Supply Chain Management

SAIGANESH GOPALAKRISHNAN

+1-405-***-**** *** West Matthews Avenue, Apt 2, Stillwater, OK 74075 ******@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/saiganeshgopalakrishnan/

OBJECTIVE

To obtain an internship as an Industrial Engineer, leveraging my skills in the areas of Production/Demand Planning,

Inventory management, and Sourcing

SUMMARY

Masters student in Industrial Engineering and Management with a focus on Inventory Analysis, and Demand

management

Proficiency in Materials Management, and Database Development with hands on experience in the use of tools and

techniques for data modelling and data analysis

Currently pursuing the APICS CPIM program and expected to complete it by the summer of 2015

EDUCATION

M.S, Industrial Engineering and Management Oklahoma State University Expected Dec 2015

B.S, Mechanical Engineering Anna University May 2013

PROJECTS / EXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, OSU Fall 2014

Mentoring the course 'Introductory Engineering Computer Programming Lab' for Freshman and Sophomore year

Responsible for developing coursework, spearheading lab sessions, delivering lectures and grading for a class of 80

undergrad students

Extensively use and teach Advanced Excel with VBA as part of coursework

Financial Analysis using Crystal Ball Optimizer (Harvard Case Study) Fall 2014

Developed a financial simulation model to support business decisions in meeting annual demand and maximize profit by

using least-cost planning methodology

Analyzed and proposed an aggregate production plan to meet the surge in demand

Recommended the ‘Level Production with Overtime strategy ’ resulting in an estimated savings of $ 59,796

Development of Production Scheduling System Spring 2014

Developed a Production Scheduling System for Earth Elements Bakery by extensively using Microsoft Access

Designed an information system to consolidate orders and generate a comprehensive production list

Comprehensive use of SQL to generate and build queries, create forms, reports and tables

Formulated Use case scenarios, System Sequence diagrams, UML domain models and interaction diagrams

Student Intern, Brakes India Ltd., India Fall 2013

Planned, developed and coordinated the work plan study using the Gemba Walk Alone technique and achieved an

overall reduction of 1.5% standard hours

Reduced the processing time by 2.5% by adopting the Line Balancing technique to optimize the number of workstations

and achieved smooth work flow

Performed workforce planning using the reduced processing time and achieved an annual cost reduction of $15,000

Performance Evaluation of Titanium Nitride Coated K-20 Carbide Insert on Inconel-600 Fall 2012

Investigated the turning performance of Inconel 600 with Titanium -Nitride coated K20 carbide cutting insert

Conducted root cause analysis to study factors affecting the accuracy of the finish of the inserts as well as machining

conditions to improve overall quality of the inserts

Published the findings in the paper titled ' in the 'International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology

(IJRET) (ISSN-2277 4378)'

TECHNICAL SKILLS & RELEVANT COURSES

Certification: Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM), Master of Planning Resources (MPR) (CPIM), Six Sigma

Green Belt Certified (CSSGB), BASE SAS

Modelling : Microsoft Access, SIMIO, Oracle Crystal Ball, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Enterprise Miner, Xpress- MP,

SAS/OR, Pro-E, ANSYS, Solid Works, AutoCAD

Applications : Microsoft Word, Excel with VBA, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, MS Project, Visio

Coursework : Discrete Systems Simulation, Data, Object and Process Modelling, Mathematical Programming, Data Base

Marketing, Finance and Advance Capital Analysis, Supply Chain Strategy, Data Mining and CRM

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