manufacturing/ Industrial engineer

KARTIK LAKSHMANAN

**** ******* ***** *** #*, Columbus, OH- 43224 617-***-**** **********.******@*****.***

Competitive, Innovative and results-oriented professional with Master’s Degree and good work experience in Industrial

engineering management. Consistent performer and problem solver with Lean Certification from LAI NEU.

Work Experience:

Lean Manufacturing Engineer, Diamond Innovations Inc, Ohio June 2013 – Present

• Experienced in working with automation environment and familiarity with machine components

• Conducted time study on press operators standard work profile and identified wastes in machining value stream

• Designed spaghetti charts to map extent of transportation waste during sequential steps followed for operation of presses

• Process mapped the flow and implemented 5S, kitting and Kanban to provide JIT delivery and reduce process cycle time

• Created an SOP based on the existing standard work to materialize parallel tasks

• Restructured the floor layout and identified solutions for 7% increase in capacity utilization with savings of $27,000

• Contributed toward problem solving (5 Y’S, Fishbone) and coordinated with stakeholders to meet objectives

• Assisted in root cause analysis and SPC experiments to identify possible disruptions and implement corrective measures.

• Collaborated with vendors for developing BOM’s and determine product specifications to for purchase of materials

• Conducted controlled tests for part substrates to eliminate a significant step in current value stream assuring better quality

for product delivery

• Tested the grit-blasted, cleaned substrates for cobalt and iron content and assisted to check for scrap rejection

• Monitored product first pass yields to qualify and track the productivity of substrates product with savings of $35000 and

annual projected cost estimate is forecasted to increase with demand and trials on new products

• Assisted with DOE experiments to check for defects arising on running new product test trials

• Tracked extracted batches undergoing grinding procedure and identified cracks, delamination’s and end shear offs

Management Relations Executive, Intelenet Operations Services, Mumbai Feb 2010 - Sept 2011

• Interpret Statistics and metrics, Analyzed root issues, generated solutions, responded to customer requirements

• Investigated problems occurring in FCC/FGW Rail companies in UK and managed groups to solve the issues

• Coordinated upstream/downstream information transfer and managed scheduling of work allotment based on demand

• Implemented effective capacity change for subordinates and exercised team building skills through Gamification

Certified Project Intern, Godrej Boyce, Mumbai Sept 2008 – Jan 2009

• Conducted research on process of Aluminum Die Casting and analyzed operation of Die Casting Trial Machine

• Supported with Value-Stream Mapping of die casting operations and parts assembly

• Evaluated automated machine output to estimate percent reduction in cycle time of casted part production

• Collaborated with team, using Lean techniques achieve 9% increase in production accuracy and quality of casted part

• Significantly reduced waste and end-to-end production time by using Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Kaizen

• Monitored CNC operations and simulated appropriate results for increase in operational efficiency

• Backed inventory and scrap reduction project, using spaghetti diagram, and tested rejected parts for re-use

Research experience:

Lean breakaway

Improved customer experience in flight travels using lean principles and assisting kaizen projects

Certified lean enterprise value simulation project

Simulated parts and measured Takt time of assembly

Applying various ‘Lean’ tools to improvise the process and establish better customer supplier relationship

Statistical tools for tracking performance improvement and increasing productivity of aircrafts in stipulated time

MABBS technique for intelligent production planning

Thesis resolution for real world problems occurring in production planning/ scheduling and deliver optimized results

Investigation of musculoskeletal paraphernalia subjected to varying stress

Application of human factor methods to determine the stressed induced in upper body frame of people when subjected to

varying loads. It includes analysis on carrying of bag packs and future needs for redesign

Redevelopment of Blue dive city

Used project management tools for creating a request for proposal to initiate a project for redevelopment of Wharf.

Education:

MS in Industrial Engineering (Northeastern University, Boston) May 2013

BS in Mechanical Engineering (University of Mumbai, India) Aug 2010

Technical skills: C, C++, Visual Basic, Basic knowledge of Lingo, AutoCAD, MS Excel, MS Office, Adobe Applications,

Solidworks, Minitab, MS Access, SAP Business Objects, Lotus Notes, ANOVA

Applications: Continuous Improvement, Value Stream Mapping, Statistical Process Control, Lean manufacturing, Project

Management, Strategic planning, Lean Six Sigma, Spaghetti charts, TPS,MRP, Supply chain management, Line Balancing.

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