Engineer Six Sigma
Resume:
Arunprasadh Arungundram R
Albion, New York, 14411.
****.***********@*****.*** 716-***-****)
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Educational Profile
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
University at Buffalo, State University of New York Dec 2010
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Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
Velammal Engineering College, Anna University, India May2008
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Key Tools
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• Kaizen
• Value Stream Mapping
• Kanban
• 5S
• Poka Yoke
• OEE
• Set Up Reduction
• Gage R&R
• Gage Linearity study
• Six Sigma DMAIC
• FMEA
• Design of Experiments
• Loss Analysis
• SPC
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Work experience
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Industrial Production Engineer - Saint Gobain Adfors America Inc., Albion, New York, 14411 – (Dec 2010 - Present)
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Internal Efficiency Improvement Projects:
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Trialed and Implemented Yardage increase from 12000 yards to 14000 yards on Dry Wall Tape rolls on Knitter machines. Benefits – Increased production efficiency by 25% by reducing Set up and changeover time, labor and cost
Trialed and Implemented Speed rise of production on Glass grid products on Glue line machine. Benefits – Increased production capacity by 54% and Production time savings by 2 hours / 8hr shift
Trialed and Implemented Low Shrink Light Weight Polyester packages by altering machine head design. Benefits – Huge Savings on Cost by over $146 K
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QN Administration:
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Investigate and Engineer out the problems to resolve customer complaints
Proficiency in handling Corrective Action Request (CAR), Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) and Non-conformance Report (NCR)
Conduct Root Cause Analysis to determine and understand the problem and put corrective actions in place to prevent them from occurring again.
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World Class Manufacturing (WCM) project implementation on all machines in Converting Production Cell:
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Conducted Time Study Analysis on several machines to determine current state of production. Identified major downtime and stop time reasons. Tool used – Loss Analysis.
Increased production time by 40% on Guzzetti Slitter machine by converting internal process to external during input roll change. Tool used – Lean Six Sigma, Set up Reduction. Benefits – Production time savings by 1 hour per day and increased machine availability by 15%
Conducted speed trials and identified optimal machine operating speed for production. Benefits – Production time savings by 30 minutes per day and Overall Equipment Effectiveness performance by 4%
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Continuous Improvement Project implementation on Adhesive Coater machine
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Introduced Data collection by charting technique to record percentage of adhesive level on X bar chart
Conducted data analysis to determine the range of variation of adhesive level on output rolls
Determined Controllable and Uncontrollable factors and identified standard operating conditions
Implementing Statistical Process Control to minimize variation of adhesive level by 85%. Tools used: Design of Experiments – Factorial Design and Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology – Gage R&R, Gage Linearity, Failure Mode Effective Analysis
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Documentation of ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001 procedures and work instructions
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Conducted Internal Audits for ISO 9001:2008
Identified Non-conforming procedures and work instructions and revised them to comply with standards
Prepared Documents for ISO 9001:2008 to comply with prescribed ISO standards
Audited Upper level ISO 14001 documents and identified non-conforming procedures
Revised and Typed ISO 14001 documents to confirm with standards
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Costing and Production activities in SAP & QT9
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Create, maintain and revise Cost Estimate sheets for accuracy in compliance with established production standards
Create Bill of Materials (BOM), Material Master (SKU), Routings, Production versions and Cost Roll for all new products and revise them as and when needed
Create, modify and manage Internal Product and Packaging Specifications for new products, trials and samples
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Implementing World Class Manufacturing (WCM) and Lean Six Sigma Methodology
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Conducted Loss analysis for entire Converting Production cell
Designed and Implemented Overall Equipment Effectiveness Production log template for all machines in Converting Production Cell
Conducted Value Stream Mapping and implemented Kanban system to improve production flow
Implemented 5S methodology and conducted Kaizen to identify and improve existing working conditions
Implemented One point lessons for explaining critical work instructions and techniques
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Manufacturing Intern – Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (January 2008 – May 2008)
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Conducted Ergonomic study analysis and implemented string diagram technique to identify and analyze operator fatigue
Implemented Poka-yoke tool in a milling machine to load work component
Benefits:
Reduced time loss and increased production time by 20%
Improved Operator’s ease of work
Designed a revolving jig to hold the work piece for milling machine in AutoCAD and analyzed the design structure using Pro Engineer Wildfire
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Research Assistant - Tifac-Core , A R&D Unit Funded By Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (Jan 2007 – Aug 2007)
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Created a prototype design for RFID antenna housing structure for Pervasive Software Library Network
Designed the housing structure for RFID receiver to be mounted on the book shelves in AutoCAD
Identified Injection molding technique for the fabrication of the housing structure
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Graduate Projects
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Design Optimization of A Prototype Helicopter Model By Implementing DOE and DMAIC Methodology– University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
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Conducted Gage R&R and Gage Linearity
Conducted Experimental design and identified the significant factors with fractional factorial design
Identified optimal design with response optimizer in Minitab and Implemented Statistical Process Control
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Improving Profit Margin with Six Sigma Methodology in Campus and Dining Services (CDS),
University At Buffalo, The State University of New York
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Identified Key Process Input Variables and the Key Process Output Variables
Implemented Cause and Effect and FMEA to measure and analyze the defective modes
Identified and incorporated control measures to overcome defects and Improved the profit margin by 35%
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Computer Skills
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Minitab 15
Arena
MS Word
SAP
AutoCAD
MS Excel
ETQ
Pro E
MS Power Point
Logware
C and C#
MS Visio
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