Six Sigma Quality Assurance

Nithin Bala

716-***-**** ********@*******.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/nithin-bala-12865b135/

OBJECTIVE

Motivated, self-driven professional seeking full time job opportunities in the field of Manufacturing, Quality

and Process Improvement

EDUCATION

Master of Science Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N Y GPA-3.3/4.0

Feb-2017

Bachelor of Engineering Industrial Engineering and Management, MSRIT, Bengaluru, India GPA-3.4/4.0

J un-2016

TECHNICAL SKILS

Production Planning and control- Process Flow and Process Control mapping, Aggregate planning

Six Sigma- APQP, DM AIC, DFSS, and Statistical Process Control (SPC), S IPOC, PDCA

Human factors and safety- Ergonomic analysis, OSHA regulations

Lean manufacturing: Lean tools implementation in manufacturing plant and service industries,

Process maps

Design of Experiments- Multi-level design and Analysis of variance (ANOVA), Fractional Factorial

design

Computer-Integrated Manufacturing- Computer Aided Process Plans (CAPPs), Geometric dimensioning

and tolerance (GD&T)

PROFESSIONAL EXXPERIANCE

West Minister Economic Development Initiative West Side Bazaar

Buffalo, NY. (Student Consultant) 08/2015

12/2015

Completed transaction Six Sigma Project with focus on optimization of process parameters using

D M AIC approach

Identified key issues pertaining to food cart and bazaar bucks through the usage of tools like KPI V's,

V OC

Established effective forecasting methods, conducted Value Stream Mapping, adopted various lean

tools like 5S, TPM, Kaizen which led to annualized savings of $20000

S&G Industries

Bangalore, India. (Industrial Engineer Trainee) 07/2014

02/2015

Performed A BC analysis for different types of machine tools

Improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness by 10% by reducing the number of rejects at end of line

Responsible for completion of scheduled TPM for production equipment. Maintain spare parts

inventory

Gokaldas Exports Ltd

Bangalore, India. (Research Intern) 01/2014

06/2014

Reduced manufacturing lead time by 25% and reduced WIP by two days through utilization of lean

tools such as value stream mapping, QC tools, SIPOC, Takt-Time analysis, line balancing

Implemented Pull system in Fabric laying and Sewing department

Improved fabric laying process, balanced sewing line and improved material handling system resulting

in annualized savings of $30,00

ACADAMIC PROJECTS

Design of Experiments-1.

Identified factors that had an effect on amount of foam created when dispensing a root beer

Nithin Bala

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Analyzed various factors affecting the height of foam using ANOVA with Minitab. Used Randomized

Complete Block Design to remove variability between 2 operators

Design of Experiments-2

Designed a Non-Randomized Un-Replicated Saturated Design for a new Lab process having problems

in producing batches of pure material using ANOVA with Minitab. To be acceptable, there had to be

less than 50 mg of by-product in each batch of 100 gm

Important variables were identified as potentially important and using statistical analysis an

appropriate setting was set for each variable to make sure there less than 50 mg of by-product in

each batch of 100 gm

Quality Assurance.

Designed an experiment to determine the best electromagnetic settings for robot arm to transfer the

bearings from a bulk hopper into final packaging

Maximized the number of ball bearings that can be transferred by utilizing quality assurance tools

such as response surface modeling, statistical process control, gauge R&R and process capability

analysis to achieve repeatable response variables

Lean Manufacturing

Developed an A3 process analyzed link between true problems, root causes and countermeasures to

eliminate the warranty claims against the production defects of stopper on Toyota Corolla console

Reduced Lead time by 19.1 days and process time was reduced by 19 seconds through utilization of

Value stream mapping (VSM) for Acmes stamping process

CERTIFICATION

Insertional Six Sigma Institute - Six Sigma Black Belt (Certification NO-458***********) 12/2016-

12/2019

SOFTWARE SKILS

Solid Edge, Arena Simulation, Tally, Minitab, Tableau, Sixth Sense - ERP, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, Visio, Access,

Outlook, PTC creo

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