Industrial Engineer/ Quality Engineer

ARPIT DESAI

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423-***-**** **************@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpit1602

SUMMARY

Experienced in Lean, Quality Assurance, Facility Design, Continuous Improvement and Customer Support. Actively seeking a full time position in the field of Manufacturing Engineering/Process Engineering/Industrial Engineering/Lean Six Sigma. EDUCATION

University at Buffalo (UB), The State University of New York July’ 2017 Master of Science (M.S), Industrial and Systems Engineering GPA: 3.6/4.0 Gujarat Technological University (GTU) - India June’ 2015 Bachelors of Engineering (B.E), Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.8/4.0 SKILLS

Technical: Design of experiments, DFMEA, Process Improvement, Lean Methodologies, CNC machining, Process capability Analysis, Process mapping, Production Planning and Control,,4M analysis, 3P, TQM, CAD, GD&T, Supply chain management. Software: Minitab 17 • Solid Works • SAP • AutoCAD • Gurobi • PLC • PTC Creo • MS Office • Python• Visio WORK EXPERIENCE

TRUMPF North America – Industrial Engineer Jan’17- Present

Performed process mapping for tooling department. Created current state VSM for all products. Drew future state VSM reducing lead time and the waste using Kaizen, Supermarket and FIFO techniques which improved OEE by 11%.

Designed future layout for machining department in solid-works considering efficiency, ergonomics and sq. feet usage.

Working with maintenance, safety and electrical department to plan, schedule and implement the newly designed future layout.

Implemented paperless production for punches and dies manufacturing systems by upgrading Kanban system using SAP. Updating routings in SAP and organizing the new supermarket electronically.

Reduced sub-assembly time by 21% from 6.5 hour to 5 hour takt time by conducting time studies and PDCA.

Performed DMAIC, root cause analysis, applied gage R&R. Analyzed the results in order to achieve throughput of 4 part/hr for punches and dies in next 6 months to have annual saving of $2,278,000 approx.

Implemented SMED to reduce changeover times. Performing TPM and updating the Heijunka and shop floor boards.

Performing OSHA safety audits and 5S audits for laser, sheet metal and large part mill departments.

Inventory management and quality control by calibrating the equipments as per ISO 9001. University at Buffalo - Lean Six Sigma Intern Aug’16- Dec’16

Designed the optimal floor plan layout and obtained 21% reduction in the wait time at campus dining and shops.

Continuous process improvement by implementing tools like DMAIC, SMED, 5S and 7 QC tools. Automotive Exchange Pvt Ltd - Senior Executive, Dealer Solution Team June’15-Jan’16

Collaborated with brands like Mercedes Benz, BMW, Honda, Toyota and Hyundai for warranties and road side assistance.

Created warranty reports for the inspected automobiles and analyze it to approve or reject the warranty.

Worked with a team of 4 in proactively providing dealer support on the software “Autobiz” by troubleshooting issues.

Worked with designing team to upgrade the dealer’s portal as per the request of dealers. Ingersoll Rand – Quality Intern May’14-Aug’14

Inspected WIP of compressors against documented quality plan and check if product meets quality requirements.

Conducted troubleshooting and root cause analysis using the 7 basic quality tools like 5 Why analysis, cause effect diagrams, Pareto charts etc. at different stations. Reduced the costs due to defects by 2.3%.

Used (Q, R) model to reduce the annual inventory costs. Removed over $20k of obsolete inventory from the shop floor.

Penalty cost due to stocks outs was reduced by 2.8%. PROJECTS

Facility Design & Systematic Layout Planning at BAK Aug’16- Dec’16

Generated activity-relationship charts (REL) and dual graphs for production department and finally created facility layout design using SLP, ALDEP & CORELAP heuristics & computed total distance to travel to produce products. Statistical Process Control (SPC) of an electro-magnet assisted bearing transfer Jan’16-May’16

Carried out an experiment by considering 5 factors and 3 replicates for an electromagnet assisted bearing transfer.

Found out the significant factors, carried out the same process by taking 25 subgroups and with a sample size of 5 with time intervals of 5 minutes. Plotted the X-bar and R-bar charts to check whether the process is in control, found Cpk and Ppk values. CERTIFICATION

Certification in Line balancing and facility location in lean manufacturing by Alison.

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