Supply Chain Project

Krishnan Kasthurirangan Contact

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Professional Experience & Internships

Shift Advisor/ Panel Engineer at Manali Petrochemicals, Chennai, India.

(2006-2008)

Technical Supervision of the Polyol Plant, Key Project advisory on the study of

the plant's design parameters.

Efforts were instrumental in a 3-(hour/batch) reduction in the Processing time

and a 500 metric ton Productivity increase.

Continuous Improvement Project Lead

Headed the year end project for rapid elimination of waste and value creation

through application of 5S, Kaizen, Poka- Yoke.

Conducted class-room sessions on Lean Principles, Quality tools, Statistical

Process control to educate Plant Operators.

The effect of the Rapid Lean Implementation was evident in over 20,000 $ savings

and 30% reduction in cycle and Takt time.

Technical Service :Operations Research & Process optimization

Research on of Stochastic processes, Regression Analysis, Decision models, Risk

Management for Optimal Operation.

Improved operating conditions resulted in a Polyol of very high Quality.

Quality Control (Quality Manual Development )

The Quality Manual embarked on delivering a 25% increase in Polyol Productivity

with sustaining the current quality level.

Focused on Kaizen continuous improvement to improve the Quality-Cost Margin by

19% for the calendar year 2007

Scrutiny on the complex business problems, Fundamental Business issues, cost

control, resulted in 10,000 $ reduction in labor and overhead costs and helped in

meeting their Strategic and Financial Goals.

Supply Chain Management

Underwent two- month training on Supply Chain dynamics, models, tools, Demand

Optimization, Supply chain design.

Enhanced the supply chain by introducing ERP techniques that improved the

effectiveness of the scheduling time.

Efforts resulted in 10% reduction in Customer Query time and reduced the

Logistics cost by 120,000 $ on an annual basis.

Lean Operations Associate-University of Southern California (USC Bookstores)

(2008-2010)

Supervision of the Product quality for the entire USC bookstore Merchandise

involving commercially variable utility products

Conducted monthly audit of the Inventory Levels and proposed the Inventory level

plan for the following month.

Conducted seasonal replenishment planning for the Inventory and charted optimal

transportation schemes during off-seasons.

Increased the Supply Chain Efficiency by charting down the non-value adding steps

thereby improving the existing models.

Applied Lean principles to optimize the management, that resulted in 5000$

savings in Operating costs.

Internship Experiences:

Experimental Project on Elastomeric Polyol Grade at Manali Petrochemicals Pvt.

Ltd. (Aug 2006-Nov 2006)

Supervision of the design Parameters and operation of a resin bed in an

experimental project to expedite Polyol processing.

Documented the data on the observed results with regards to the Polyol quality,

Pro's and Con's of the experimental project, processing time, recovery and

suggested recommendations for better operation.

Laboratory Project: Scaling up of enzyme Protease at Central Leather Research

Institute, India. (Jun2006-Aug 2006)

Scaling up of the enzyme Protease from flask level to Laboratory scale using a

Fermenter in various operating conditions.

Collaborated with Dr. Puvanakrishnan, Deputy Director and head, CLRI on this

project and documented the results.

Production Planning & Cost Estimation at Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

(May 2005- June 2005)

Developed a production plan based on operational constraints to reduce the lead

time by 20% for Cefalexin manufacture.

Conducted a study on the capacity planning and Cost Estimation to support the

Production Plan.

Helped in Interfacing the Management goals with the Operations Department in

order to execute the Plan.

Lean Projects Experience:

Order Fulfillment Process - USC Bookstores ( Spring 2009)

In-depth analysis of the current state value stream map to discover the non-value

adding and time consuming steps.

Developed an overall plan to counter the time delays and estimated a 20,000$

increased productivity upon implementation of my suggestions.

V.S Tires - A Tire Alignment Company (Summer 2008)

Conducted an extensive scrutiny on the entire Tire alignment, Tire Changing,

Re-treading processes. Enhanced the operations by strategic positioning of all

the tools and worked on spacing aspect of the work station to create more room

for ease of operation.

Conducted training sessions to refine the methods of operations and suggested the

optimum frequency for machine overhauling.

Academic Curriculum and Audits:

Engineering Project Management:

Course Curriculum focused on application of Industrial and System Engineering

skills to a Project drawn from the Industry.

Prime focus of my project "Vanpooling' was to provide direct experience in honing

managerial skills, Meeting facilitation Transformation initiatives, Change

Management, Accountability and executing Multi-disciplinary team Project.

Operations Consulting:

Curriculum involved with development of conceptual and analytical skills for

improving operations.

Formulating and implementing operations strategy, process analysis and design.

Coursework included a project on 'Marketing Strategy for Big Bazaar' with an

in-depth analysis of the strategy and documented means to improve the current

strategy.

Lean Operations:

Coursework embarked on the study of 5S principles, Kaizen continuous improvement,

Root-cause analysis, Six Sigma Quality, and Value creation. And evaluation and

optimization of earned Value.

Project on 'Order Fulfillment Process' for USC Bookstore applying Lean principles

reviewed, identified and assessed opportunities for improvements earned a 10000$

increased revenue.

Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling:

Extensive study on advanced concepts in production planning and scheduling

including resource allocation, lot sizing, workforce scheduling, Risk Spectrum

assessment, Process and Procedure Development and assembly line balancing.

Final Project was on scheduling the Procurement, assembling, tuning operations

for the manufacture of 'Guitar Effects Pedals'.

Advanced Supply Chain & Logistics:

Coursework encompassed the Planning and Management of Sourcing, Procurement,

Conversion and Logistics Management.

Extensive study on Product Life Cycle Management, Benchmarking, Implementation or

Deployment of Best Practices.

Conducted a Seminar on Supply Chain Sustainability, Process Integration and the

development of Supply Chain Management.

Other Skills and Proficiencies:

Strong Analytical and Quantitative abilities, Adept at completion of Deadlines,

Excellent technical competence. Ethics, Out -of the Box thinking, Focus on

getting the right things done.

Extremely adept at Internal Audits and metrics, Day-to Day Execution of Audit

plan engagements,, Risk assessment and Mitigation..

Sound Proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and Data Analysis tools

like Informatica, Databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQl Server, Business Objects

ETL and Reporting and Minitab, SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX.HTML.

Education:

2008-2010 Master's in Industrial Engineering at University of Southern

California

2002-2006 Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering at Anna university, India

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