VISHWANATH KRISHNAMOORTHY

www.linkedin.com/in/vishwanath-krishnamoorthy adi5t5@r.postjobfree.com 967-***-****, Chennai, 602024 5+ years’ experience of Supply Chain specializing in In-Process & Supplier Quality Engineering - Process Improvement – Product Sustenance – Data collection and analysis - Lean Quality Tools – Built In Quality (BIQ) - Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA)

– 5 why analysis – Test Method Validation (MSA, Gage R&R) – Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) - Quality documents (Control plan, APQP, PPAP) - Statistical Process Controls (SPC) - Quality Auditing - Project Management – SAP (ERP) – MRP.

SOFTWARE: Mini-Tab (ANOVA, 1 sample t, 2 sample t, Capability study, X-bar charts…), MATLAB, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Catia, SAP.

CERTIFICATION: Six sigma Green Belt (IASSC).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Unemployed - Actively looking for jobs April 2020 to Present Caterpillar – Process Control Engineer, Peoria, Illinois, USA June 2018 to March 2020

● Ownership of a supply base quality: 30-60 Suppliers – castings and fabrications for track type tractors (TTT).

● Work along with Category PCE's and Suppliers to provide a sustainable level of Quality to Track-Type Tractors for root cause analysis through Corrective Action Report (CAR, 5 why analysis, 8D).

● Participate in regular meetings with cross functional teams such as Material Review Board, EVC sort meeting, New Product Introduction (NPI) strategy, Continuous Process Improvement (CPI), BIQ meeting. Key Projects and roles

Project Lead – Supplier Quality projects for Castings / Fabs

● D9 saddle (Casting) non-clean up issue - Collaborating with internal quality team for quick sort and containment (generated inspection idea) for supplying confirmed parts to the production.

● Worked with supplier for finding the root cause as warping during heat treatment at supplier’s process and changing tie-bar removal process (no extra cost added) ahead of heat treatment to avoid the warp-in and made sure the inventory is flowing.

● D11 castings sand rework time/cost reduction - Facility faced a lot of rework time/cost ($600 per tractor) due sand in castings after machining. Rework time/cost data analysis were part of this project.

● Improved the castings quality with extra process (supplier’s) costing (200$ per tractor) and reduced rework by at least 60%.

● D6 Roller Bracket crack issue (project associate) - Led the cross-functional team (DE/ME/SDE) along with the supplier to work collaboratively on sort & containment, print requirements, supplier’s process improvement, PPAP & APQP.

● Recommended rework and recovery plan from this overseas supplier to maintain the supply/demand and to maintain the customer-supplier commercial business relationship.

● Oil Drain Plug air leak failure - Worked with External vendor and supplier with a rework plan (extra weld pass) to sustain the supply level for production, recovering the productivity loss within two days.

● Reviewed PPAP and APQP activities done on the part and added air leak test for this failure at supplier’s process and updated the same on their Process-FMEA and in the print. Process Owner - Business Process Improvement (BPI) for Fabs

● Assigned as BPI owner for supplier (fabrications) to improve and sustain the quality level of supply.

● Co-ordinated CI projects at supplier’s, Standard inspection method, Bend Tooling condition checks, Operator standard work control, Pre-staging materials & Setups, replacing templates with Go No-Go gages, Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) checks.

● Monitored and recognized the supplier as one of the zero-defect month suppliers in the 5-month span of the project. HCL Technologies (ERS) - Quality Engineer, Chennai, India Mar 2015 to Aug 2016

● Involved in sustenance product engineering complying all quality policies including the product development.

● DFMEA evaluation and Root Cause/warranty analysis for failure cases observed in non-compliance of the returned products. Key Projects and roles

Project Lead – Data Analytics

● Smart-Site Safety Cap pull strength - Led a New Product Design Validation (DV) project – fixture development, developing the test protocol for test method validation (IQ, OQ, PQ) and MSA (Gauge R&R). VISHWANATH KRISHNAMOORTHY

www.linkedin.com/in/vishwanath-krishnamoorthy adi5t5@r.postjobfree.com 967-***-****, Chennai, 602024

● Packaging performance test - Gathered data of all the various tests (burst, pull test, peel-off, seal strength) performed to validate the packaging.

● Statistical data analysis was performed (1 sample t, 2 sample t) to validate the results (packaging test, performance test) through Minitab.

Project Lead – Optimization / Brainstorming

● Optimized the best model to set up a lab layout, workforce to be used, time study, equipment /sample requirements for a testing project to reduce the overall cost of the project by 15%.

● Brainstormed and prepared test protocol for evaluating the product’s failure such as pull test, torque, latch separation test for safety lock syringe needle.

● Prepared a working model to have a visual experience of all the test methods using Solid-works. Steel Strips Wheels Limited – Quality Engineer, Chennai, India Aug 2013 to Feb 2015

● Quality Assurance Engineer in a wheel manufacturing unit, involving stamping, roll forming, welding, and Automated Hydraulic assembly process, complying to ISO TS 16949 / IATF, with quality core tools (FMEA, Pareto Charts, Fishbone Diagrams, 5S, 8D Methodology) and documents (Control plan, APQP, PPAP).

● Ensuring Non-Conformances through Process and Product Audit. Key Projects and roles

Project Lead – Process Improvement

● Defect Limit Samples - Collected all the possible defects for 3-4 months and made a Defects limit sample display board, which helped in training the existing and future operators, thereby improving their knowledge by 20%.

● Rework reduction - Collected data on frequent types of reworks and found reworks due to handling (dents and scratch marks) being significant.

● Led the project of preventing metal to metal contact through nylon installation on conveyors, pallets and reduced material rework time/cost by 25%.

● Process/Product audit check-sheet - Modified process and product audit checklist reviewing all the process setups and control plans, which helped to monitor the process control from in-process quality side on a regular shift basis.

● Proposed process flow layout change which increased productivity by 2%. Wheels India Limited – Graduate Engineer Trainee, Chennai, India Jan 2013 to May 2013

● Learned and Worked on quality core tools, documents, Solid-works working on a project called “Optimization and Analysis of Trailer Truck Leaf Spring”.

● Supported Audits and Corrective Action and Preventive Action using 5-why approach. ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Not for Profit Medical Research Centre – Project Management Jan 2018 to Apr 2018

● Created Request for Proposal along work breakdown structure and its critical path method for medical research center.

● Developed resource allocation and evaluated risk management and the best cost model. Product development project on a treadmill electricity usage through renewable energy Sep 2017 to Dec 2017

● Using renewable energy through human intervention (say footsteps) on a treadmill to generate electricity

● Researched and Learnt about product development process that involves VOC, kano model, functional analysis, Benchmarking, QFD to conceptual design, DFMEA and DFA. Statistical analysis of Walmart’s Sales data using Mini-Tab tool Sep 2016 to Dec 2016

● Analysis to open a new Walmart Store based on high sales/profits, different locations and the months.

● Incorporated Design of Experiments (DOE) to provide a similar location and the month to open with immediate high sales. EDUCATION & HONORS

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering, University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, 2016-18 Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India, 2009-13 Awarded Best Innovative Project for “COMPRESSED AIR VEHICLE”, a proposal for an environment friendly vehicle that uses compressed air to propel the vehicle at 20 km/hr.

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