Piyush Deulkar

➤ Evaluated supplier’s Process flow, PFMEA, Control Plan, dimensional reports and other supportive PPAP/APQP docs to certify manufacturing process for new product launch or current product change ➤ Exercised Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) by preparing Product Part Approval Process (PPAP) documentation as per the customer requirements for new product submissions which improved customer satisfaction by 75% ➤ Conducted VDA 6.3 process audit at new supplier and follow-up on the action items which improved supplier performance by 75% ➤ Performed disposition for Incoming Good Inspection (IGI) parts through QSYS by checking the Internal Failure Report (IFR) ➤ Incorporated the process improvement methodology in the production system for optimizing the process flows by eliminating the bottlenecks and organized flow of material by implementing Kaizen, 8D, 5Whys, PFMEA, DFMEA, PDCA, Fishbone, 5S, TPM, JIT and Mistake Proofing which strived in the reduction of production cost by 50% ➤ Exercised Supplier Corrective Action Request (SCAR) to a supplier for a nonconformity related to the quality of product provided to an organization which resulted 78% increase in the efficiency ➤ Spearheaded the cross functional teams for root cause analysis (8D, A3) and implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) eliminating any chances of re-occurrence ➤ Facilitated cross-functional Process Improvement and problem solving /Six Sigma projects through analytical tools with the help of pareto chart, flow chart, run chart, cause and effect diagram for continuous improvement which decreased the bottlenecks and reduces the operational cost by 14.4% annually and increase FTT by 3.3%

➤ Optimized the routing for the machine assembly by conducting Value Stream Mapping, DMAIC, Process Improvement, Line Balancing technique, FMEA, 6S, Standard work with calculating non-value added time which saved $1.8 million in operational cost annually ➤ Developed a equipment design layout on Visio by considering activity levels, product dimensional profiles, product flow, work cell, transportation methods, product specification, drawing, work instructions, bill of material that improved total turnaround time by 23% ➤ Error proofed (Poka Yoke) the usage of wrong hardware by redesigning the hardware rack and discarding all the obsolete ones with implementing head count analyses, production time studies and WMS for optimal material storage that results in space utilization by 15% ➤ Conducted Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the new production lines on the basis of downtime analysis, warehouse slotting, SKU velocity analysis which improved the movement of machines on the production line by 20% ➤ Trained 50 employees from the manufacturing department regarding IATF16949 that reduced bottleneck by 64% ➤ Analyzed and organized the Bill of Materials (BOM) from SAP for Inventory management with using Distribution operating system for two new machines transfers from a European Subsidiary that consists of more than 50000 parts which increase in efficiency of work measurement and work standards

➤ Organized the workflow of proportion of raw materials required on the daily basis and review of KPI’s and PI’s by assessing and optimizing the operational metrics and equipment and accordingly created the dashboard using Power BI ➤ Maintained Quality Management System (QMS) with ISO 9001 by understanding customer needs that facilitated in increase in the customer satisfaction ➤ Developed business unit wide quality assurance system through tools, policies, training and processes that decreased rework rate by 18% ➤ Spearheaded the cross functional teams for root cause analysis (8D, A3) and implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) eliminating any chances of re-occurrence ➤ Maintained local process and document control as per the global quality policies by controlling and delivering process improvement in terms of process reviews and FMEA management that increased productivity by 85%