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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

High Point, North Carolina, United States

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Working in the design and implementation team in a fast paced new warehouse startup business with goods to person robot technology and conventional warehousing.• Designing inbound, outbound, racking and other processes required.• Designing end-to-end processes and identifying features required to eliminate operational constraints based on project requirements.• Working with GreyOrange (Goods-to-Person) vendor to design and review layouts as well as defining detailed operational process flow translating operational requirements into Functional Specification Document for IT developments.• Follow-up with vendors on progress tracking timelines of project.• Install and commission equipment including Pick Put Stations, mobile storage units, chargers and bots. • Creating Standard Operating Procedures and initiating training for employees.• Working with cross-functional teams to test system functionalities for production scenarios.• Establishing Time Standards.• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in warehouse operations. Design and execute improvements.

Greater Memphis Area

OLE Improvement: Identified and implemented solutions to increase robot picking rate from 350 UPH to 700 UPH. Achieved 30% reduction in line reworks ensuring better material flow.  Optimized dunnage processing workflow resulting in not only 10% increase in throughput but also removed a major failure mode in sequencing orders in robot thereby reducing rework by 2%. Productivity Improvement: Analyzed SKU trend and improved slotting resulting in increase of overall volume of the line from 17% to 28% of the entire volume. Partnered with XPO IT to design and add new feature into automation, and established solution to be able to fit smaller products in automation with cost effective methods resulting increase volume further by 4%.Process Improvement: Eliminated waste in put-back process by identifying most efficient process through time studies resulting in 40% cycle time reduction. Created MI for new process and trained supervisors. Developed mistake-proof process preventing defects during operations reducing reworks equating to 90 mins of line operating time and 60 mins of put-back time leading to increase in overall warehouse efficiency by 5%. Addressed failure mode on process, improving quality of outbound corrugated cartons complying customer requirements.New Product Launch Led brainstorming discussions to identify solutions and monitored progress of application development. Gained Expertise in DataMan software and modified scan based on requirement on-site – savings of $5800.

Alpharetta, Ga

- Perform time studies, reduce Non-Value Added Activities.- Design workstations.- Create and modify floor layouts.- Analyze reasons for reject, develop quality tool (CAPA) to prevent it.- Define and prepare Standard Practices/GMP (Mistake Proof) and ensure 5S.- Prepare process flow chart and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Management of academic data (Audio visual, PDFs, PPTs, notes) • Quality check of all material to ensure there are no discrepancies and maintain data integrity• Worked with huge volumes of data and prioritized to ensure right data is available at the right moment

Chennai Area, India

Capacity Increase Using DMAIC • Conducted time study on ‘Pinion Shaft Line’ and based on the pareto analysis, identified that ‘Turning Machine’ has idle time.• Increased the diameter of milling cutter tool in ‘Facing and Centering Machine’ such that the area of contact between the tool and material is increased. • Increased the productivity of ‘Pinion Shaft’ by 26%.

Master'S In Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Gpa: 3.76/4.00

Courses: Production Planning, Scheduling and Inventory control Manufacturing Process Engineering Occupational Biomechanics

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering, 8.73/10

Activities and Societies: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE, India chapter), Energy and Fuel users Association of India.