Arun Mani

About Arun Mani

Lean Manufacturing experience in machining and assembly lines of bearings and VCT manufacturing plant for automobile and industrial sector.Manufacturing experience in assembly and machining lines in a gear manufacturing company and involved in New product launch in production.Project Engineer Experienced in Installation and commissioning of the cold rolling lines in a steel plant. Shop floor experience in project handling and Maintenance supervision and troubleshooting. As a Manufacturing Engineer in Steel Industry, Experienced in Lean Manufacturing Tools and Procees Improvement and Control Techniques.Specialties: Project Management, Manufacturing Systems, Lean Manufacturing, Process Control. VSM, Standard Work, Kaizen projects, 5S, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, PFD, DVP & R, TPM.Hydraulics systems, Pneumatic systems,Lubrication systems, Cold rolling mill operations, Maintenance, Project management and Execution- Mechanical.SAP - Material management module and Maintenance module.Windchill (PLM), MKERPRolling Mill Hydraulics and Pneumatics,Fire Testing Technology. Thermo Gravimetric Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Cone Calorimetry.

Experience

1. Group Engineer

   Schaeffler

   Jan 2012 — Present · Fortmill, SC, US

   Manufacturing Engineering responsibility for Assembly and machining lines* Project leader for Hardening and De-scaling process change project for the VCT locking covers.+* Driving APQP and PPAP activities for new product launch and process launches.* Facilitate 8D corrective action analysis for the customer complaints and implement solutions.* Developed control plans, operating standards and parameters for the new process launch.* Part of the new product (Ford-Nano) launch team involved in PPAP, PFMEA and PFD development.* Implement MSA to validate measuring equipment and variation in measuring process.* Defined the concept and design of material handling for the new product process flow.* Technology leader of assembly to eliminate the production issues by lean techniques.* Tooling modifications, improvements and preventive measures for the assembly lines.* Worked in improvement of FTQ for the Audi VCT and GM-Family-0 assembly lines.* Developed part mix concept for loading parts in furnace reducing setup time and increase capacity.* Changeover time reduction in GA furnace by 33% using SMED concept.* Created standard work procedures for the assembly line operations and rework process.* Implemented TPM for the heat treat furnaces to reduce the downtime due to break down.(30% downtime reduction)* Executed FMEA, 5S and Kaizen Projects in the machining and assembly lines.* Implemented Kanban system for machining lines to reduce downtime and inventory.(Cost Created electronic OEE sheets to reduce cost by eliminating paperwork.(Cost Executed cellular layout technique to avail floor space for setting up new process.(Cost Tested and implemented new method of material handling to reduce manpower and time.

Education

• College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai

  BE, Mechanical Engineering

  2002 — 2006

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  M.S, Mechanical Engineering

  2009 — 2011

• TVS Lakshmi MHSS

  High School, Science and Mathematics

  2000 — 2002

Skills

• 5s
• Tpm
• Tga
• Ppap
• Automotive
• Kaizen
• Smed
• Fmea
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Autocad
• Automation
• Business Process Improvement
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Manufacturing Operations
• Value Stream Mapping
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Process Improvement
• Staad
• Project Management
• Sap R/3
• Process Engineering
• Assembly Automation
• Apqp
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Cost
• Windchill
• Abaqus
• Pfd
• Microsoft Office
• Steel Plant
• Mathcad
• Continuous Improvement
• Ansys