VIKRAM CHINNASAMY

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SUMMARY

Certified Lean Green Belt engineer, experienced in product and service quality, established safety standards and guidelines for process and product improvements. Actively seeking full-time opportunities in Quality Control, Supply chain management and lean processes. KEY COMPETENCIES

Certifications: Certified in Lean Green Belt, Certified in 7QC tools by M.N. Auto Products Software: Minitab, SAP (ERP, Hana, Lumira), AUTOCAD, DWG Editor, Solid Works, AMPL-solver, CATiAV5, Ansys, MS Office suites, Excel miner and Rapid miner.

Technical: APQP, PPAP, Control Plans, ISO 9001 / TS16949, Supplier audits, SPC, Kaizen, Value stream mapping, Product development, Process mapping, Root cause analysis, Cellular manufacturing, Six sigma, Lean management, FMEA, ANOVA, ARENA, VAVE, Capability Studies.

WORK EXPERIENCE

M.N Auto Products (P) LTD - Quality Engineer, India June 2014 to May 2015 Responsible to manage the day to day QC issues, improve and control the process performance to confirm the quality of product.

• Drove significant quality metrics, cumbersome and strategic problems to meet ISO 9001 / TS 16949 standards

• Assisted in MSA, Gauge approval, dimensional analysis, production trail, testing and validation for NPI and serial life projects

• Worked along with suppliers on PPAP life-cycle, managed the documentation and approval

• Audited supplier sites along with MRB and measured the performance of injection molding machines through capability studies

• Performed CMM and validated the Gauge R&R, studied the reports to analyze the fit and finish issues

• Reduced nonconformities by 18% and saved $16000, through 8D, 5Whys and prevented crack in push and pull switch

• Cut down material costs by 23% and optimized scrap rate by adding after-mould wastes in moulding process

• Implemented VSM in the assembly line (Testing station) reduced cycle time and increased JPH by 23% (VA/VE)

• Assisted in implementing the line balancing for assembling push and pull switch – optimized manpower by 17%

• Slashed down the assembly line rejection rate from 11% to 3% by implementing poke-yoke system

• Modified SOP in manufacturing tail lamp to optimize cycle time and reduced production cost by 12% INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Roots Industries Limited, Coimbatore, India Aug 2013 to Jan 2014 Developed a modern conveyor system using Catiav5, solid works and ANSYS to reduce the workforce and implemented 5S in shop floor

• Identified problems with trolley movements in shop-floor using 5Whys and Fish-bone diagram

• Implemented control plans to avoid the structural and mechanical problems like vibration, belt run off, chain sack

• Fault tree analysis used to interpret stop in conveyor line and reduced reengineering cost by 13% - CAPA PROJECTS

IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF THE GBI COMPANY USING SAP(ERP):

• Forecasted the demand and built a model using variables to manage the inventory level reduced holding cost by 26%

• Prioritized the supplier trigger by Implementing JIT in the assembly line and reduced inventory cost by 19%

• Implemented the optimizing plan in reorder point and reduced capital investments, adequate stocks

• Optimized the operations department to minimize waiting time of jobs at machines by implementing appropriate queuing models which resulted in reduced idle time by 17%

SAE SUPRA PROJECT “2014”:

Lead the crew consisting of 25 members in design, purchasing, quality, assembly and testing

• Validated the APQP process throughout the design & development phase and proceeded to start of production

• Managed the QCDP targets and successfully completed the project before the estimated time frame

• Maintained bill of materials, testing and validation reports, Dimensional reports for all the sub-parts in F4 car PREDICTED DECAY COEFFICIENT OF GAS TURBINE AND COMPRESSOR BLADES (DATA MINING):

• Determined the conditions of in-service assets (turbine and blades) to predict potential degradations

• Assigned corrective maintenance(CM) and Preventive maintenance (PM) on scheduled time to reduce wear by 10%

• OEE (availability, performance, reliability) was improved to eliminate the brake down loss by 28% EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago MS Industrial Engineering GPA - 3.5/4 May 2017 Anna University, India BE Mechatronics Engineering GPA – 7.5/10 April 2014 LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Volunteer in AMERICAN SCORES CHICAGO

• Innovators award for positioning front suspension in SAE SUPRA 2014

• Practice and certified in driving formula 4 car by SUPRA SAEINDIA