Engineer Quality

Varun Upadhye

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

QC, Lean and Six Sigma:

Six Sigma, SIPOC, DMAIC, DFMEA, PFMEA, APQP, PPAP, Pareto analysis, Cost of Quality, CAPA, SPC, Line-Balancing, Root-cause Analysis, A3, MODAPTS

Databases:

SQL, MongoDB

Supply Chain Logistics and Design Tools:

Minitab, MS-Excel, SQL, MS Project, Gantt Project, MS Office suite, MS Visio, Tableau, LMS, CATIA, AutoCAD

Mastercam, Supplier relationship, SAPs/4HANA

Relevant Coursework:

Advance Lean Manufacturing, Warehouse Management Systems, Supply Chain Management, Advance Quality Control, Manufacturing Metrology, Database Management, Facilities Layout, and Location Analysis .

Professional Certifications

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt

Mar 2019

Supply Chain Foundations

Mar 2020

5s workplace productivity

Mar 2020

Creo &Pro-E

Sep 2014

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering; Northern Illinois University, USA (GPA: 3.5/4.0)

Aug 2018 - Jun 2020

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering; University of Pune, India (GPA: 3.7/4.0)

Jun 2013 - Jun 2017

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Industrial Engineer, Epiroc Mining Ltd., India Feb 2018 – Jul 2018

Trained & lead a team of 5 members on inventory storage techniques for efficient warehouse operations.

Worked with operational managers to increase product transportation issues by 5% through vendor consolidation.

Eliminated honeycombing resulting in increased storage space by 10% & inventory fulfillment towards customer requirements.

Coordinated, collaborated with procurement team, supply chain partners to ensure inspections and test procedures are comparable to the organization’s procedures; scheduled safety audits for a group of 35 assembly technicians for smooth assembly operations.

Initiated the Quality Alerts when concerns arise and followed the alert until it was closed.

Analyzed 2 KPI’s (product and service quality) to aid supplier development & performance of 5 suppliers.

Conducted time studies (bottleneck analysis) and periodic audits (WO) on cGMP & cost-effective corrective actions to reduce scrap.

Quality Engineer, Apidor Abrasives Pvt. Ltd., India Jun 2017 – Jan 2018

Co-lead Warehouse process improvements, warehouse cost reduction and warehouse resources through problem solving techniques.

Applied SPC to achieve continuous improvement on processes for optimum product quality, & aid in design for manufacturability

Organized periodic safety inspections according to OSHA specifications & confirmed all customer return material using CAPA

Promoted U- Shape work cell (fixture development) to reduce poka-yoke for better cooperation of technicians.

Reduced travel time of materials by 2% to their desired with help of 6S techniques & evaluated supplier quality agreement.

Facilitated root cause investigations to reduce 8-D with the help of Kanban techniques; maintained safety stock levels for 50 SKU’s.

Reviewed and developed drawings in AutoCAD before handing out to fabrication vendors.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Quality Control Methodology in Plastic blow molding process

Achieved 5% reduction in product through implementation of SPC methods on specification-confirming products.

Kanban methods were used on initial samples resulting in reduction of scrap by 2%.

Elite Floral LLC

Utilized SQL and MongoDB to retrieve insights and support management level decision making.

Achieved 5% reduction in travel time of workers inside warehouse & recording of exact inventory items.

Optimum location for DeKalb Police Station

Analyzed various SF Minisum and Minimax models to find an optimum location for DeKalb Position Station.

Optimum Coordinates were defined for new building making it 10 minutes faster for DeKalb PD to reach the crime location.

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