Karan Shah Email & Phone Number

Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, United States

• Spearheading development of complex manufacturing and warehousing simulation models that closely represent existing and future operations
• Summarizing simulation findings and providing regular updates to senior management, allowing the company to make informed business decisions
• Designing sophisticated assembly lines for various new products, keeping cost, quality, efficiency and ergonomics in mind
• Providing creative problem solving ideas during brain storming sessions for process improvements, achieving cycle time or quality goals
• Utilizing acquired skills and experience to juggle multiple projects with equal levels of priority and submit deliverables on or before time
• Working on cross functional product teams with Mechanical, Electrical, RF, Operations, Supply Chain and Packaging engineers to successfully launch high speed assembly lines for new products with minimal quality defects

Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, United States

• Designed and commissioned a highly streamlined assembly process to meet labor, throughput and quality targets for the Athena Wireless Node product family
• Led the experimentation and implementation of a Manufacturing Execution System in the final assembly area
• Developed work instructions and visual aids to train operators on complex assembly operations
• Created a successful business case to display the potential benefits of a Manufacturing and Warehousing 3D simulation software
• Built new and updated previous Microsoft Excel tools to improve efficiency of frequent tasks for the entire new product manufacturing team

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Designed a semi-automatic powder filling machine to reduce process cycle time and operator workload
• Created production work order templates in Microsoft Excel for faster generation and concise delivery of information to the shop floor

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Designed, 3D printed and assembled a 10-part pneumatic assembly using 80/20 extrusions to complement an Induction Brazer which had been idle for 5 years
• Performed time studies at that station to find an 80% improvement in cycle time.
• Created a set of work instructions for multiple processes with a goal to reduce variation in the product quality, lead to a 15% decrease in rejection rates.
• Spearheaded various continuous improvement projects around the shop floor, helping make the machine operators' lives easier

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

• Worked on a team with 2 full time supervisors while training and guiding student service assistants

Gujarat, India

• Solved the facility's problem of batch processing by implementing a system of continuous production while managing multiple production lines
• Diagnosed and solved various errors in the production line, reducing backorders by 10%
• Developed positive relations with five department heads, simultaneously improving the coordination between them in order to drive my project to success
• Trained junior staff to perform the above mentioned duties

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Engineering

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