Sai Chaitanya Kantipudi, MIE, CLSSGB

Summary

Industrial Engineering graduate with 3+ years of experience in quality, Lean management, cost analysis and KPI’s tracking seeking full time association in an organization where I can showcase my skills besides contributing to organizational and personal growth. Organized and result oriented professional; certified in lean six sigma and supply chain.

Professional experience

ProMaxima manufacturing, Houston Operations & Manufacturing Intern Sept.2017 – Dec.2017 1. Worked on the new ERP system (Infor cloud suite) that the company bought to generate documentation for production operations

2. Used Excel spreadsheet to create BOM for various strength equipment 3. Created new part ID’s by taking measurements of various parts used in building an equipment 4. Created multi-level BOM, which means one of the materials required for operation xyz is a subassembly that has its own routing and BOM

5. Used engineering workbench feature on syteline to create BOM and routing on one screen 6. Worked on the new prototype manufacturing on dimensions and raw material descriptions to create a BOM and allow it to full production after approvals

7. Performed cost analysis on the equipment BOM to come up with its material cost 8. Used DMAIC approach to carry on a quality improvement project on reducing the manufacturing downtime 9. Implemented Kanban two bin system to control the inventory, which eliminated the downtime due to raw material shortages

10. Converted SolidWorks 3D to 2D models for easy operator interpretation Tilco Machine Works, Inc. Houston, TX Industrial Engineer Intern/Lean leader Jul.2017 – Sept.2017 1. Implemented 5S in the warehouse and sorted raw material based on the dimensions, which reduced the time taken by non-value-added activities by 80%

2. Performed time studies by using the clock in and clock out option available on ERP e2 system to get the operation time which is used to prepare production schedule 3. Implemented JIT and Kanban pull manufacturing to minimize WIP inventory and to maximize space 4. Implemented Poka-yoke (error proofing) system to determine the root cause for an error Aramark, University of Houston, TX Warehouse operations lead Aug.2016 – Jul.2017 1. Assisted Manager in warehouse functioning for University football, basketball and baseball games 2. Responsible for stock check and preparing inventory report to keep track of inventory on hand 3. Monitored inventory, ordered supplies, and kept rooms orderly and well stocked 4. Helped manager in making purchase decisions by forecasting the demand using Excel 5. Established realistic min/max inventory levels to avoid stock-outs and surplus 6. Implemented JIT inventory system reducing inventory cost and product damage/wastage 7. Responsible for managing buffer stock for critical suppliers 8. Monitored KPIs such as Inventory to sales ratio, profit, and labor by using Tableau 9. Created SOP for goods flow between warehouse and concession stands to avoid downtime and wastage

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Vizag steel plant, Vizag, India Student Intern and project Assistant Feb.2015 - Mar.2016 1. Analyzed various mechanical processes and developed a detailed report as part of the coursework 2. Applied statistical process control (SPC) and generated control charts to monitor production process 3. Calculated process capability indices (Cp & Cpk) to identify process performance 4. Performed Gauge R&R analysis to check the amount of variation in the measurement system 5. Monitored overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) to keep track on return on investment (ROI) 6. Performed Value stream mapping (VSM) and improved shop layout which reduced the time consumed by non-value-added activities

7. Gained experience in writing CNC programs for machining purpose Education

University of Houston Houston, TX, USA Master’s in Industrial Engineering GPA: 3.8/4.0 Aug.2016 - Dec.2017 GITAM University Vizag, A.P, India Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.7/4.0 Jun.2012 - May.2016 Certifications

1. Lean Six Sigma green belt certification from University of Houston 2. ISO 9001:2015 transition training & Lean six sigma black belt training certification from GreyCampus Inc. 3. Supply chain management certification from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MITx) Edx Core Competencies

Value Stream Mapping, Inventory Management, Lean Six Sigma, Network Planning, PDCA, DMAIC, A3 problem solving, Kaizen, Root Cause Analysis, Fish Bone Diagram, Pareto Charts, 5S, 8D, Kanban, ANOVA, Gauge R&R, DOE, DFMEA, GD&T, 5Why, SPC, TQM, Poka-Yoke, Capability Studies, Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain Management, Line Balancing, Transportation Planning, Process Improvement, Project Management Principles, BOM, Cost Analysis, MRP, SWOT analysis, DFA & DFM, GD&T, PERT, GANTT chart Computer skills

Design Tools : AutoCAD, SolidWorks

Statistical Tools : Minitab, JMP, Tableau

Simulation : Simio

Office Tools : MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio Programming : CNC, SQL

ERP Software : Infor cloud suite

References

Name Profession Contact details

Mike Luquette Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, ProMaxima MFG Ph: 1-800-***-**** Email: ac4myr@r.postjobfree.com Daniela Villarreal V.P of Sales, ProMaxima MFG Ph: 1-800-***-**** Email: ac4myr@r.postjobfree.com Carlos Silva General Manager, Tilco machine works, Inc. Ph: 281-***-**** Email: ac4myr@r.postjobfree.com Oliver Nwofia Professor, University of Houston Ph: 713-***-**** Email: ac4myr@r.postjobfree.com