Santosh Bidwai

Total 22 years of experience in Engineering for Product Benchmarking of Automotive seating system. Specialized in the Product development of Automotive seating system with sound technical knowledge of Benchmarking,VA/VE and Pressure mapping in Automotive seating system. Expertise in Product Benchmarking and Pressure mapping in automotive seating.

An effective communication with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills

• Got the "Merit Award" for Toyota Etios Hatchback & Sedan new launched Program in Adient India Pvt Ltd.
• Got the "Stellar Award" for Tata Nexon front seats with low weight program in Adient India Pvt. Ltd
• Chairman's award of Johnson control for employee ingenuity & Customer satisfaction for Indica Vista Hatchback.
• Got the "Chairman Award" for various programs like Tata Fiat Punto/Fiat Linea(2009) Manza(2010),Renault Duster(2011),Honda Amaze(2012),Fiat Avventura(2012),Comfort Evaluation support for every program phase,Tata Nexon (2020)
• Active member in CSR activities from 2002 to lead all projects

• Johnson Controls Automotive Limited, Pune, Maharashtra, 08/02/2002, 05/07/2007, Production Member, Worked in Tata Safari JIT Line. Johnson Controls Automotive Ltd. (Earlier Tata Johnson Controls is joint venture of TACO Group India & Johnson Controls USA. Company engaged in manufacturing of automotive seating systems With industry leading expertise in engineering metal structure, seat adjustment, mechanism seating Foam, trim covers. Company has Best in class seating solution and Customers for OEM's are Tata Motors, Ford, Fiat, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota, Maruti Suzuki and manufacturing the automotive seating . Position reported to Manufacturing Managers.
• Adient India Private Limited, Pune, Maharashtra, 08/02/2002, 05/05/2022, Benchmarking Engineer, Worked in Engineering, Design Center and Manufacturing and supported for new product launches & facelift programs. Adient design automotive seating components for worldwide. Position reported to the Sr. Manager - Prototype & Testing

• Successfully support for new launch 15 programs.
• Active member of cross functional team.
• Received best VA/VE suggestion award.
• Received chairman award by JCI for TATA Nano & Toyota Etios project

• Co-ordination with dealer for procurement of Benchmarking seat samples.
• Teardown analysis of Benchmarking seat sample, Study of complete seat sample related Features, aesthetic, mechanism, manufacturing process.
• Preparation of comparative report, Seat teardown weight BOM
• To support the VAVE project by giving proper suggestions & Benchmarking innovative ideas.
• Capture new trend in market, Share with design team & implement it to produce in new good design.
• Display seats parts after teardown analysis.
• Support for Engineering, Industrial Design, Marketing, Product Business Units, and Craftsmanship and in early identification of innovative products and product trends globally.
• Dealing with customer for benchmark requirements for the running and ongoing projects.
• Support Market Planning department in creating definitions for specified segments in projects.
• Handling all reports and Commercial matters with benchmark work. Provide and consult Electronics data and analysis to support customer request on product features; in urgent cases being able to executive features analysis and documentation.
• Prepare teardown activity Plan for better execution.
• Product Benchmarking:
• Study of customer RFQ & Features matrix and prepare Design Validation Plan (DVP).
• Teardown analysis of Benchmarking seat sample, Study of complete seat sample related Features, aesthetic, mechanism, manufacturing process
• Level 1: Feature & Market
• Segmentation based on Price & Body Type
• Features Segment Analysis (market representation)
• Vehicle features per trim level (base & high) standard / optional / not available
• Vehicle Storage Compartments by Volume
• Photo Documentation with Features Comments (strength & weaknesses)
• Segment Findings and Recommendations
• Correlations between CMS & BM Data
• Target Setting Input
• Motor Show Reports & New Launches
• Level 2: Teardown Analysis
• Part Description
• Material analysis
• Dimensional data sheets
• Weight information
• Functionality
• Efforts & Travels
• Assembly methods & manufacturing process
• Photo documentation
• Costing (in case of workshops done by central costing)
• BOM (standardized part lists for seating and interiors)
• Part Comparisons.
• Preparation of comparative report, Seat teardown weight BOM as per global process.
• Display all seats torn parts after teardown analysis.
• Arrange VA/VE workshop to support the VA/VE project by giving proper suggestions & Benchmarking innovative ideas.
• Co-ordinate with the design engineers for various inputs related to tests.
• Test cost saving initiatives.
• Maintain proper database of segment wise L1 features & L2 Teardown comparative data.
• Study of new launch, facelift vehicle data from team BHP or net.
• Preparation of the new test setups as per the customer test specification and requirement.

• Proficient in MS-Office-Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Well versed with Internet applications
• Mfg-pro

• Date of Birth: 11/28/1978
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

• Go-Bench Training - JCI
• Potential failure Mode and effect analysis (PFMEA) - JCI
• Plus Launch System (Plus) - JCI
• Craftsmanship Training - JCI
• VA/VE Training - JCI
• Value Tracker - Adient

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