to manufacture precision components to use in the department’s design work.

EDUCATION

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK July 2010

Specialization: Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Engineering Management GPA – 3.1

Bachelor of Engineering - Production Engineering May 2006

Shivaji University, India GPA – 3.5

CERTIFICATION

* Green Belt Lean Six-Sigma, Business Excellence Solutions

* Lean 101, Lean Enterprise Training

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

SAP, SAS 9.1, Minitab, AutoCAD, Pro-E, CATIA-V5, UNIGRAPHICS NX 3, MS Office Suit, MS Excel, Solver, MS Access, MS Visio, MS Project

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