Lean Six Engineering

SHIVRAJ BHANDIGARE

Charlotte, NC – ***** Phone: +1-704-***-****) Email: ********@****.*** LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shivrajbhandigare

EDUCATION:

University of North Carolina, Charlotte – NC May 2021

Master of Science – Systems Engineering and Engineering Management GPA – 3.77

Pune University, Maharashtra - India May 2018

Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering GPA – 3.6

EXPERIENCE:

Dentflow Technologies LLP - Graduate Engineer Trainee (Operations – Full Time) July 2018 - Jun 2019

•Supervised manufacturing and quality for timely production of components resulting in a 4.5% increase in annual production

•Slashed administration costs 22% by optimizing production scheduling and simultaneously negotiating pricing and fees with vendors, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of process

•Monitored and planned the procurement of raw materials and packaging components saving around 30K USD in annual revenue

•Optimized and controlled inventory level with JIT inventory management, CAPA, VSM, demand forecasting, ABC analysis and EPQ

•Spearheaded a cross-functional team of 5 to reduce quality defects of rotor components from 10.7% to 4.9%

Dentflow Technologies LLP - Business Operations Intern (Part-time) Aug 2016 – May 2018

•Accumulated information from multidisciplinary teams, analyzed operations, and systemized processes to improve performance metrics namely machine and operator efficiency yielding 25K-35K/year revenue bump

•Created user-friendly KPI dashboards with real-time data visualization to gain market intelligence and production insights

•Forecasted demand for every month simultaneously generating and amending the purchase orders within SAP

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND PROFICIENCES:

Software/Tools: SAS, SAP ERP, Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Advanced MS Excel, VBA

Techniques: Lean Six Sigma Techniques and Principles, KPI Strategies and Dashboards, 5S and Kaizen, Inventory Management, Inventory and Demand Planning, Forecasting Techniques, Statistical Modelling, Data Visualization and Management, Data Analysis, Data Warehousing

Other: MS Office, Google spreadsheets, Project management, Strategic Sourcing, Communication, Leadership, Teamwork

Relevant Coursework: Lean Supply Networks, Production Control Systems, Forecasting Techniques and Methodologies, Total Quality Systems, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Operational Research, Numerical Methods and Optimization, Finite Element Analysis

PROJECTS:

A DMAIC project for the production quality control of candles at Kopschitz Kerzen factory Aug 2020 – Dec 2020

•Specified customer expectations for quality of candles, analyzed the key parameters critical to their quality (root cause analysis)

•Improved the ongoing system by centering the process (across the mean) and reducing the variability (altering the std deviation)

•Established X-bar and Range control charts for the production process to prevent the problem from occurring again

Time series analysis for electricity load forecasting Jan 2020 – April 2020

•Performed Hourly forecasting of the electricity load for the year 2006 provided the previous hourly data from 2002 to 2005

•Load forecasting by simple and multiple regression model with MAPE 17.39% performed in SAS and python

•Developed ARIMA, k-NN model in python and ANN model in MATLAB to compare the results with other forecasting techniques

A Case Study for Large-Scale Vehicle Routing Jan 2020- March 2020

•Developed and optimized the transportation model by Mixed Integer Programming and Vehicle Routing Software

•Prepared an internal estimate of annual freight transportation miles (Distance Optimization)

•Maintained the delivery day schedule from a single point Distribution Center to all the stores

Production scheduling at Falcon Die Casting – Case Study Oct 2020 – Dec 2020

•Developed and optimized the production scheduling for five different components across the period of 12 weeks

•Satisfied the demand by minimizing regular and overtime hours of production

•Implemented integer programming in Gurobi Optimizer to evaluate the optimal minimized cost of production

CERTIFICATIONS:

•SSGI Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

•SAP ERP Essential Training certificate

•Tableau Desktop Specialist

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