ANKITA CHOUDHARY

abl36d@r.postjobfree.com **** Country Club Road, Apt#1603, Lake Charles, LA-70605 337-***-****

OBJECTIVE: An Industrial Engineer seeking a challenging position that utilizes my expertise in Lean Techniques, Process Flow

Engineering and experience in Mechanical and Quality Assurance activities

CAPABILITIES: Value Stream Mapping, DMAIC-DFSS-Lean, Statistical Process Control, Root-Cause Analysis, 2D-3D Design Software

(AutoCAD 2003, Pro Engineer wildfire 2), Knowledge of ERP software (SAP)

CERTIFICATIONS: Currently working on APICS-CPIM certification-which focuses on production and inventory management,

enhanced knowledge of supply chain management, procurement, purchasing and material management.

EDUCATION:

Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 2007-2008

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (Major), Quality and Reliability Engineering (Minor) GPA 3.42

Certification: Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, Statistics.

Tools Learnt: SPSS, Minitab 14, Design Expert, and MS Excel

Institute of Engineering & Technology, Devi Ahilya University Indore, MP, India 2003-2007

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.87

Achievements: Ranked in top 5 % of students in University.

Tools Learnt: AutoCAD 2003, Pro Engineer WF 2.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1. Worked for a consultant to write standard procedure manuals for machines and processes. March ’10-June ‘10

• Prepared Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): Described how machines should be operated under normal conditions.

• Operators’ Maintenance Procedures (OMP): Explained procedures, to operators, for regular maintenance of machines.

• Detailed Work Instructions (DWI): Illustrated how to process a work/ raw material into finished product.

2. Man Industries, Pithampur, India Apr ’09-Oct ‘09

A leading manufacturer and exporter of Carbon Steel Line Pipes for high pressure transmission applications for Gas, Crude Oil etc.

Mechanical Engineer

• Reduced Cycle time of H SAW (Submerged arc welding) line by developing shop layouts using AutoCAD.

• Increased pipe assembly line productivity by 21% by implementing value stream mapping using assembly simulation software.

• Certified internal 5 S auditor for complete assembly line.

3. Graduate Assistant- Statistical Data Analyst (Arizona State University, AZ) Feb ‘08-Dec ‘08

• Consolidated the data on psychology through surveys and organized it using SPSS.

• Analyzed the gathered data, using ANOVA (statistical analysis tool) and graphical methods.

• Offered recommendations on data analysis based on the hypothesis to the research department.

4. L&T CASE Equipment Pvt. Ltd.

India’s leading name in technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing, Revenue: $19.3 B, Staff: 64000

Intern- Industrial Engineer Aug 06 – May 07

• Performed time studies on production equipment and established production bottlenecks of loader backhoe assembly line.

• Reduced assembly line cycle time by 37% by automating complete welding station.

• Awarded 5 S GENIUS of the Quarter 2007 and recognized industry wide for:

o Implementing plant wide 5 S ( 15 station main assembly line and 7 sub assembly areas)

o Training and motivating associates on Visual Factory and work station cleaning methods.

• Increased throughput of assembly line by 44 % by implementing capacity ramp up of bottleneck sub assembly station.

• Prepared shop-floor process checklist and implemented cycle time monitoring system on each workstation.

• Conducted GAP analysis on improvement projects alignments with 2007 fiscal year goals resulted in improvement project

selection process set up.

5. Intern- Quality Engineer (L&T Case Equipment Pvt. Ltd. India) Summer 2005

• Led a team of four intern engineers in segregating value added and non value added activities by drawing Value Stream Map

(VSM) of complete assembly line. Integrated vendors, general contractors, warehouse locations, work station, KANBAN

locations to computerized real time VSM.

• Conducted Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) for Air / Water / Oil hose connections task

• Removed non value added work reduced TAKT time

• Developed and implemented KAIZEN improvements tracking and sustaining mechanism; conducted “Ideas Generation

Debate” as part of Employee Involvement initiative, resulted in 425% increase in ideas per employee count.

MS PROJECTS:

• Quality Management: Prepared workflow process performance checklist, applied quality function deployment on an electronic item,

surveyed customers’ needs and their feedbacks.

• Design of Experiments: Conducted experiment, analyzed data and concluded with important factors affecting experiment.

OTHER: Member of Toastmasters International- Enhancing communication and leadership skills (VP Membership-club 1225)

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