Amitabh Krishna

Lead Fully Built Solutions business team involving stake holders from different line functions including Quality Management, Out-bound Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Facility Management and Production Planning & Scheduling.

. Mentor and guide the team to enhance business acumen and deliver on department KPIs in line with overall organizational objectives

· Colloborate with multiple Place of Business (POB’s) across India and ensure smooth functioning of operations involving supplier stake holders towards the QCOK & dispatch of FBVs form POB

· Institutionalize to convert monthly sales requirements to designed production plan and responsible for plan vs actual from chassis to fully built solutions.

· Align the production plan with POB/ Integration & ensure load body readiness in advance.

· Channelize and lead the QM, OBL & FM manpower at POBs towards achieving throughput.

· Define processes and procedures to ensure and monitor the production efficiency.

· Oversee the Fully Built Solutions portal & ensure all the portal updates are done as per sequential flow in FBS process

· Report monthly update to top management on the overall status of Plan Vs Actual

· Responsible for setting up the series from dispatch of Chassis from plant with proper documentation including delivery challan

· Oversee and be compliant in drawings storage documentation & maintaining KPI towards drawing storage

. Drive team capability development to ensure clear business understanding and successful execution of departmental and organizational targets.

· Oversee and be compliant to documentation of all gate entry, exit & transit operations for Chassis & FBVs in plant & POBs as per audit requirements

· Accountable for business continuity by ensuring that the process defined can continue operating efficiently

· Ensure MBOM variant codes release & documentation as per defined variant requirements from M&S

· Colloborate and plan for creation of new load body part numbers in D2S & oversee neccessary documentation.

· Ideate and implement efficient measures to track,monitor and bring down functional and operational cost in FBS process.

• Accountable for overall Process Control and Final Vehicle Quality of Fully Built Application over Chassis rolling out from FBV Application vendor PAN India
• Oversaw supplier performance against final vehicle quality and process quality
• Responsible and accountable for development and leadership skills of FBV QA team of 9 members
• Collaborated on achieving higher revenue generation for FBV business growth YOY.
• Executed various projects which are first in segment over various truck / bus platforms to meet the customer requirement and expectation
• Co-coordinating with different departments internally and externally for Product development, product improvement and problem solving
• Co-ordinating with Application Manufacturers for developing the quality standards & procedures for new products (Tippers, load bodies, Hoppers and so on) and also monitoring the final product quality in development phase
• Compliance to tender requirement of MTO and STU orders
• Establishing the correct measures & controls to enhance the final product quality in terms of key deliverable
• Identifying required test for applications as per regulatory norms and CMVR rules
• Identifying VLO issues in application and coordinating for proper closures with help ERC, FMQ, CQ to control thermal issues in vehicle
• Assessment and development of Tire 1 and Tire 2 Suppliers for various products viz, Electrical wiring harness, Machining Components, Hydraulic Tipping kits, BMS for EV buses, Hub motors, synchro-mesh motors for EV tippers
• Development of Process parameters and CTQ’s for new Products viz Electrical applications eg EV Tippers, EV Containers
• Training / Mentoring FBV QA team and Vendor teams for Problem Solving through SPS or 8D principles
• Regulatory compliance monitoring w.r.t Truck Body Code (AIS093), Ambulance Body Code (AIS125)and Bus Body Codes (AIS052, AIS153)
• Meeting customers for understanding product needs before proto manufacturing or in regular products
• Field visits along with service team to understand area of improvements in products
• Assessing application manufactures on pre-defined frequency for various SQDCME outputs
• Monitoring & reviewing process quality & product quality parameters for fully built application vehicles
• Engaged in cost optimization in workforce planning as well as annual budget planning for quality operations
• Assessing and sign-off of Hydraulic circuits for tippers and Municipal applications, which involves Hydraulic kit supplier, application manufacturer and project manager
• Second Tire selection and approval for applications viz Paints, Wiring Harness, Fasteners, glasses, conspicuity tapes
• Managing contracts and tenders for various projects required for quality operations as per business demands
• Monitoring QAP issues and ensuring closer of issues before DR4 gateway
• Conducting review meetings for BOM Compliance and BOM verification on variants with CFT
• Directing and leading Operating Team; imparting continuous on job training to workforce on KAIZEN, 5S, quality tools for accomplishing greater operational effectiveness / efficiency
• Preparing & reviewing documents for IATF 16949, TBEM, TMPS audits
• Field Retro planning and implementation strategy
• Daily QA reports reviewing
• Analysis of key defects that affects performance
• Coaching and mentoring Subordinate to perform as per desired MOP
• Process safety assessment of Application vendor or Supplier.

• Responsible for Supplier Quality Assurance – Sheet Metal Category
• Responsible for Incoming parts quality and implementation of DOLL QA for Alpha range(3-wheeler)
• Responsible for Supplier’s quality indices
• Coaching and mentoring low VQI suppliers for improvement in process and product quality
• Resolving and monitoring end of Line issues for improving Straight Pass ratio
• Conducting PPAP and Re-PPAP audits/assessment at suppliers for Process improvement, customer concern resolution and change of location etc
• ECN Management and development of Parts at supplier end
• Implemented Poke Yoke in weld shop of various suppliers for eliminating the defect
• Presented QC Story for various problems of processes from suppliers & field failures
• Responsible for Champion Bijlee (electric 3-wheeler) BIW manufacturing
• First in class of 3-wheeler in 2008-09
• Customer meetings for critical product issue along with Plant Vehicle Team (Warrant Management team).

• Responsible for BIW Process Quality and BIW CMM inspection
• Development of EV bodies for ace electric for European market
• Daily audits of key process parameters and CTQ stations
• Online / Gate inspection of key product parameters
• Analysis of Gate and PDI defects, which affects FSO/DRR on daily basis
• Customer concern resolution and analysis of warranty defects
• Analysis of CMM reports and providing feedback to concern team for correcting process
• Conducting review meeting for process documents viz, SOP’s, PFMEA, OPLs control Plan etc
• Preparing documents for various audits viz ISO TS16949 / WCQ / TBEM etc.

• Responsible for Supplier Quality Assurance – Sheet Metal Category
• Responsible for Incoming parts quality and implementation of DOLL QA for Alpha range(3-wheeler)
• Responsible for Supplier’s quality indices
• Coaching and mentoring low VQI suppliers for improvement in process and product quality
• Resolving and monitoring end of Line issues for improving Straight Pass ratio
• Conducting PPAP and Re-PPAP audits/assessment at suppliers for Process improvement, customer concern resolution and change of location etc
• ECN Management and development of Parts at supplier end
• Implemented Poke Yoke in weld shop of various suppliers for eliminating the defect
• Presented QC Story for various problems of processes from suppliers & field failures
• Responsible for Champion Bijlee (electric 3-wheeler) BIW manufacturing
• First in class of 3-wheeler in 2008-09
• Customer meetings for critical product issue along with Plant Vehicle Team (Warrant Management team).

• Responsible for Press Shop Production and Shift management
• Responsible for production of off-loaded parts to press suppliers
• Downtime analysis and action planning for reducing it
• Increasing Press shop productivity
• DWM reports / alternate production set up planning
• Successfully maintained average inventory as per predefined norms on the actual basis by planning changeups
• Implemented Kaizens for the New Honda Circle activity.

• Responsible for Press Shop and roll forming Production
• Responsible for work force training and tool-machine management
• Responsible for development of process documents ex
• SOP’s, Inspection reports, raw material flow etc
• Implemented cell formation based production system
• Successfully developed three corrugations of a component on roll forming machine, which produced on press brake
• Process change resulting in higher productivity, consistency, time saving & quality improvement
• Contributed to a cost saving of Rs 12, 80,790 to the company from different Kaizen
• Successfully implemented Press Tool Maintenance System with the help of Tool Room
• Implemented SMED concept and significantly reduced “Tool Set-up time” to 7mins from 19mins on power Press machine by using advance-clamping systems.