SUMIT ARORA
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EXPERIENCE
Supply Chain Research Assistant: Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Jan. 2012- Dec. 2012
. Wrote and presented a Paper on 'Strategies to align physicians with
organizational goal' to optimize workforce
. Presented case report and analyzed Walmart's sustainability strategy on
inventory management in seafood supply chain
. Researched the exhibits and presented paper on FedEx and UPS package
wars, Nestle & Colgate private limited
Quality Control Engineer: Shree Shakti WeldTech Pvt. Limited, Mumbai,
India Aug.2010- Aug.2011
. Implemented "Bill of Material" and "Where used Report" of SAP to
calculate raw material and identify production unit
. Inventory Planning & cost control - Introduced and implemented the
concept of JIT at the plant and helped on saving the inventory
holding costs. Also, motivated the company to work on Kanban which
helped in saving total cost
. Designed, drafted and optimized templates for optical profile
cutting machine using AutoCAD resulting in 35% profit
. Created, implemented and led equipment maintenance program which
resulted in reduction of downtime by 70%
. Produced a standardized listing procedures & redundancy checks for
clean inspection clearance for Government of India
. Created facilities planning which assisted the scheduler in
preparing the weekly schedule and designed a new shop floor layout
resulting in removal of bottle necks and improvement of efficiency
ratio of 15% using KPI
Engineering Intern: Western Railway, Mumbai, India
Jan.2008- May 2008
. Designed and optimized protective cover for AIDS medicine using Auto
CAD resulting in better feature
. Calculated the weighted average lead time for the segmented products
. Exercised Micro-Controllers and Micro-Processors for CNC, NC, DNC as
a programmer for tool feeding and machine tool function that enabled
timely supply to manufacturing plant
EDUCATION
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
Dec. 2012
Courses: Transportation industries, Supply chain procurement, Global
supply chain, Deterministic operational research, Simulation
analysis, Production systems, financial management and Project
management
Honors - Graduate Supply Chain Research Assistant under Prof. Marius
Solomon and Prof. Robert (Bob) Lieb
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Aug. 2010
Courses: Business process re-engineering, E-commerce and Supply
chain management, manufacturing planning & control, Enterprise
resource planning, Production process, Engineering and machine
design
CERTIFICATION
. Supply Chain Management: Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Dec.2012
. Lean Concepts and Application: Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Dec.2012
. Auto CAD Professional: University of Mumbai, India
Jun. 2008
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Tools: Auto CAD, SAP, Kanban, 5S, SPSS, ASME Codes
Microsoft: Office & Access, SharePoint, Visio
CNC, NC, DNC, Arena 14, Lean
PROJECTS
LAI Lean academy, Northeastern University
Aug.2011- Dec. 2012
Project on Airplane production rate via Lego's
. Applied various Lean tools including re-engineering, Kanban and
tracked the performance of the project
. Applied Six Sigma to eliminate non value added activities, used
Process Maps & Control Charts to identify waste
. Initiated 5S methodologies to improve productivity in Process Module
build area
. Increased productivity from 2 to 12 aircrafts in the stipulated time
Fighter and Dirt Racer Robot: National Level College of Engineering
Events Aug.2009- Dec. 2009
. Designed Robot for race competition based on torque, frequency of power
supply, thickness of tires and power of motor
. Awarded best in Robot Design ROBO-WARS and runner up for Robot-Dirt
Racers