Six Sigma Supply Chain
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Janesville, WI *****
************@*****.***
VASISHTA GANTI
SUMMARY
Proven team member with a history of leading continuous improvement projects targeting the bottom line of P&L and executing strategic initiatives
4 years of industry experience in manufacturing, quality and continuous improvement using analytical principles.
Currently working in a Tier 1 Automotive supplier company pursuing Six Sigma Black Belt Certification with a total savings of more than $3.5M in current and past projects
Completed Six Sigma Black Belt training and familiar with Lean Six Sigma as well as Value Stream Mapping principles; currently mentoring 8 Green Belt candidates.
Familiar with TS16949 and ISO9001 certification quality requirements, APQP process and PPAP requirements including GD&T and Gage R&R.
Graduated with Masters in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin – Madison.
EXPERIENCE
SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT CANDIDATE, MINIATURE PRECISION COMPONENTS INC.
June 2012 – present
Currently working on strategic regrind optimization project across all the plants that would result in a total annual savings of more than $3M.
Optimizing the supply chain to achieve PFEP (Plan for Every Part) resulting in reduction of 3,000 hrs of setup time in manufacturing plants and 7,500 hrs of labor in distribution centers from reducing actual transfers resulting in more than $250,000 annual savings, using VSM and Lean principles.
Supporting and mentoring 8 Six Sigma Green Belt candidates on scrap reduction and reject detection projects using DMAIC principles.
Realized savings of more than $500,000 in multiple Six Sigma projects over a year.
Responsible for reduction of 25% operating costs for one work cell through a Kaizen event.
Addressed quality concerns resulting in a 78% decrease in rejections for one customer by installing new equipment with complete error proofing and an overall decrease of 33% for all customers, using DMAIC, 3 Legged-5 Why and other methodologies while handling additional responsibilities as a Quality Engineer for a new plant.
Participated in multiple customer audits to answer concerns related to quality and operations as well as performed internal supplier audits to ensure quality.
Successfully coordinated the transfer of a high-revenue carbon canisters assembly line to a new facility.
Reduced the scrap on a high scrap part by 33% through Kaizen event.
Achieved labor reduction of one operator on two assemblies by performing time studies and line balancing.
Performed DOE on the process parameters of one part resulting in cycle time reduction by 17%.
Worked with automation and integration team as part of achieving Zero defects to install a robotic equipment to pick, inspect and pack parts from a high scrap injection molding press resulting in estimated savings of $112,000 an year and 65% reduction in scrap.
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT COORDINATOR/AME CO-OP, GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
August 2011 – May 2012
Process improvement coordinator for pre-production design confirmation builds; facilitator between the field test users and engineers for concerned user issues.
Worked on analyzing the labor requirement and improve the processes to reduce the labor by 30% and still be within the takt time of the assembly line.
Designed and setup work stations on the main assembly line and repair line; performed and trained operators and technicians on quality testing and repair of the refrigerators by reading the electrical schematic drawings at the final electrical test station.
Developed and optimized the assembly stations and accomplished the goal of identifying operator task, sequence of final assembly and raising operator utilization to > 90% using Lean principles.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON – MS, INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, DECEMBER 2011
GPA: 3.54/4,00
Coursework: Continuous Process Improvement, Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Systems, Supply Chain Management, Linear Programming Methods, Production Systems Control, Database concepts for Operations Management
Projects:
Inventory Reduction and Management at SAE store room using Kaizen 5S principles as well as using PDCA approach of Six Sigma principles; 35% reduction of inventory; cost benefit analysis at the end of the project to find out further ways to reduce costs.
Worked on a strategy, submitting inputs and making decisions on manufacturing, procurement and logistics as well as other important decisions to improve the profitability of a given firm in a simulated market using LINKS Supply Chain Simulation at Grainger Business School, UW-Madison.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – B.TECH, PRODUCTION ENGINEERING, MAY 2009
GPA: 8.05/10,00; Major GPA: 8.25/10.000
Coursework: Manufacturing Planning Control, Newer Trends in Manufacturing, Work Design & Facilities Planning, Manufacturing Systems Simulation, Resource Management Techniques (Operations Research), Applied Statistics.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen, Process Improvement, Root Cause Analysis, PFMEA, DOE, Quality Improvement, SPC, Process Capability Analysis, Inventory reduction and management.
Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Microsoft Access, Minitab, AutoCAD, Pro-E, IQMS, ERP – SAP.
Linear and quadratic optimization techniques, MATLAB.
C, HTML, SQL.
Ability to read and understand electrical schematic drawings.
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Six Sigma Black Belt Training/Certification, MPC
Lean Manufacturing, General Electric, September 2011
PFMEA Training, Quality-1, August 2012
LEADERSHIP
Vice President, Indian Graduate Students’ Association (IGSA), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Core Committee Member, Indian Music Circle of Wisconsin (IMCOW).
AWARDS
Special Effort Recognition Award from MPC - Q1’13, Q2’13, Q3’13, Q4’13, Q1’14, Q2’14, Q3’14, Q1’15, Q2’15
Honorary Instructor Recognition, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 2011
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