Value Engineering, Cisco Systems, Inc., Preparing the proposal and the schedule, Mentoring and monitoring of the team, BOM categorization, Quick win ideation (alternate source, alternate CPN etc.), Preparing the justification for the quick wins identified, Should Costing of the mechanical parts and Assemblies, Interacting with alternate vendors for quote, Teardown analysis of the products, Design change / material change / process change idea generation based on the teardown analysis, Preparing the justification of the ideas generated, Competitor bench marking of the products, Support BU for validation and acceptance of the proposed ideas, Follow up with the VE Lead on the execution and closure of the proposed Ideas Should costing of Thermal commodities, Cisco Systems, Inc., Preparing the proposal and the schedule, Mentoring and monitoring of the team, Tear down of the assemblies and the fans, Prepare the BOM based on the teardown, Categories the BOM items into make and buy items, Process mapping for the make items, Should costing template creation for parts based on the manufacturing process, Should costing template creation for assemblies based on the assembly process, Updating the templates to get there should cost value for the parts and the assemblies, Support BU for validation and acceptance of the should cost, Follow up with the Lead on the execution and closure, Achieved a savings of $600K after the successful execution of the project I-Search Standardization, Cisco Systems, Inc., Identify different components for standardization, Classify the components based on the usage, cost etc., Analyze the components with high usage and low cost, Create a list of components based on the Analysis, which can be promoted for re-use and standardization, Discuss with the Commodity managers and component engineers and finalize the list of components which can be standardized and re-used across the company SCAPA, Cisco Systems, Inc., Pro/E and PLM database management, Sheet-metal, plastic parts and PCB layout designs using IDF exchange, 3D Modeling using CREO 5, 2D drafting using CREO 5, Creation of IDF, Defining Place keep out / Place keep in, Preparation of BOM, Tolerance analysis and DFM/DFA concepts GD&T, Cost-effective manufacturing techniques Blade Sourcing Support System, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Blade Sourcing Support System included automation of, Generation of Specification for Quotation, Generation of Specification for Purchase, Should Costing - used for comparison of cost quoted by the vendor, Raw Material sizing - used for ordering the raw material, CMM Evaluation System - used for qualifying the manufactured blade Flexi Single Box BTS, Nokia Siemens Networks, Monitoring the delivery schedule of all the deliverables, Managing the Design and Development activities of various parts of Diecast, sheet metal and plastic, Coordinated, review and approval of thermal simulation using Icepak with collaborator, Review and approval 3D model and 2D drawings for the parts, Cable assemblies, Sub-Assemblies etc., Vendor Interaction for Prototype manufacturing, Review and approval of design Documents, Interacting with Die-cast parts vendor during Soft and Hard Tool Development, Giving inputs to improve the design and make sure that the design is according to NSN standard PASI (Packet Abis Synchronization Improvement), Nokia Siemens Networks, Monitoring the delivery schedule of all the deliverables, Managing the Design and Development activities of various parts of Diecast, sheet metal and plastic, Coordinated, review and approval of thermal simulation using Icepak with collaborator, Review and approval 3D model and 2D drawings for the parts, Cable assemblies, Sub-Assemblies etc., Vendor Interaction for Prototype manufacturing, Review and approval of design Documents, Interacting with Die-cast parts vendor during Soft and Hard Tool Development, Giving inputs to improve the design and making sure that the design is according to NSN standard ESMB / C Mechanical Design, Nokia Siemens Networks, Managing the Design and Development activities of various parts of Diecast, sheet metal and plastic, Coordinated, review and approval of thermal simulation using Icepak with collaborator, Review and approval 3D model and 2D drawings for the parts, Cable assemblies, Sub-Assemblies etc., Vendor Interaction for Prototype manufacturing, Review and approval of design Documents, Interacting with Die-cast parts vendor during Soft and Hard Tool Development, Giving inputs to improve the design and making sure that the design is according to NSN standard Feasibility Study of Diet BTS, Nokia Siemens Networks, Managed the Design and Development activities of various parts of Diecast, sheet metal and plastic, Reviewed thermal simulation using Icepak, Reviewed and approved 3D model and 2D drawings for the parts, Cable assemblies, Sub-Assemblies etc., Involved in vendor Interaction for Prototype manufacturing