- Coordinate the PPAP process with all the departments for plant specific new contract parts.- Developed and implemented a comprehensive approach to the PPAP process to improve the first yield rate.- Improved the yearly on time PPAP submission percentage from 44.7% to 67.3% with 100% submissions in the last three months.- Improved the yearly PPAP approvals percentage from 78.3% to 80.3% with 81.7% approvals in the last three months.- Responsible for complete PPAP documentation part of Advanced Product Quality Planning Process in accordance with the AIAG requirements.- Act as the company’s liaison with the customers for all plant specific PPAP products.

- Responsible and In charge for Aluminum fabrication and Assembly operations from Engineering.- Designed the Assembly Cell lines by streamlining the flow of materials based on common products for Battery/Tool Box and Cover/Lid operations.- Designed the layout for the entire building to accommodate the single flow of materials from fabrication through welding to assembly operations reducing the cycle time.- Developed and created Visual Aid for Assembly operations as part continuous improvement project.- Developed Parts Specific Operator Instructions Manual and Machine Specific Set up Instructions for easy Measurement and Validation.- Engineering Assistance for resolving Nonconformance products from customers in Battery/Tool Box assembly operations - Developed and Submitted 4 new battery box assemblies for Production Part Approval Process for new business.

- Developed Work Instructions for 250 Stamping Operations and documented them to devise Standard Operating Procedure.- Performed Direct Time study for over 100 operations to verify and correct Lead time/Piece rates for routing purposes in MacPac AS/400.- Designed the layout of Stamping Dies for easy retrieval in AutoCad using Pareto Analysis.- Improvised the packaging process for sun visors to eliminate the defects caused during transportation using Fish bone diagram. The material used was modified to eliminate the defect with material savings by 32%. - Creation of new Routers and Bill of Materials with new part numbers for hardware and production parts in MacPac AS/400- Corrected the Bill of materials for parts with wrong material usage and verified the operation in which the material and hardware were to be pulled.- Handled the setup of parts with Routing and BOMS for nearly 7 Crown assemblies (comprising over 100 sub components) which were transferred from a different facility to my facility.- Analyzed the demand for a family of battery boxes and converted them from MRP system to JIT system.- Analyzed the lead time of parts for the customer in Canada and made necessary changes to it without compromise in cost. This ensured on time delivery to the customer.- Develop Flow Charts, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis report and Control Plan for Production Part Approval Process. - Assisted in Activity Based Costing for Quote Estimating of new PPAP parts and also reviewed feasibility of the process for the same. - Responsible for Submitting the PPAP to the customer and has so far managed to submit nearly 16 PPAPs (includes all levels of PPAP) without complete and necessary paperwork.- Responsible for completing the APQP checklists, PPAP checklists and Post Implementation Review of Approved PPAP parts.- Member of 8D corrective action team to review defects and responsible for developing Quality Alerts and communicating with the production department.

- Member of Research team focusing mainly on implementing RFID in retail stores. Helped frame ideas for RFID implementations for shelf replenishment and back room inventory control in retail stores.- One of the four members responsible for drafting "Six Sigma Quality Book" by Dr. Jones. Drafted and Compiled the quality tools used in DMAIC method of Six Sigma.

- Collected and Analyzed the Cell phone users data from 10 different zones in Chennai Municipal Corporation to analyze the volume entity for Remanufacturing.- Effectively learned and used WEIBULL software to develop the forecast of Returns of Cell phones for Remanufacturing.- Developed a mathematical model with degradation and reliability factors to devise the number and time of returns of cell phones for Remanufacturing.