Ramachandra Sunkari

Quality Assurance Intern at Greatbatch Medical

aca0pj@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Aim for Continual Improvement and Excellence

Experience

Quality Assurance Intern at Greatbatch Medical

May 2013 - Present (7 months)

• Performed Process Potential Failure Mode Effect Analysis (PFMEA).

• Handled Customer complaints, non-conformances and provided CAPA (corrective and preventive actions)

by performing route cause analysis.

• Issued and evaluated SCAR (supplier corrective action reports) and performed supplier audits to meet ISO

9001/ ISO 13485 standards.

• Authored the qualification protocols and performed equipment and machines validations and manufacturing

processes and product design validations (IQ, OQ, PQ). Performed supplier new product qualifications.

• Performed statistical analysis and generated the validation reports, studied SPC and analyzed trends,

Conducted MSA – Gauge Linearity and Gauge R and R, Attribute Agreement Analysis and performed DOE

to improve the existing processes and for determining operating settings for new products.

• Performed process audits, reviewed and updated operating procedures/process specifications and conducted

associates training.

• Improved automated daily QMS metric data analysis and shipping and RI support.

• Performed process audits to meet ISO 9001/ ISO 13485 requirements.

• Exhibited good problem solving skills and currently working on cost reduction focusing on the scrap rate,

NCMR’s and Customer Complaints. (Six Sigma Black Belt Project)

• Developed and Updated Quality plans and Control plans for multiple products which include precision

machining and molding manufacturing processes.

Assistant Manager - Operations at Tata Advanced Systems Ltd

August 2009 - July 2012 (3 years)

• Production in-charge of the final assembly of the Sikorsky S-92 model helicopter Cabin, painting,

acceptance testing (Hydraulic lines pressure test, Cabin leak Test, Bonding Test, Flight Control Test, Leak

test of engine drain and APU drain lines) and Final Packing and shipping. In-charge of major structural

repairs.

• Planning and scheduling the work.

• Lean Implementation: 50 % reduction of the Cycle time achieved.

• Inventory and resource Management.

• AS 9100 rev-C Internal Auditor.

• RRCA, corrective and preventive action implementation team lead and KAIZEN committee coordinator.

Page1

• Member of Quality Improvement Program at TASL.

• Member of ACE Supplier Gold, 6S and Visual Factory implementation team.

• Team leader for 3P (Pre-Production Planning) for major assembly lines. Master at process mapping, facility

layout and design processes.

• Coordinated the final assembly jigs and fixtures installation.

• Responsible to give on job training to the new operators and graduate engineers.

• Worked as a Manufacturing Engineer initially for the period of 8 months with the following responsibilities:

# Preparation of AOS-assembly operation sheets (assembly methods and processes) and standard operating

procedures.

# Configuration management.

# Supported daily operations by trouble shooting, maintenance support and training associates on operating

procedures, customer and design specifications and Engineering Drawings, GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning

and Tolerance).

# Coordinated activities and Engineering support for assembly Jigs and Fixtures erection.

Operations Intern at Solar Semiconductor (P) Ltd

June 2008 - July 2008 (2 months)

• Coordinated in the production and planning activities under the supervision of the production Manager.

• Part of Visual Factory team and was responsible for 5-S activities.

• Monitoring and reporting the daily production to the higher management.

Mechanical Engineering Intern at Hyundai Motor India Ltd

June 2008 - June 2008 (1 month)

• Responsible for scheduling the daily servicing activities and issuing the job cards to the operators.

• Responsible for improving the servicing time and time study and work area improvement.

• Closely monitored engine and transmission overhauling.

• Closely monitored diagnose and repair of Elentra, Verna, Accent and Santro models.

Projects

Flight Time improvement of Auto gyro

February 2013 to Present

Members:Ramachandra Sunkari

• Conducted Measurement system analysis to validate measuring system.

• Developed improved design for longer flight times of Auto gyro and determined process capability.

Lean Enterprise

April 2013 to Present

Members:Ramachandra Sunkari

• Investigated the application of Lean Manufacturing in Pharmaceutical Industry and presented key findings.

• Prepared a detailed A3 for 'Automotive Component Manufacturing Company' case.

• Optimized the cell layout, prepared operator balance chart and determined optimum changeover policy and

Page2

finished goods requirements to fulfill demand fluctuations considering maximum ROI.

Stock Market Simulation Using AnyLogic

April 2013 to Present

Members:Ramachandra Sunkari, Jay Trivedi

• Modeled a virtual Stock Market using AnyLogic for a single stock by incorporating Investors and Traders

with their behavior and investment policies into the model.

• Determined the best investment policy to be followed based on the results of the simulation.

Job Shop Design (Simulation Modeling)

March 2013 to Present

Members:Ramachandra Sunkari, Jay Trivedi

• Modeled a job shop with 5 types of machine groups, considering the long run cycle time, long run number

of waiting jobs and the budget constraint of $40 million using Simulation Software ARENA.

• Determined the optimum number of machines required to reduce the waiting time for jobs and waiting

number.

Improving the efficiency in the utilization of the available Meeting rooms at WNY-Americorps

November 2012 to Present

Members:Ramachandra Sunkari

The project uses the Six-Sigma Methodologies to improve the efficiency in the utilization of the meeting

rooms at WNY-Americorps - DMAIC Methodology was used in maximizing the utilization efficiency.

Supply Chain Analysis - Woodcock Brothers Microbrewery, Buffalo, NY

September 2012 to December 2012

Members:Ramachandra Sunkari, Vishnuprasad Sowrirajan, Swathi B, Saraswathi Reddy Vedere, Adam

VanDeMark

• Analyzed complete supply chain of the firm and compared it with industry standards to identify areas of

improvement

• Established Capacity Planning, Forecasting and Postponement policies that maximize profit for the start-up

firm

Courses

Master's degree, Industrial Engineering

University at Buffalo

Production Planning and Control

Six Sigma Quality

Design & Analysis of Experiments

Quality Assurance

Simulation and Stochastic Models

Facilities Design

Page3

Lean Enterprise

Supply Chain-Design-Modeling & Optimization

Logistics and Transportation

Project Management

Languages

English

Hindi

Telugu

Skills & Expertise

Leadership

Accelerator

Technical Audits

Technical Standards

Technical Training

Six Sigma

Project Management

Operations Management

Assembly Processes

Production Managment

Process Engineering

Team Management

Production Planning

Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing

Value Stream Mapping

Capacity Utilization

Capacity Planning

5S

Project Planning

Testing

Design of Experiments

SPC

Statistics

Continuous Improvement

Catia

Quality System

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Product Development

Product Launch

Project Engineering

Supplier Quality

Page4

Education

University at Buffalo

Master's degree, Industrial Engineering, 2012 - 2013

Osmania University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, 2005 - 2009

Page5

Ramachandra Sunkari

Quality Assurance Intern at Greatbatch Medical

aca0pj@r.postjobfree.com

Contact Ramachandra on LinkedIn

Page6

Contact this candidate