DHANANJAY KULKARNI

Company Overview:

Lucy Electric is the leading manufacturer of Ring Main Units (RMU).

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Conduct time studies for various manufacturing processes, optimizing workstations, and reducing cycle times.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives, identifying inefficiencies in existing systems and processes.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting expertise for equipment malfunctions, reducing downtime, and maintaining production targets.
• Optimized production processes by implementing lean manufacturing techniques.
• Line balancing.
• Design of jigs, fixtures, and templates in a creative way to minimize the tools, inventory, and cost.
• Established line flexibility to improve productivity, hence OEE, by 20%.
• Redesign templates and fixtures to use for multiple operations.
• Key member in the implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).

• Planned and executed events and marketing programs to increase qualified leads.
• Collaborated closely with sales teams to ensure alignment between promotional activities and revenue goals.
• Analyzed market trends to identify new opportunities for growth, driving the expansion into untapped markets.
• Design and Development Support for New Projects.
• Project execution with PQCDSM.
• Earlier stucked, three projects started smoothly.
• One major project of the Indian railway was successfully completed.

Company Overview:

Aline Mechatronics is in the business of engineering component manufacturing and the supply of electrical and electronics components. The company is having a tool room machine setup, i.e. Lathe, DRO milling, surface grinder, press machines, etc.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and development support for a new project.
• Coordination and completion of projects on time, within budget, and within the timeline.
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
• Financial Management: Profit-Loss, RM Purchase, Quotations.
• Maintain PQCDSM in every project.
• Customer Relationship Management.

Company Overview: The world's leading electronic components and device company, of which the TIPL Nashik plant is well known for the manufacturing of film capacitors.

Key Roles and Responsibilities :-

• Oversee and optimize existing processes and workflows, considering Lean Manufacturing.
• Develop documentation, diagrams, and specifications to meet project requirements and regulatory standards, and maintain flow charts, control plans, and FMEA, as per IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 norms.
• Providing technical support for troubleshooting equipment issues, maintaining plant reliability, and minimizing operational disruptions.
• Maintaining Process Capability as per SPC Standard.
• OEE improvement KK pillar member under the TPM umbrella.
• Industrial Automation (I4.0)
• Team member of the Data Science Department, TDK-Málaga (Spain).
• Inventory management.
• Layout preparation.

Key Projects :-

• Part of TESLA-EV Capacitor’s PPAP and APQP.
• Deskilling inspection methods by the design and manufacturing of JIGs.
• Over 120K euros in cost savings from various projects of tool indigenization.
• 12% PR improvement by machine modification (KK Kaizens), and parameter optimization by the DOE method.
• 17% AR improvement by SMED activities and KK Kaizens.
• Paperless Production System by implementing data acquisition (DAQ) projects, using SCADA.
• Conducted root cause analysis to identify, prioritize and eliminate process losses.
• Local maintenance of Metallizer Analytical Software (ATOM) with Data Science, Machine Learning team.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve product quality, resulting in increased customer satisfaction.
• Designed and executed experiments to identify process improvements, leading to reduced costs and increased efficiency.

• Company Overview: Solar Energy Solutions Provider Firm.
• Project: Mukhyamantri Solar Krushi Pump Yojana (MSKPY)
• Design optimization for frame structures.
• Pump calculations and solar panel selection.
• Monitoring and inspecting work undertaken by contractors.
• Provided technical expertise throughout all phases of the project, ensuring accurate execution of designs and specifications.
• Inventory management.
• As a coordinator for the accounts and dispatch, managing e-invoices, and making e-way bills.

• Organizing workflow by assigning responsibilities and preparing schedules.
• Inspect the product prior to shipment.
• Coordinated with the team to support productivity targets and deadline management.