Project Manager

Aditya A. Deshmukh

Love to Lead Business Oriented Solutions

RESUME

Objective

Strive to enhance Career in Techno- Managerial role wherein I can use my Project Management

& New Product Development capabilities in the best possible way to contribute to the future factory of tomorrow. Result Driven Technical Leader with a proven track record of enhancing the performance and profitability support for Manufacturing Factories with 13+ years of experience to elevate Productivity and Efficiency through expert knowledge of Mfg process Planning, Industrial Engineering, and Virtual Manufacturing. Highlights

● Project Management

● Industrial Engineering

● Digital Manufacturing

● Green Field Project

● Factory Master Planning and Productivity improvement

● Strong Technical Leadership, Strategic Portfolio Management & Building Relationship Skills

● Ag Knowledge- Tractors and Crop Care (Planter and Air Seeding)

● Leading Innovations

Professional Details

1) John Deere Technology Center India- Pune, MH,India Designation- Manufacturing Lead & Industrial Engineer June 2017- Present Role-

1) Lead Engineer for Product Complexity Management Project for No-Till Air Seeding Product Family

2) Project Manager on Turkey Global Growth Green Field Project for 5E-5M Tractors launch in Turkey

Functional Experience-

1) Led PCM Project to get solution to reduce complexity Cost by targeting Low Take Rate options along with associated Rework, low hr warranty claims, extra part inventory on shop floor. Approximately $60 k saving proposed by proposing Option/ Configuration optimization by finding out commonality at child parts level 2) Leading Turkey Global Growth Green Field project for Ag platform on Tractor 5E-5M families. Responsible to design and implement frugal mfg process plan for Assembly Operations. Phase-I deployment done on SKD-CKD operations, Phase-II Line Design activities in deployment phase for 16 product variants, ramp ups for Production

2) John Deere Seeding Works- Valley City, ND, USA

Designation- Lead Manufacturing PDP & Industrial Engineer June 2015- May 2017 Role-

2) Project Manager- Responsible to set goals, lead, manage, execute TCI Mfg Technical project support portfolio for > 13 FTEs cross competencies (Weld, Paint, Assembly, Tooling and Material handling) during onsite

3) Key Support on EPDP Virtual Manufacturing Design activities, execute flawless new Product Launch

4) Lead Industrial Engineer for NPD Phases and OFP activities Functional Experience-

1) Led EPDP projects- Design and execute Virtual manufacturing activities for Air Seeding – Tillage Products Life Cycle for 1895-60’, MY18 1890-50’ & 60’, C850 Air Cart, 1870-76’ Hyd Drill.

2) Key Deliverables executed-

a) DFMA (Design for Manufacturing Assembly)- One team approach to work on DFMA activity, 33 suggestions implemented in Product Design. Suggestions and Brainstorming conducted with Weld, Paint, Assembly ME team, consolidated proposals shared across before Design Maturity Phase b) Virtual Ergo Assessment and improve design/ work center Layout by utilizing VR lab- Assessment conducted for newly designed Billboard assembly Cart in VR Lab adhere to SERA and REBA Enterprise guidelines. Critical issues tackled by improving designs before manufacturing even high SERA scored issues improvements validated in Vis Sessions

c) Tooling and Shipping Configuration Designs for Napoleon, Scottsdale –Export, Vancouver Tool- Research on designed Shipping strategies to find out critical interferences, critical Tipping Angle identification based on Loading zones, FEA analysis for Shipping Stands to full proof Entire Bundle d) Durability and Physical build support- Enthusiastic build support on floor by guiding operators on Floor to understand subs and critical part assemblies, execute dry run offs, led build on VM deliverables by coordinating with Factory MEs e) Industrial Engineering Lead - set up competency establishment from scratch for entire factory through all competencies and track progress throughout couple years as per Enterprise guidelines

f) Lean Analysis and Capacity Improvement- Hyd Test Stand analysis completed successfully by targeting High Walk Empty Travel Time (Pure Waste) identification leads to positive IDA on entire test cycle. Improvements suggested leads to 32% std mins reduction

g) Capture Paint direct Labor Stds – Pilot completed for 1910 weldments by developing new coding and using SPP methodology first time in JDSG-VC Unit h) CMM for D484 No-Till Line and D483 Cart Line- target was to cover up all imbalance Labor Stds throughout line, capture real floor data, maintain current labor Stds in System, rolled base adjustments and desired manpower as per modular year production.

3) John Deere Technology Center India - Pune, MH, India Designation- Sr. Engineer (Assembly Domain) Crop Care Seeding - Aug 2008- Dec 2012 Lead Engineer (Assembly Domain) Crop Care Seeding - Jan 2013- May 2015 Role in Organization-

1) SPOC for Seeding factories – led AX02-JDSG-VC Team for 1 year on Offsite project support to Seeding Factories, handled responsibilities for metrices dashboard 2) Collaboration Lead for Seeding Forward FMP (Factory Master Planning) – High margin quality project support provided through multi-sub functions activities of 6 FTE s through 1.5 years duration.

3) OFP –Operation CMM (Current Method of Manufacturing) in JDSG-Moline and Rosario factories – Led E500 productivity improvement Enterprise initiative to capture and sustain Current Stds in system, developed Build Season readiness std procedures, Line Design and balancing for key production lines 4) Industrial Engineering Expert (4 years) - Successfully did mentorship to CCS resources on IE activities, conducted coaching sessions on standard practices, waste identification and elimination practices. Led CCS core activities as recognized IE Expert role for CCS Platform on Method improvements, Productivity improvement projects 5) Department activities involvement- Part of ESS focus group in Supervision team, active participation in Innov You Events, Factory level DFMA cross functional event Functional Experience-

1) E500 Productivity improvement OFP Operation Support to JDSG-Moline- Led and did mentorship to CMM team of MEs to execute project milestones successfully to capture floor practices and develop stds in system, base adjustments with CIPP group. Overall 32% reduction in base compared to last year. 2) EPDP for JDSG Moline and Valley City Plant- Executed core Assembly Virtual manufacturing Support to North American Ag Factories from TDP phase (Project Definition) to Product launch (Project Implementation) in respective factories. Core activities included; Understand Optinality and criticality in designs, apply DFMA principals, required changes in process to accommodate new variants (make vs Buy), new content development, estimate cost associated with direct –indirect labor, develop tooling concepts in coordination with Tooling experts, participate in Durability- Limited production start up with newly integrated products in OFP environment and associated activities to smoothen product launching plan. I.e. Completed MY11, 12 Vicksburg 170*-****-** Row units Planter, 1890-50’60’ Las Vegas No-Till Air Drill, Exact merge high speed performance row unit Planter.

3) Green Field New Planter Row Unit Line set up in Rosario plant- Co Lead for Line Design project with ME Manager from Rosario Factory, designed required number of stations based on projected market volume, frugal solutions for Line layout design, Material Flow and Material handling for low annual volume. Approx Cost of Cart w/RU supporting Fixture + material storage locations integrated -12.5 USD Vs.15 USD 4) Delivery Performance of Crop Care Seeding –Valley City Assembly Team- Major contribution on a) Project Management for 3 PDP and 2 OFP projects b) Resource Planning – Year long resource planning based on technical milestones c) Coordinate and lead project deliverable d) Design FTE plan for a year based on potential engagement and improvements in individual projects e) Carried Over 6 FTEs performance and designed outcomes

5) Collaboration Lead for MY15 Seeding Forward Factory Master Planning (FMP) with JDSG-Moline Leadership- Effective Planning and robust execution as per defined milestones for cross competency Team (Paint, Weld, TFD, Assembly, Simulation), leading 5-7 MEs team,design effective sequencing pattern for assembly by designing line balancing calculations and virtual dynamic simulation models based on Dc/Dr to remove imbalance and waiting time on stations, estimate changes in work stds based on floor changes, target high SERA issues in respective work centers and come up with improvements by conducting Ergo Assessments in VR Labs / Vis Sessions during FMP introduction.

Results-

a) 24 Work Center 3D layout updated

b) 8000 Purchased parts flow analysis, docking station utilization calculated with 955 miles/month less travelling distance and 90hrs/month less man hrs required as per improved layout

c) Dynamic Simulation- 12% higher operators’ utilization in Hybrid Flow by using 7 operators lesser than designed staffing to achieved Dc d) To optimize Layout designed common MH Carts for Weld plus pre-assembly operations to ease loading and unloading parts– 10 Carts e) Material Flow Analysis for Inbound and Outbound of in Weld Cells and designed new Robot Cells by keeping less Operator Body Travels and optimal material flow

3) BOSCH CHASSIS SYSTEMS (I) LTD. (Formerly Kalyani Brakes Ltd.)- Chakan Pune, India ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001& TS16949 Company Designation- Sr. Process Engineer (Assembly Domain), Aug 2005- July 2008 Role in Organization:

1) New Improvements & Modification by applying Low Cost Automation in existing Lines.

2) Continuous up gradation of existing Process.

3) Study the upcoming Business Plan & improve the capacity of existing line by making the necessary changes in Cycle times, sequence of operations, existing layouts, and modification in fixtures.

4) Design New Test Rigs (System Integration) for Assly purpose .i.e. Leak Testing, Performance.

5) Tryouts of New Line Improvements & Projects before handover to production. 6) Implement New Poka-Yokes on line for full proof assemblies. 7) Attend Customer Complaints regarding assembly process. Functional Experience:

1) Implement POKA-YOKE systems on running production lines 2) Design through implementation automated Machines/ Rigs – Shell Bolt Testing, Caliper Leak Testing

3) Line Balancing- Capacity Improvements for critical Lines Key Capabilities

a) Manufacturing Attributes- Lean Practitioner- 2016 - 2020 b) Manufacturing Attributes- Industrial Engineering- 2011-2020 c) Manufacturing Attributes- FMP Practitioner- 2014 – 2018 d) Manufacturing Attributes- Ops improvement- 2013-2018 e) Manufacturing Attributes- New Product Development- 2010-2019 f) Industry Experience – Ag Experience – 2009 - 2019 g) Leadership /Interpersonal Skills- Strategic Portfolio - 2014 - 2019 h) Leadership/Interpersonal Skills – Teamwork /Collaboration- 2013-2020 i) Leadership/Interpersonal Skills- Building Relationship/ Talent- 2012-2020 j) Product Complexity Management- Air Seeding Equipment- 2017-2018 k) Project Manager - Green Field Projects- 2019

l) Manufacturing Strategic planning- Green Field Project-2020 m) Stimulate innovation- 2015-2020

Patents and Publications

a) Trade Secret on Industrial Engineering App Development POC, in July 2016- b) Defensive Publication – Industrial Engineering Soln using Smart Glasses & Data Analytics functionality in 2019

c) White paper on Smart Vending machine for Critical Tools on Shop Floor- Approved Academic and Educational Qualification

Sr.

No

Degree School Board / University Class/

Percentage

Year of

Passing

1 PMP Project Management

Institute

ANSI/PMI Appearing 2020

2 B.E

Production

Vishwakarma Institute

Of Technology

Pune.

Pune Passed

(First

Class/64%)

2005

3 Diploma B.V.J.N.I.O.T

Katraj Pune.

M.S.B.T.E

Pune.

First Class with

Distinction/

71.55%

2002

4 Std X Garware High school

Pune.

S.S.C Board

Pune.

First Class

/64.13%

1999

Extra-curricular Activities & Certifications

1) Educated 2 levels (G1& G2) of German language from Max Muller Bhavan (Goethe Institute) in 2005&2006.

2) Completed German Intensive Certificate Course from Ranade Institute, University of Pune.

3) Presented State Level Paper Presentation “Techno-Innova 2001” organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology. 4) Done Paper Presentation on “Artificial Bone Manufacturing” in 2004, 5) Gone through “KAIZEN” workshop in 2007.

6) Completed Business English Communication Preliminary and Vantage Councils for Europe B2 Examinations from British Councils, Cambridge University 7) Active Participation in Department and Community Events- SPOCs for ESS action items, DFMA Event, a Lead for Success Story initiative an event at Team 1 level, DISHA core team member- Better Society of Tomorrow.

Place: Pune

Date: (Aditya Deshmukh)

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