Graduate Student

CHINTAN N. SHAH

***, * ******* ******, *** ***, Chicago, IL-60607 312-***-**** *************@*****.*** Summary

Engineering school graduate with excellent technical, time management and problem solving skills. Ability to function at a high level in wide variety of settings.

Education

Master of Science University of Illinois- Chicago (UIC) May 2016

Major: Industrial Engineering GPA: 3.67/4

Related coursework: Supply Chain Management, Operation Management, Applied Optimization, Queuing Models, Data mining, Discrete Events Simulation, Distributed Decision Making, Quality Control and Reliability Bachelor of Technology NMIMS University - Mumbai May 2014

Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.12/4

Related coursework: Operations Research, Product Design and Development, Project Management, Total Quality Management (TQM), Design of Machine Elements, Manufacturing Processes Skills & Abilities

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Access), XLMiner, Pivot Tables, Vlookup, Visio

Demand Planning, MRP1, Strategic Sourcing, FMEA, LEAN Manufacturing, 5S, Statistical Process Control

Process Capability Analysis, Spend Analysis, Minitab, Arena, AutoCAD, ANSYS, MATLAB, Solidworks, SQL

APICS CPIM Candidate (Module 1- Basics of Supply Chain Management) Experience

Industrial Engineering Intern Kedar Janani Chemplast Pvt Ltd May 2015- Aug 2015

Managed Safety Stock Quantities and replenishment levels assessment for maintaining production schedule of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and drug intermediates.

Reviewed critical components in processes to carry out Initial Sampling Review (ISR) for quality assurance purposes; assessed internal and external audits for supplier capability.

Spearheaded Scorecard Analysis to rate suppliers based on Batch Manufacturing/ performance Record (BMR), order delivery periods and conformance to specifications. Manufacturing Engineering Intern Crompton Greaves Ltd May 2013- Jun 2013

Participated in cross-functional teams for analysis of price variation, production planning, and performance guarantee and strategic implementations in Power Transformers Division.

Applied proven techniques to reverse forecast the usage of laminated material (CRGO) on the basis of power transformer rating (315kVA- 300 MVA); to eliminate excessive raw material usage and generate cost-savings.

Collaborated with the NPI teams to define current state vs. future state scenario for process improvement tasks using VSM, Ishikawa & Spider Diagrams.

Academic Projects

E-Comics: Forecasting Demand Jan 2015- May 2015

Developed Bass Diffusion Forecasting Model for area of E-Comics’ adaptation into market with potential of $500M.

Evaluated 10 year forecast of customer demand for identification of KPIs using Excel, performed Break-Even Analysis to measure the potential of innovation and ROI. Business Case Analysis: Operations Management Jan 2015- May 2015

Mapped processes and identified bottlenecks using ARENA to demonstrate final analysis for implied utilization.

Optimized the trend in forecasting error on the basis of price variation and seasonality. Facility Redesigning of Coal Handling Plant Jan 2015- May 2015

Studied, analyzed current layout and defined requirements of logistics model for coal handling plant.

Improved current transportation layout for effective flow in view of increasing power plant capacity to 3300 MW. Performance & Data Analysis of a Turbine Aug 2014- Dec 2014

Achieved 98% accuracy in determining effects of individual attributes on power output using machine learning methods (k-NN, Regression tree models) for 50,000 data sets.

Plotted significant data points using Pivot tables to classify attributes and identify key parameters in datasets.

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