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• Plant capacity enhancement: To meet the customer requirements of 5.56mm Calibre Ammunition, 9mm manufacturing presses and machines were converted to 5.56mm calibre processes. The conversion kits applied to the complete end-to-end manufacturing of the product including machines, machine parts, feeding systems, tool blocks, tooling and drives. During this transition, it was also ensured that the presses and machines could be converted back to original settings on an as and when basis alongside documenting maintenance schedules, MTTR and MTBF. • Process improvement: Reviewed the manufacturing process flows of 5.56mm and 9mm calibres and combined the operations of 2nd Draw and trimming by introducing Pinch Trimming. This resulted in savings 32MH/8HShift in man hours, 64KWh/8HShift in electricity bills & consumables. Alongside this, by reviewing the washing of component processes and the introduction of new Washing & Pickling machine to replace semi-automatic and laborious operation, thereby the process time was reduced by 25%.• Product Quality improvement: As the Chairman of the Engineering Change Committee (ECP), I formulated close relationships and held regular meetings with customers over the years to understand Quality Issues and improve quality of the Products to meet customer satisfactions/requirements. As a result of feedback, we undertook revisions of various aspects of the production parameters and the specifications of Propellant and Primer. The changes were incorporated following extensive ballistic testing to ensure all customer and regulatory requirements were appropriately met. Overall, this significantly improved all customer satisfaction.• Process Automation:Designed, manufactured, built and assembled auto-packing machines in-house for 5.56mm and 9mm to replace purely labour-intensive operations. This was able to increase production capacity by ~40% while reducing manpower requirements by ~90%.

• Feasibility Study:¬ Prepared a detailed feasibility report for installation of a new manufacturing line of 12.7 mm including market trend/demand, future forecast, global prices of ammunition, machines procurement costs, raw material costs, skilled workforce availability, utilities costs, depreciation and ROI period etc. Three (3) options with recommendations were presented to the steering committee for approval.• RFQ preparation: Once approval was attained from the steering committee, the Plant and Machinery requirements were finalised, the RFQ was drafted, including all technical, legal and commercial detail, and floated to the market to gather interest from prospective suppliers.Contract award The offers received from different vendors were legally, technically and commercially scrutinised and final recommendations for the steering committee were drafted. Once the selected vendor was chosen, meetings were held to conclude the contract with the assistance of legal, Finance and Supply Chain Depts.• Project Monitoring Office (PMO)During the implementation phase, personally created and implemented a QMS Project Management Procedure (including, R&R, reporting responsibilities, Gant chart etc.) to lead the team to ensure timely completion of the project while complying to all regulations. Regular meetings, online and in person, were held with the vendor and CLA PM team to manage issues, blockers and monitor progress against the agreed plan.• Installation & Commissioning and Change ManagementReceipt of plant and machinery had to be closely managed as it required transportation of products from seaport to site and relocation to manufacturing area as per installation layout. Alongside this, with the support of the vendor, utility provisioning, installation, commissioning, training of workforce and development of 12.7mm components was done as per product specification within the plan timings.

• Product Specifications finalisationsArchitected the 5.56mm, 9mm, 7.62mm and 12.7mm Ammunition Specifications compatible to NATO & MIL- Specifications. Prepared the data sheets of each product and its different types.• SOP, Work Instructions, Raw material Specification’s finalisationsWrote, finalised and approved the SOP for each operation, conducted time study of each operation, documented worked output capacities of machines/processes, analysed the operating efficiencies, manpower allocation, training of manpower and calculation of required input materials.• Finalisation of Product, inter-stage components Design and ToolingFor consistency and quality output, conducted design reviews for all products, reviewed tolerances and approved to-be design/drawings. • Quality improvementPrepared, finalised and approved the Quality Plan for each operation including inspection requirements, frequency of inspection, gauges design and gauging schedules. • New Product Development and QualificationsUntil 2009 the company had a very limited product portfolio in both quantity and variety. I took the initiative to design and develop several more Products including but not limited to 5.56mm & 9mm Blank Cartridges, 5.56mm Sniper Ammunition, 5.56mm & 9mm Solid Bullets (green ammunition) and separate ammunition for 9mm Rifle and Pistols.• Reactive and Preventive Maintenance Prepared, finalised and approved reactive maintenance procedures and schedule maintenance requirements for each machine and introduced Spare Parts Management for availability of spares to reduce MTTR and monitored MTBF.

• Large Scale Production LeadResponsible for the production of 20 million 7.62mm, 9mm, 303 Cal ammunitions per month while managing a workforce of 600+. Annual Production Targets were successfully met every year during my tenure. During the period of employment, I also attained training in the fields of tool & gauges design, tool manufacturing and material & production control departments. I also learned and implemented project management techniques such as ‘Just in Time’, KANBAN, 5s and Lean.

Responsible for liaison of Pakistan and UK & EU manufacturing companies specifically regarding the procurement of commodities from LME