Shyamala V
Asst. Manager - Production Quality Cell
Hyderabad,India
Summary
To bring forth innovative ideas, enhance the Product quality, and work towards to fulfill the Company’s Strategic requirements by using 9 years of experience in Printing and Publishing sector and Knowledge gained through Academic Qualifications.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Assistant Manager - Production Quality Cell
Eenadu Press
Hyderabad
03.2020 - Current
- Heading Production Quality Cell department. Responsible to maintain and improve print quality of 21 printing centers’ (across India) as per ISO 12647-3.
- Monitor team members and suggest improvements to daily functionality. Determine quality department goals, standards, practices, and procedures.
- Specify quality requirements of raw materials with suppliers.
- Assured consistent quality of production by implementing and enforcing automated practice systems
- To produce Weekly Repetitive Quality Issue Report through Power BI and suggest Corrective action, Preventive action if any to unit In-charges.
- Responsible to implement and manage on any continual improvement projects and customer quality assurance standards; Reduced operational cost through projects like plate size reduction, ink savings, and quality improvement
- Prepare PQC team budget, monitor need for service request, purchase of new instruments – PQC Laboratory equipment, Plate Processor, Plate Vision Punching and bending machine, Proofer, Densitometer, and Plate cutting machine for all units.
Senior Supply Co-ordinator
Cambridge University Press (IOC) in Tech Mahindra
12.2015 - 03.2020
- Sole responsible to deal with the product quality issue. Validate the quality issue, find and track the batch of the Non Conforming products, Root cause Analysis, and decide the need for repair and corrective action. To create a report using Power-BI for quality issue log
- Prepare Scales, quote/estimate for printing books, and select an appropriate print vendor based on focused strategy as delivery and by keeping the least production cost.
- Raise purchase order to Print and CD manufacturing vendor using SAP.
- Ensure that the raw materials used in the paper and boards specified for manufacturing come from environmentally sustainable and socially responsible sources PREPS approved.
- Monitor Quality Performance of the print vendor by considering the following factors cost, Print run, print quality, wastage cost, and scheduled delivery date.
Analyst
HCL
12.2014 - 12.2015
- Prepare a schedule for the magazine production from preparing layout till it reaches the printer, this includes for Mobile application.
- Prepare book size calculation against budgeted pages, and cost. Reports like Split instruction, Digital Insertion Order for advertisements, Ad index, Spine width details, Print instruction, and work order for the printer.
- Ad material chase and Check on the final edit and Ad material ready to be sent for the printer.
- Check on the Quality of printed magazines, and raise the quality issue to the printer if there is any printing issue found.
- Paper Inventory management for TEN and Place orders on different paper stocks for different magazines and prepare Inventory reconciliation report
Production Executive
Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd
03.2014 - 11.2014
- Prepare a schedule for the Production team
- Monitor on-time dispatch
- Providing corrective action for audits (Responsible sourcing)
Quality Assurance–Assistant Executive
Printcare India Private Limited
01.2013 - 02.2014
- Sole responsible to implement, maintain and review of ISO 9001: 2008 (Quality Management System) and FSSC 22000:2011 process and procedures at PIL. Entrusted as internal auditor of the company to verify the systems are in place.
- Responsible for assuring the quality of incoming raw materials (Plate, Papers, Ink, Cores, Pallet, and Corrugated Board), In process printed samples, and final printed product, as per QMS.
- Provide training for all staff and workers regarding the system requirements.
- Attend second and third-party audits like Responsible sourcing, QMS, and FSSC and attend Customer Complaints.
- Advice and update management of any Non-Conformity Corrective and Preventive Action Report
- Maintain and obtain approval from customers for tolerance cards/shade card
- Conduct and prepare for a weekly and monthly management review meeting
- Fulfill requirements of customers by updating the database like Sedex, Global Traceability system
- Maintain, manage, responsible for QA Lab and related testing equipment.
- Completed 2-day Internal Auditor Training on Quality Management System as per ISO 9001:2008 standard conducted by Det Norske Veritas As and The Coimbatore Productivity Council.
- Have experience as a Packaging Analyst in Graphic Measures International (GMI), which is a part of Printcare India Private Limited
Project Manager
S4Carlisle Publishing Services
05.2012 - 12.2012
- Handled project individually includes production process of books, E-books, and e-pub content for the publishers Pearson, McGraw Hill, GRT, and Kendal Hunt.
Education
Ph.D. - Printing Technology
School of Engineering, Avinashilingam University
Coimbatore, TN 01.2020 - Current
Master of Technology - Quality Management
Birla Institute of Technology And Science
Pilani, RJ 06.2016 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Engineering - Printing Technology
School of Engineering, Avinashilingam University
Coimbatore 06.2008 - 04.2012
Skills
Production quality monitoring
Operational improvements
Quality control tests and tools
Staff training and development
Knowledge of quality systems - ISO 9001, FSSC 22000, ISO 12647-3
Statistical analysis skills - Power BI
Accomplishments
- Presented paper on “A Study on for Green Certifications in Printing Industry for a Sustainable Environment” in National Conference on Environmental Friendly Printing and Packaging EFPP-2017 – Avinashilingam University
- Presented paper on “Recycled paper – A study on compatibility for food packaging during a disaster” and in the National Level Technical Conference, sponsored by DST-CURIE, ELSEVIER at Avinashilingam University, Faculty of Engineering
- Presented paper on “Influence of calcium sulfate coating on the gloss and printability of the paper” and won First Prize in the National Level Technical Symposium, IMPRINT’12 held at Department of Printing Technology, Anna University, Chennai.
- Has presented a paper on “Optimizing the Utilization of Paper Web in Printing Press Using Genetic Algorithm Based Data Mining” in a conference conducted by NCICSE’11 held at Maha College of Engineering, Salem.
- Completed New Leaders Assimilation Program sponsored by Cambridge University Press conducted at Tech Mahindra
- Received best student “Top Performance Award” from “All India Federation of Master Printers Association” sponsored by COMPRIA
- Second prize for Proficiency in printing technology awarded by Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore.
- Worked on a project “Improving the surface properties of bagasse paper by pigment coating” and obtained appreciation certificate from Tamilnadu Newsprint and Paper Limited, karur
- University First for CHESS in Avinashilingam University For Women
- Featured in 8 different articles published in Printweek Magazine and RIND magazine
Timeline
Assistant Manager - Production Quality Cell
Eenadu Press
03.2020 - Current
Ph.D. - Printing Technology
School of Engineering, Avinashilingam University
01.2020 - Current
Master of Technology - Quality Management
Birla Institute of Technology And Science
06.2016 - 06.2018
Senior Supply Co-ordinator
Cambridge University Press (IOC) in Tech Mahindra
12.2015 - 03.2020
Analyst
HCL
12.2014 - 12.2015
Production Executive
Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd
03.2014 - 11.2014
Quality Assurance–Assistant Executive
Printcare India Private Limited
01.2013 - 02.2014
Project Manager
S4Carlisle Publishing Services
05.2012 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Printing Technology
School of Engineering, Avinashilingam University
06.2008 - 04.2012