Supply Chain Quality Assurance

PROFILE OF QUALIFICATIONS:

-Industrial Engineering graduate student with extensive knowledge in

Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Strategic Sourcing,

Packaging and Inventory Management developed through graduate coursework.

-A dynamic professional with three years of work experience in Lean-Six

Sigma, Quality Assurance, Design Engineering, Project Management and New

Product Development (NPI) using CAD software (Pro-E and SolidWorks).

-Enhanced knowledge in ERP (SAP R/3), CRM (SAS EM 7.1) applications and

Enterprise Process Modeling.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management, Oklahoma State

University Summer 2013

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, RGTU (India)

Summer 2006

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Paragon Films Inc. Tulsa, OK (USA), Quality and Manufacturing Intern

Summer 2012

PROJECTS

-Executed projects to develop Ishikawa diagram and Pareto charts by

coordinating with other departments thereby streamlining cross functional

processes and reducing manufacturing defects by 10%. Significantly improved

supply chain visibility by transforming data modeling techniques and

detailed Value Stream Analysis.

-Designed and implemented Quality Assurance plan to reduce quality issues

on shop floor. Formulation of Corrective Action/Preventive Action (CAPA)

procedure, improved upon shop floor operations to reduce wait time and move

time by 12%; projected savings of $30k and 2400 man-hours.

-Perform statistical analysis to investigate process, product data for

quality standards and establish CTQs. Lead the development of DFMEA, PFMEA,

QFD, control charts and process quality data collection system for quality

assurance; analyze the results for capability studies to calculate

capability indices, generate dashboards/quality metrics and documentation

of test results.

Satyam Computers Services Ltd, Hyderabad (India), Product Design Engineer

August 2006-July 2009

GE, C& I Consultant: General Electric, Consumer and Industrial KY (USA)

-Design of appliances parts by Pro-E software, prepare lay sheets to ensure

proper material specifications, tooling and manufacturing guidelines. Use

proper drawing conventions, review sub-assemblies, and apply GD&T to check

manufacturability. Ensure correct product structure, document BOM and

release e-BCN to facilitate production.

-Analysis of ice dispenser system and structure assemblies by Six Sigma

tools. Design and analyze sheet metal parts, complete design optimization

of plastic parts for GE appliances, requirements analysis and coordination

with client for appropriate Quality Assurance steps to ensure robust

design. Create 2D harness drawing for electrical layout.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS:

Supply Chain Strategy- Team Lead

Spring 2012

-Demonstrated strong analytical skills in solving case studies on demand

management, inventory control, service level optimization and risk analysis

in designing and managing supply chain for fast moving high volume

products.

-Comprehensive statistical analysis and supply chain modeling to mitigate

bull-whip effect; develop SCOR models to re-align business processes and

capture supply chain configuration to identify scope of improvements.

-Supply Chain financial analysis to understand product positioning

phenomenon, supplier management, procurement strategies and pricing

techniques for global textile industry. Diverse literature survey for

Inditex Company on distribution strategies, strategic sourcing, 3PL,

procurement and outsourcing strategy.

-Simulate and run beer game to understand behavior of real time supply

chain involving multiple stakeholders, investigate inventory levels,

overall operational cost, resources allocation and corresponding service

levels.

Data Mining and CRM applications- Statistical Modeler

Spring 2012

-Data preparation, cleansing and synthesis to remove outliers, impute

missing values and replace unknown values using SAS Enterprise Miner.

Identify and understand relationship among dependent and independent

variables to build statistical models such as polynomial regression, neural

networks, decision tree and logistic regression.

-Implement and select appropriate predictive models to predict the customer

behavior, spending pattern, compute association among different categorical

variables, forecast future growth aspects and rank customer preferences to

assist the Resort Company management in business operations.

-Provide statistical support and make recommendations to help Resort

Company management in exploiting hidden meaningful trends, increase

customer base, improve overall satisfaction, engage and retain existing for

long term.

Facility Location, Warehousing and Freight Transportation, Material

Handling Student Design Competition Fall 2012

-To analyze the feasibility of complete retrofit of a warehouse (ISO 9001)

for fast moving high volume sports goods; evaluate and design the

distribution center capable of handling thousands of SKUs with improved

throughput capacity, increased product storage locations and increase

forward pick locations.

-Forecast and calculate the inventory volumes and associated cost; suggest

improvements in facility layout with calculations and justify the capital

investment and expenses involved in procurement of material handling

systems.

-Suggest, document and justify proposed Warehouse Management System

functionalities, viability of installing automated systems and

effectiveness of installing new shelves and racks for material storage and

handling.

TECHNICAL SKILLS and TOOLS:

-Statistical analysis : Minitab 16, SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1, SAS EM 7.1

and JMP 9.0

-Six Sigma and Project Management: DMAIC and DFSS tools. Risk analysis,

Design of Experiments, process capability studies, tolerances and

specifications. Scheduling, CPM, and PERT techniques, Business Process

Management

-Integrated manufacturing control systems : Inventory management and

forecasting, S&OP, integrating MRP with capacity planning, shop floor

control, master scheduling, Distribution Resource Planning, Just-In-Time

systems

-Supply Chain design and optimization: IBM ILOG Logic Net (network design)

SAS OR and Crystal Ball

-Business Reporting tools and Database Applications: MS Excel, MS Power

Point, MS Visio, MS Access, Spread Sheet Modeling and Pivot tables

-Monitor projects by report authoring, presentation of results &

recommendations

CERTIFICATIONS:

Basics of Supply Chain Management, Module 1 (APICS)

Master Planning of Resources, Module 2 (APICS)

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (ASQ)

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