Engineer Engineering

HITARTH PANCHAL

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SUMMARY

Industrial Engineering graduate with professional experience, progressive spirit and passionate about Continuous Improvement and Supply Chain.

EDUCATION

Arizona State University, AZ, USA May ’20

M.S, Industrial Engineering (3.0/4.0)

Charotar University, Anand, India May ’17

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (7.49/10) SKILLS & RELEVANT COURSES

• Programming & Database: SQL, AMPL, VBA, ERP

• Tools: JMP, Minitab, Tableau, Power Bi, SAP, MS Office Suite

• Lean Manufacturing: PDCA, Kaizen, JIT, MRP, Time Study, Root Cause Analysis, PPAP

• Six Sigma/Quality: 5s, DMAIC, PFMEA, 5WHY, Control Charts, Pareto Charts,, SPC

• Others: ANOVA, DOE, GD&T, AutoCAD, Solid works

• Subject: Production Systems, Deterministic Operation Research, Regression Analysis, Enterprise Modelling, Analysis of Decision Process, Advanced Quality Control, Stochastic Operation Research. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Industrial Engineer, Brinda Pharma Technologies, Ahmedabad Jan’17-June’18

• Increased production rate by 5%, through eliminating nonvalue added tasks using Value Stream Mapping for Lab Furniture.

• Enhanced factory capacity by 600 sq. ft by implementing workplace organization, 5s and putting vertical storage racks.

• Saved company $16000 by incorporating DMAIC at error proofing of sheet cutting and removal process of visual scratches.

• Decreased part failure rate by 12% through adopting PPAP approach for cleanroom equipment by obtaining user specification.

• Improved projects profit ratio by 10% through Cost-Benefit Analysis and identifying much profitable ongoing project. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Generalized Lot Sizing-Production, Warehousing Model Fall ’19

• Produced distance matrix of 25*25 using google maps API with the help of Python for the 25 cities of Amsterdam.

• Determined best distribution and warehouse facilities with least operational cost by developing mathematical integer programming model in AMPL, CPLEX.

• Optimized Integer model and increased efficiency by 4% by applying Branch-Cut and Add-Swap methods. Design of facility layout for Jasper Assembly Spring ’19

• Designed a balanced manufacturing assembly line for the new facility acquired to satisfy the demand at optimal cost.

• Minimized the material handling cost by using group technology to group similar machines based on operations.

• Reduced the setup times by minimizing the flow of parts between different groups.

• Incorporated optimal routes for the workers and carts in the layout. Statistical Quality Control for Multivariate Data Spring ’19

• Analyzed multivariate data by performing Principal Component Analysis also using T2, CUSUM, EWMA charts.

• Diagnosed out of control data points by using Phase 1 statistical analysis and set control limits for phase 2 analysis. Design and Manufacturing of Mechanical Stirrer Spring’17

• Improvised distribution of Metal Matrix Composites by 8% in molten aluminum casting by designing and Manufacturing mechanical stirrer.

• Optimized distribution of composites and increased casting strength by 5% by incorporating different shapes of impeller blade. Extra-Curricular

Winner, Master of Business Plan, Cognizance 2016, Ahmedabad Fall ’16

• Invented an effective water purifier which brings water wastage to absolute 0 and presented full proof business plan to jury of 10 highly recognized industry experts.

Volunteer, Yuva Unstoppable, Ahmedabad Spring ’15 – Spring ‘16

• Helped in crowed funding for building government school and public restrooms at NGO Yuva Unstoppable.

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