Raguraman Sureshbabu

Suresh Gears Industry(Subsidiary of Lakshmi Machine works)

· Responsible for deliverables such as product Quality, Delivery and target cost achievement through optimization of manufacturing processes.

· Implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices across manufacturing operations

· Head compliance audits (safety and business process compliance) across all operations.

· Conduct daily sunrise and sunset meetings for problem solving and smooth flow of manufacturing operations with respective cross functional team members.

· Involve teams to align Manufacturing operations as per Takt time.

· Make use of statistical process control techniques in areas such as machining to maintain dimensional stability.

· Presentation of weekly and monthly progress review to CEO using standardized dashboards.

Suresh Gears Industry(Subsidiary of Lakshmi Machine works)

· Development of 1, 1.5 and 2 KW inline helical Gearboxes used in machinery applications.

· Initial concept development from customer inputs and conducted subsequent meetings with process owners for new product initiation and launch.

· Performance benchmarking and use of Quality function deployment QFD, to arrive at the (Critical to quality) parameters

· Use of FEA (finite element analysis-Ansys) software to arrive at load and heat dissipation characteristics

· Use of six sigma tools for better design encompassing complete product life cycle and also taking into consideration Design for manufacturing and assembly

· Usage of Solid Works To develop 3d models of parts and develop (Bill of Material) and ensure GD&T as per ASME Y 14.5 standards

· Development and approval of Stage wise Quality plan for manufacturing and assembly

· Monitor product performance and reliability using pareto charts and FMEA. Initialize re-work plan for non-confirming parts and take up continuous improvement activities .

· Heading a program termed as ACME (Accelerated competence for manufacturing excellence) for a 500 million $ revenue organization.

· The goal of this program was to optimize all manufacturing functions across the division

Some of the achievements in the project were reduction in assembly time by (300-man hours) nearly a 200% improvement.

· Balancing the manufacturing operations to align with Takt Time of the product.

· Technical evaluation and reporting to chairman on the progress from multiple business divisions such as Foundry, Machine tool division, Aerospace division, Textile machinery division was undertaken

· Present projects for financial approval from the committee members and CFO.

· Development off critical KPI and metrics for business process and in charge of balance score card review system.

· Procurement of aerospace raw material such as Inconel, Titanium and Aluminum and steel composites as per customer specifications for various ongoing projects

· Established a 10,000-class clean room facility for assembly of pressure transducers

· Out sourcing of special surface treatment and inspection process such as Anodization and Magnetic particle inspection.

· Maintain supplier evaluation and audit the quality control of outsourced process as per AS9100

· Inventory control and stores management and planning using SAP.

· Implementation of just in time concepts such as Kan-Ban to ensure on-time delivery of parts to assembly departments.

· Logistics and customs coordination for clearance of raw materials and finished goods

· Prepare quotes for Aerospace projects from customers such as Moog Aerospace, ISRO space Agency, HAL and DRDO

· Customer interaction /sorting out technical queries for clarity of quotes and order finalization

· Project Management of projects involving products such as pressure sensors and electric motors used for remote guidance of launch vehicles.

· Escalation of project risks and financial constraints /bottlenecks to ensure timely completion of project.

· Worked closely with team members of ISRO space agency and contributed towards reduction of machining hours whilst maintaining dimensional accuracy and repeatability.

· Lead a project to electronically capture quality data of components at different stages. Data was directly captured from the measuring instrument into the database for accurate and verifiable data records.