Abhijit Mepadan Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, US

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Responsible for leading a team of 6 operation planners and 3 production coordinators in charge of $470 million VOP annually with 1200+ personnel in 24*5 manufacturing facility
• Class A Operations leader improve Supply Chain On-time in Full (OTIF) from 30% to 85%, and train Value stream and Supply chain teams on JDE back scheduling, Master data clean up and define standard work activities
• Oversee ERP business migration for a campus site migrating from XA/AS400 to JD Edwards

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Site Lead for the Digital Manufacturing Technology group, which includes the deployment of Camstar Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Tibco, SAP Business Objects, Infinity QS SPC Manufacturing Intelligence, Tableau.
• Class A Operations leader improve Supply Chain On-time in Full (OTIF) from 30% to 85%, and train Value stream and Supply chain teams on JDE back scheduling, Master data clean up and define standard work activities
• Oversee ERP business migration for a campus site migrating from XA/AS400 to JD Edwards
• Built a data analytics platform on shop performance using Tableau and SAP Business Objects to automate KPI metrics for operations, quality, finance, and safety.
• Validated software for 21 CFR Part 11 systems such as Camstar MES, Infinity QS, and system software upgrades

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Led a team of 10+ engineers and technicians in the greenfield deployment of the Camstar MES Electronic Device History Record.
• Managed the greenfield deployment of Infinity QS SPC software
• Implemented process monitoring in Infinity QS at the West and North campuses
• Managed a team of 60 engineering contractors to work on audit remediation projects in Infinity QS for implementing electronic criteria or measurement inspection sheets.

Warsaw, Indiana, US

• Project lead for Infinity QS SPC deployment in Warsaw West and North campus
• Performed system integrations and software validation
• Performed Test Method Qualification of electronic measurement systems (Protocols and execution)

Morgantown, PA, US

• Delivered savings of $350,000/ year through Operation Excellence projects
• Facilitate lean manufacturing initiatives and principles including set-up reduction, manpower planning, and capacity analysis
• Develop and implement lean training programs and facilitate organizational learning
• Conduct time studies for time standard development, optimizing product flow, equipment, and labor utilization
• Lead Kaizen blitz event workshop to improve efficiency in worst performing work center from 51% to 73% within 2 weeks and remove the bottleneck, leading to a 3.25% increase in efficiency in the plant
• Use problem solving tools like A3, DMAIC approach, and other reporting and management tools to identify gap and provide with closure action items

Irving, Texas, US

• Performed simulation of material flow to optimize manufacturing process by 5%
• Calculate scores for material flow using iteration process and implement Critical Path Method for optimum results.
• Estimate area required with the help of architects, subject matter experts, and supervisors.
• Consult client with processes, reducing in-plant material transportation and other non-value added time activities to improve Overall Equipment Efficiency
• Optimize product families in the plant by iteration method in Simulation and document labor expense, product output results, idle time, setup time and other related factors

Richardson, TX, US

Optimize AT&T LTE 4G network project with team of Engineers by finding and fixing areas with feeders swap, incorrect PCIs (Physical Cell Identity), low throughput.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Certification, Artificial Intelligence: Implications For Business Strategy

Master'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical And Electronics Engineering