APURWA NARAYANAN

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dependable Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Continuous Process Improvement professional bringing 4 years of management experience and a willingness to take on added responsibility to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player with a strong work ethic and advanced complex problem solving skills.

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Industrial Engineering, CGPA-3.89/4 Dec 2016(Expected)

University at Buffalo, State University of New York - Buffalo, New York

Bachelor of Technology: Production Engineering, CGPA 8.09/10 (Equivalent 3.6/4) June 2012

College of Engineering Pune –Pune, India

SKILLS

MS -Office Proficient with Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook

Statistical Software’s Minitab 16

Design software’s Catiav5, Solid works, AutoCAD

Other software’s Oracle GIEA

Programming Languages Matlab, R

Others Project Management, Planning and Procurement, Six Sigma, Kanban, EDI,

Statistical Data Mining, QMS ISO 9001:2008, OHSAS 18001:2007

WORK HISTORY

Order Management and Customer Service Intern, June2016 to August 2016

Cummins Power Generation – Fridley, Minnesota

Strengthened company's business by leading implementation of Order Board Clean Up Project for Inventory Management which resulted in Backlog Clearance of $ 5.4 million out of the total $ 8 million.

Initiated and Completed rollout of new enterprise software solution-Dashboard in Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE) using SQL knowledge for OMCS Key Performance Indicator Scorecard reporting. This minimized manual intervention time from 150 mins to 30 mins.

Partnered successfully with Cross Functional Departments through Customer Service Excellence Meetings to meet Customer Needs and increase Customer Satisfaction.

Manager, Materials-Imports Procurement April 2015 to July 2015

Cummins India Ltd – Pune, India

Worked directly with Planning Department to improve On-Time Delivery of imported parts by Defining and executing a process to track part shortages for high runner shop orders

Spearheaded cross-functional initiative of Advanced Supply Chain Planning to achieve inventory accuracy by 90% through Fixing Attributes of Imported Parts in Oracle System.

Actively participated in MRP Analysis, Placing Orders, Tracking of Orders in collaboration with Suppliers to support Production of Assembly and Shop Operations

Assistant Manager, Industrial Engineering Jan 2014 to March 2015

Cummins India Ltd – Pune, India

Exceeded company objectives with following Improvements:

Six Sigma Green Belt Project-Improving the Ergonomic score of Fan-hub Sub Assembly workstation from 3.06 to 1.

Layout Improvement Projects which resulted in lead time reduction from 3 days to 1 day and space release by 25%.

Improvement of fuel pump capacity from 35 to 50 per day through Time and Motion Study Analysis.

Improving Man engagement through Man-Machine charts and Monthly Manpower Analysis.

Assistant Manager, HHP Assembly Operations Nov 2012 to Dec 2013

Cummins India Ltd – Pune, India

Exceeded company objectives with following Improvements:

Reduction of Risk Scores of Assembly Line Processes from 450 to 180 through Risk Assessment, PFMEA, Cause and Effect Diagram, Pareto, Safety and Ergonomic Design Process Improvements.

Being Active Team Member of Six Sigma Project-To reduce BIS ppm of Assembly line from 4503 to 0 due to Short Supply and Plug Fitment issues on KV Engines.

Driving initiatives like 5S,Value Stream Mapping, Visual Management, Engineered Material Flow, Total Productive Maintenance and People Involvement of Engine Assembly, Test, Paint and Upfit Section to improve Operations Excellence score from 2 to 5

Manufacturing Trainee, Jan 2012 to May 2012

Tata Motors – Pune, India

Worked on Implementation and Evaluation of Kitting System on Frame assembly line which helped in On line Inventory Reduction by 30%, Total Floor Space Release by 15%, Online Inventory Cost reduced by 30%.

Developed a heuristic method for Assembly Line Balancing which led to improvement of line efficiency from 87% to 93%

Manufacturing Trainee, July 2010 to Dec 2010

Tata Motors – Pune, India

Majorly contributed towards 5S and Process Improvements of SUV Assembly Trim Lines which significantly improved 5S score.

Worked on Reducing Defects of AC leakage and Silencer Pipe Fouling in SUV Vehicles by 50%.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Goodwill Industries of WNY, Buffalo Sept 2015 to Dec 2015

Six Sigma Project-Material Flow and Layout Optimization thereby improving OTD from 67% to 95%

Developed and formulated a supply chain model for Multi echelon and Multisite Production Sourcing for Grocery Stores using Python, Linear Programming, QGIS and Advanced Excel tools

Conducted Case Study on Target Distribution Network Strategy and came up with new proposals

Conduct A3 Analysis on a 2-wheeler Manufacturing OEM to improve its Upstream Supply Chain

Redesigned an existing Assembly Layout into a Cell Design by application of Operator Balance Chart and Line Balancing

Conducted Statistical Process Control (SPC),Process Capability Analysis, DOE, Guage R&R including Gauge Linearity and Bias Studies on Electromagnetic Bearing Transfer Equipment

CERTIFICATIONS

Six Sigma(Certification from Cummins)

Computer aided design(CAD) software-Catiav5

Quality auditor ISO 9001:2008

HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Received Spot Award for Developing Model Test Cell under Accelerated Program for Excellence Initiative in Cummins

Publication of Research paper in 3rd National Conference journal of Recent Advances in Manufacturing in SVNIT, Surat-Development and Implementation of kitting system on assembly line: CASE STUDY

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