Naresh Babu P

Production planning :

• Employed accurate forecasting to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
• Planned and established production schedules and optimized control levels for existing orders and sales forecasting of diversified manufacturing operations.
• Develop and maintain the forecast and master schedule within capacity constraints, and in support of the operating plan to achieve on-time shipments to customers.
• Utilize ERP to manage material flow and work prioritization
• Forecasted production schedules and adjusted plans to accommodate changes in demand.
• Created and implemented tracking systems to monitor progress and meet deadlines.
• Work with plant , materials and commercial operations to pulse the master schedule and forecast to ensure the plan is tracking to the perpetual internal and external needs of market demand.
• Utilize ERP to monitor and record production resources for all facets of product planning, development, manufacturing and sales.
• Worked with engineering, production and testing departments to implement corrective actions for missed milestones.
• Monitored workload against supply base to assess capacity constraints and communicate potential risks and imbalances with stakeholders.
• Reviewed inventories, tracked production statuses and ordered materials to foster consistent availability and production schedule adherence.
• Engaged in both long and short-term project planning, strategizing for on-time, high-quality deliverables.
• Presented updated order and production status reports to sales staff and management.

Material planning :

• Established diversified planning modules to suit varying product lines
• Responsible for creating inventory model ( ABC,SDE & VED )
• Allocation of stock and optimization of stock availability to avoid overstocking and shortages
• Create statistical inventory model and simulate minimum & maximum levels to optimize inventory
• Responsible to identify and liquidate slow and non moving inventory in coordination with R&D and engineering teams.
• Manage and control Finished Goods Inventory levels to meet financial targets
• Responsible for Forecasting accuracy,Inventory ageing and DOH ( Days of inventory )
• Team Lead - MRP implementation Project 2022

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Maintain master planning data based on trend analysis
• Created production forecasting plans utilizing Excel spreadsheet tools and input from production and management teams.
• Developed production schedules with sequencing of operations for all work centres according to deadlines for existing orders and sales forecasting
• Customized production planning and detailed scheduling tools to support factory production initiatives.
• Identify bottlenecks and ensure maximum utilization of resources to meet operational targets.
• Anticipate and drive correction of schedule attainment problems with supply chain from causes like vendor shortages and customer changes.
• Support and expand on all opportunities to level load the plan to drive improvements in inventory,cycle time, capacity fulfillment and growth
• Ensure material flow to the production line without material shortage.
• Engaged in both long and short-term project planning, strategizing for on-time, high-quality deliverables.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align production plans with customer requirements.
• Devised and implemented efficient processes for progress monitoring and inventory control.
• Forecasted production schedules and adjusted plans to accommodate changes in demand.
• Researched and compiled information on variety of planning issues from multiple sources, prepared thorough reports and presented findings in MRM meetings.
• Reviewed ROL ,Safety stock and reordered to maintain supplies for production.
• Maintain inventory level to achieve the targeted inventory turn over ratio ( ITR )
• Lead special/Development project team and ensure timely completion of projects
• Generation of action plan for customer specific special projects and adherence
• Lead continuous improvement projects and track savings ( MPTS )

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Developed, released and monitored daily schedules to foster on-time completion of finished products.
• Decreased in-house production issues by establishing and coordinating sub-contracting and outsourcing requirements and processes.
• Established diversified planning modules to suit varying product lines.
• Responsible for creating inventory model ( ABC )
• Responsible to identify and liquidate slow and non moving inventory.
• Responsible for MRP & MPS establishment ( Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP )
• Responsible for ROL , Safety stock definition & roll out
• Generation of material coverage report for all product lines & ensure production targets are met.
• Identified risk mitigation actions to reduce injuries, accidents and hazards in production environment.
• Completed and submitted monthly and yearly reports to support executive decision making.
• Trained team on best practices to optimize production and improve quality.
• Maximized productivity by 124% by developing and implementing innovative production processes for new and existing products.
• Created and implemented project plans for new or improved industrial processes.
• Developed and deployed industrial automation systems, increasing efficiency and reduce costs.
• Established store setup for spares sales and stock management with trend based ROL.
• Process time study ( Elemental ) for all operations for stabilized projects

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Prepared standard reports and documentation to communicate results to senior management.
• Tested prototypes and standard products and wrote reports to document results.
• Worked closely with engineers and assisted in assembly and testing of Tool holders.