Resume

AADESH V. GANDHI

**** ***** **** ** *** # ***, Houston, TX 77054

281-***-**** (Cell)

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EDUCATION:

Master’s in Industrial Engineering, expected May 2009

University of Houston, Houston, TX GPA 3.53 / 4.00

- Courses taken in Operations Research, Logistics and Distribution System Design, Production Planning & Control, Supply Chain Management and Human Factors in Systems Design.

- Currently working as an Instructional Assistant providing technical and networking support. Responsibilities include testing, trouble shooting, installation and maintenance of CITE lab and its equipments

Bachelor of Engineering in Production Engineering, awarded May 2005

University of Pune, India First Class Honors

COURSE PROJECTS: Jan 2008 – Dec 2008

- Simulation of a Gas Station to calculate the average time a driver spends on a pump and the utilization of the pumps in the gas station.

- Optimum demand allocation from various suppliers for a small manufacturing plant.

- Designed alternative to the current technique of carrying load(washed clothes) for CINTAS.

- Managed a virtual manufacturing plant, responsibilities included implementing correct inventory policies, choosing the right number of lots to be produced, identifying the bottlenecks and buying machines to reduce the lead time.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Champion Technologies Inc, Houston, Operations Services Summer Intern May 2008 - August 2008

- Worked with the Operations Services dept to lower the overall inventory through identifying excess inventory, determining MRP settings for the storage locations and the manufacturing plants, and monitoring the supply chain to avoid stock out situations.

- Developed weekly reports for identifying inventory at each storage location and plant and also total demand for the materials.

- Monitored and help to develop an Inventory Tracker report to trace out the irregularities in placing the open orders from districts against manufacturing plant

- Developed tool to indentify stranded and excess inventory at all locations and also its appropriate allocation at other districts.

MAN Force Trucks Pvt Ltd, Pune, India, Graduate Engineering Trainee May 2006 - June 2007

- Developed new vendors and quality assessments.

- Developed new components for H.C.V. and existing line of products.

- Conducted price negotiations with vendors across the table and did zero-based costing of components.

- Coordinated the PPAP activity for new products and control at vendor’s end.

- Reviewed the cost fluctuations monthly with the senior management for continuous cost reduction.

Punit Enterprises, Pune, India, Trainee Engineer August 2005 - April 2006

- Became acquainted with different departments - mainly design, planning and production.

- Participated in weekly review meetings.

Vanaz Engineers Ltd, Pune, India, Production Engineering Intern January 2005 - June 2005

- Re-designed and manufactured a milling fixture to increase the daily productivity by 50%.

- Designed a salt spray testing machine.

Fleetguard Filters Pvt Ltd, Pune, India, Production Engineering Intern July 2003 - December 2003

- Submitted project thesis on “Enterprise Resource Planning’.

- Completed thesis on present material flow and effective alternative for various products.

COMPUTER SKILL SET:

- GAMS, Arena 10.0, MS Office, with special proficiency in Excel AutoCAD, CATIA, NVU.

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