ANUSHA KODAVANTI

417-***-**** adkeht@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: anushakodavanti

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified Industrial Engineer with 3 years of experience in Assembly Plant operations, Lean Tools, Supply Chain to generate bottom-line impact

• Possess adept knowledge of Automotive Production, Operations, Quality Systems, Data Analytics, Warehouse Logistics, Project Management, Discrete Event Simulation

• Passionate about developing continuous improvement strategies to streamline processes that increase productivity and revenue

WORK EXPERIENCE

Quality Engineer Intern Haworth Inc MI, USA June 2020 – Dec 2020

• Investigated customer complaints on product failures using root cause analysis and implemented corrective action plans (CAPA) to save $180,000

• Developed Statistical Process Control (SPC) dashboards for 7 plants to identify out of control conditions, which reduced scrap rate by 5%

• Tested and Validated supplier PPAPs procedures, APQP for new product launch to assure product compliance with ISO 9001 standards and BFIMA

• Analyzed warranty complaints and identified frequent replacement parts to increase dealer service levels by 25%

• Collaborated with sourcing team to develop an approved supplier list by analyzing vendor acceptance rate, order accuracy, and Lead Time

• Documented PFMEAs, Process Control plans for 3 products lines for digitization into Quality Management System Energy Project Lead University of Michigan MI, USA Jan 2020 - May 2020

• Coordinated 20 people to develop an Energy Strategy for campus with DTE policies to reduce Carbon Footprint

• Produced an Energy Management Dashboard in Tableau to track energy usage across 14 campus buildings and developed Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) for HVAC systems and light fixtures, saving $200,000

• Identified potential risks for project completion & mitigated them using redundant resources and optimized scheduling in MS Project

Industrial Engineer Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd TG, India Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

• Determine Work-Time standards for 30 workstations in Body in White using MOST, and reduced 6 minutes of Cycle time at door sub-assembly

• Conducted Quarterly Capacity Planning for 3 assembly lines in BIW, and determined bottlenecks that hampered production goal of 6000 Vehicles/Month

• Administrated layout design, Quality audits, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for zero-defect road map of new product launches

• Designed Value Stream Mapping to identify WIP inventory, and developed 3 Kaizens for 10% Lead Time reduction

• Persuaded ABC analysis to organize SKUs in warehouse layout for 10% space saving and reduced material handler travel time by 25%

• Devised an in-house telescopic conveyor for smooth material flow at dock station which improved productivity by 80% and reduced labor costs by $15,000

• Examined rework issues due to fixture offset conditions at 2 workstations and implemented Poka- yoke to eliminate COPQ of $ 5,000 annually

• Mentored operators on lean tools, 5S, visual factory, Kaizen events to design automatic processes for reduced changeover times (SMED) in vehicle assembly.

• Interpreted KPIs like order fill rates, inventory levels, cost of goods sold, delayed deliveries to identify improvements in warehouse storage and cost reduction Supply Chain Intern Nuclear Fuel Complex TG, India May 2016 - Jul 2016

• Collaborated with sales for supply planning and developed purchase orders for parts from $100-$10,000 in SAP using Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

• Executed production scheduling, MRP runs in extrusion shop by analyzing MPS, routing, Bill of Materials (BOM), cycle inventory and Capacity

• Resolved Inventory discrepancies to avoid material shortages which reduced manufacturing downtime by 10%, reduced slow moving, dead stock

• Performed a gap analysis between the existing Inventory levels and optimal inventory levels and identified areas of cost saving

Data Analyst Intern E.C.I.L TG, India May 2015 - Jul 2015

• Queried electronic components of 10k records in SQL, used ABC analysis for deriving slow moving and non-moving inventory SKUs

• Generated monthly COPQ reports using Visual Basic (VBA) and performed gap analysis to implement continuous improvement projects

• Formulated order fulfillment, transportation reports using Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP for efficient decision process

• Conducted data mining in SAP and analyzed 100+ suppliers using Python for maximum Supply Chain Profitability EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Michigan December 2020 American Society of Quality (ASQ) Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) – In Progress Bachelor of Science in Mechatronics JNT University May 2017 PROJECTS

Data Analysis on Car Sales in US Cities Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

• Collected 30M data, cleaned & Normalized using Python and performed ETL transformations using Apache Spark

& SQL for predictive model

• Executed regression analysis to derive relationships between demand, region, and seasonality with least Error

• Performed Time series analysis with ARIMA model for demand Forecasting and Planning to achieve 94% accuracy Discrete Event Simulation of Fitter Snacker Sept 2019 - Apr 2020

• Determined inventory policies (min max, RQ policies) for 3 distribution centers, manufacturer to meet demand without stockouts

• Analyzed required safety stock levels to meet 97-100 % service levels with minimum investment across multi echelon system

• Identified redundant suppliers and estimated transportation costs, handling costs in case of supply chain disruptions

SKILLS

Core Competencies

A3, 5Whys, PDCA, DMAIC, DOE, NPI, APQP, SMED, MSA, PPAP,8D, Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Six Sigma, Work Time study, Discrete Event Simulation, Production Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Statistics Data Analytics & Visualization

SQL, SAP, Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI, Minitab, Python, JMP, MATLAB MS Office

PowerPoint, Word, Access, SharePoint, Project, Visio, Advanced Excel (VBA, Pivot Tables, LOOKUPs) Design and Simulation

AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Fusion 360, FlexSim, anyLogistix, Simio, Simulink, SCADA

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