Lalit Mohan Negi

Company Overview : Goodyear is among top three tire manufacturers in the world with annual global sales of US$ 200B & work force of around 70,000 associates. Goodyear Farm division located in Ballabgarh is the biggest supplier for OEs in India and is a pioneer in Farm segment

Current Role : Head of Quality & Technology Aug'2023 to till date

• Responsible for building strategy on quality improvement, waste reduction, product improvement, new product introduction, Value Engineering etc.

Previous Role : Manager New Product Development & Industrialization Nov'16 to July'23

• Responsible for setting design goals, finalizing cavity, test requirement for new product.
• Building strategy for tire evaluation to analyze impact of design change on existing/new product
• Design optimization of existing process so as to deliver product at right cost with desired level of performance.
• Identification of new tooling/machinery/process required to develop new product

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Devised test procedure to simulate wear condition observed in field
• Worked & achieved successful results on wear appearance improvement on Rear Farm tire
• Lead plant trials for RRC improvement of Commercial Truck

Company Overview : Apollo Tyres Ltd is one of the leading tire manufacturing giant with manufacturing footprint in Europe as well.

• Thermo-graphic image analysis to understand wear behavior of various tires, conducting accelerating tire ageing to compare aged tire property.
• Formulation of inspection format to get clear insight of product performance monitoring as well as any abnormality in test results due to external factor.
• Conducting periodic field visit to analyze product performance & reason behind variable test result.
• Conducting forensic analysis of claim return Tires including shearography, cut-section analysis to understand the root cause & identifying improvement actions, if required.
• Implementing best practices of retreading process into the retread and research training center.
• Improvement projects in Tire retreading to improve retread durability and productivity.
• Imparting training on Tire wear, Vehicle alignment, Basics of tire technology, Tire retreading & repair

Company Overview: JK Tyre is one of the leading tir manufacturer in India with manufacturing footprint across Mexico.

• Product Benchmarking: Reverse engineering of competitor's Tire thru dimensional, footprint shape & pressure,3D scanning & section analysis
• Product Design: Fixing design targets, developing cavity and pattern and optimizing design input through FEA technique
• Product Development: Developing product in co-ordination with plant team in order to meet design target and indoor tests
• Input for Material Development: Analysis of physical and dynamic mechanical properties
• Product Improvement: Working on various projects to bring down the failure rate by carrying out various iterations through FEA and plant trials
• Product Evaluation: Field evaluation data analysis of new or improved product & return analysis of all products.

Company Overview : Sterling Tools Limited is a public listed company engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of high tensile cold forged fasteners.

• Process designing & RFQ review
• Tool designing as per process sequence
• Co-ordination with tool-room operations & achieving efficient die manufacturing
• Destructive Testing of Fasteners
• Involvement in KAIZEN activities in order to improve productivity and quality