Engineering Plant

**** * ********* ** **, Apt #**** Phone: 424-***-****

Atlanta, GA 30309 Email: adj0yv@r.postjobfree.com

Devesh P. Kedia

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia

MS Industrial Engineering GPA: 3.80/4.00 December 2017

Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana

BS Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Entrepreneurship GPA: 3.87/4.00, graduated with DISTINCTION May 2016

• Attained Dean’s List, Semester Honors and School of Mechanical Engineering Scholarships for all semesters

CERTIFICATIONS

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Atlanta, Georgia

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC) November 2017

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Data Analysis, Simulation, and Optimization: MATLAB, SQL, Tableau, Minitab, Arena Simulation, FICO Xpress Optimization

Suite

• CAD and Modeling: AutoCAD, SOLIDWORKS, CATIA

• ERP: NetSuite, AS-400, WM

• Subject Areas: Warehouse Management and Systems, Lean Manufacturing, Process Improvement, Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis, Transportation Systems Efficiency, Simulation, Regression Analysis, Deterministic Optimization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chico’s FAS, Inc. Winder, Georgia

WMS (Supply Chain) business analyst Aug 2018 – Present

• Chaired efforts to improve overall efficiency of the company’s warehouse flow through system development and configuration changes

o Deducted active area movement, picking tasks and picking totes by 80%

o Consolidated carton costs by 25%

o Optimized inventory levels and analyzed reasons behind inventory discrepancy

• Ensured smooth functioning of the DCs by providing 24 X 7 on-call and web WM production support using SQL and WM (Manhattan Associates) configuration changes

• Supported WMS with other systems such as SAP, DOM, and TIBCO by processing invoices and resolving various issues for process improvement projects.

• Developed User Acceptance Testing (UAT), test strategies and business requirement documents (BRD)for system enhancement.

• Engineered and tested test scripts for project implementation in test environment before incorporating enhancements in production support

• Devised critical reports and daily operational need reports in SCI (Supply Chain Intelligence) using SQL from WM production data for the Chico’s DC on a regular basis

• Executed user training for the DC users for WM and SCI improvements for several WM project implementations

Door Kraft, Inc./Cosmo Cabinets Atlanta, Georgia

Industrial Engineering Supervisor (Team Leader) Jan – Aug 2018

• Orchestrated efforts to improve overall efficiency of the company’s manufacturing process

o Conducted time studies and analyzed and presented the results

o Identified bottlenecks within the plant and reduced setup time by creating drawing protocols for machines

o Worked with plant operators and the management team to develop and implement lean manufacturing initiatives and

other projects to reduce process inefficiencies

• Organized, explored and analyzed operations and financial data in Excel and presented daily production reports to management

• Visualized data insights and communicated key performance indicators to teams across the organization

• Implemented a company-wide business management software to collect data on operations, financials, and inventory

Panel Built, Inc. Blairsville, Georgia

Process Excellence Intern / CAD Drafter (Team Leader) May–December 2017

• Reduced the company’s production time by 2 hours per shift, which increased plant throughput efficiency by 30% and

generated annual savings of $75,000. This was achieved by:

o Conducting time studies on workstations and operators to identify process improvement opportunities

o Presenting time study results and KAIZEN recommendations to the management team for discussion and approval

o Working with plant operators and company management to design and implement a KANBAN pull system and other lean manufacturing initiatives

• Drafted blueprints of customized mezzanines, stairs, and modular buildings using AutoCAD

• Developed pricing and IBC- and OSHA-compliant material specifications, purchase orders, and bill of materials for projects

Oerlikon Fairfield Manufacturing Corporation Lafayette, Indiana

Continuous Improvement Intern (Team Leader) January-May 2015

• Reduced production downtime by 10% through the following:

o Developed math models to determine required daily amount of production for operators and minimum production rate of critical machines, using data on daily demand and average equipment processing times

o Analyzed production data using AS-400 and MS Excel to identify and develop KAIZEN initiatives o Conducted work sampling of equipment and operators to identify production bottlenecks

o Implemented 5S and other lean manufacturing concepts and identified and resolved equipment-related problems

• Worked with the IT department to develop a program that tracks lost orders and alleviates production delays

• Implemented a production monitoring project to improve production transparency

• Monitored and benchmarked production quantity levels in comparison to company and industry benchmarks to ensure quality

• Collaborated with various departments for a Value-Added Value Engineering project, updating Pareto charts to monitor project

progress

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Warehousing Systems August – December 2017

Worked in a team of 3 students to design a production facility, a storage hub, and a fulfillment center:

• Determined ideal facility capacities and technologies by analyzing and forecasting production demand using regression

methods

• Drafted 2D models of product, process, holographic, function, block and fractal layouts using AutoCAD

• Computed for the travel matrix and storage, transportation, labor and workstation costs to assess efficiency of layouts

• Designed automated storage and retrieval systems to transport goods within the facilities

Supply Chain Modeling January – April 2017

• Developed supply chain management (SCM) strategies as a participant in 3 rounds of 2-week simulation games involving

demand analysis and forecasting, production capacity and inventory optimization, and random lead times

• Worked in a group of 5 students to analyze behaviors of various multi-level supply chains utilizing different forecasting methods

and levels of information sharing

Transportation and Supply Chain Systems January–April 2017

• Developed pricing and cost models in Minitab and Matlab to evaluate the effects of vertical and horizontal integration and optimize different kinds of supply chains (e.g. monopolistic, oligopolistic, etc.)

• Conceptualized linear programming models to solve various symmetric and asymmetric vehicle routing problems

Deterministic Optimization September–December 2016

Various optimization projects involving FICO Xpress Optimization Suite:

• Solved symmetric and asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problems involving all US state capitals

• Applied the column generation algorithm to solve a general diet problem with 7,035 data points and 30 attributes

• Solved a general cutting stock problem using both the Kantorovich and Gilmore-Gomory formulations

• Implemented the Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition method to solve a general linear programming optimization problem

LEADERSHIP

Purdue University (Thermodynamics I) West Lafayette, Indiana

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant August - December 2014

• Tutored engineering undergraduate students on thermodynamics

Purdue University (Engineering Projects in Community Service - Learning Science and Math through Engineering)

Co-leader/Concept Developer January-May 2013

• Collaborated with 4 other students to identify math and physics concepts that will be taught to high school students to

heighten their interest in engineering

• Designed and built prototypes of physics and engineering projects that will be worked on by high school students

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