Ruthiramoorthy P

Experience

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  Flow Lines Engineering Pvt Ltd

  Dec 2004 - Jul 2005

  Design Engineer

  ✧ Concept development for special purpose machines.✧ Preparation of assembly and manufacturing drawings.

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  Delphi-TVS

  Nov 2006 - Jun 2008

  Design Engineer

  ✧ Design and development of Jigs, Fixtures and Gauges for Fuel injection equipment.✧ Design and detailing of special purpose machine ✧ Modeling of special purpose machine using Solidworks.✧ Coordinating the mechanical part assembly of special purpose machine

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  TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited

  Jun 2008 - Nov 2019

  Production Engineering Manager- New product Introduction (NPI)

  ✧ As a Single Point of Contact, to execute NPD projects with the co-ordination of cross-functional teams (R&D, Production, Quality, IL, IT, and Procurement) to ensure Quality, Cost, and Delivery as per APQP.✧ To improve On-Time Delivery (OTD) and Right First Time (RFT) of process development for new products by managing projects right from the Alpha stage to the Mass production stage of New Product Development (NPD).✧ To ensure correct Project Planning, Scheduling, Risk management, and Project execution with coordination of Internal cross-functional teams and external suppliers.✧ To drive On-time closure for various development tasks of new products to enable completion of APQP Gate reviews in the PLM system.✧ To plan and control the Budget for the modification of existing facilities/creation of new facilities for NPD projects at the plant.✧ To drive continuous improvements (Kaizens) on the existing assembly line and paint shop facilities in terms of PQCDSM (Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, and Morale).✧ To drive the plant capacity expansion projects in Assembly and Paint shop to meet the demand.✧ To improve the assembly processes with respect to the changes in product design through engineering change management (ECM).✧ To ensure defect-free Process readiness on time with the use of Digital manufacturing simulation (Tecnomatix) of new equipment before its physical implementation.✧ To conduct PFMEA & ensure the Right first time of Process and Product by introducing IOT Elements in the shop floor and stores.✧ To improve the Processes by focusing on Lean manufacturing and work-study (Time study& Method study).✧ To ensure the design and development of assembly tools, fixtures, and gauges for new products.✧ To ensure standards - PFD, PFMEA, Control plan, SOP, and WI for the assembly processes of existing and new products.✧ To drive TPM DM (Development Management) Pillar as chairman. Show less

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  Whirlpool Corporation

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

  Manager- Projects- Manufacturing Engineering

  ✧ As a project manager, coordinate and control the project progress with the entire CFT (PDC, PDN, Q, Planning, GSS, Finance, and Marketing) as a single point contact from the manufacturing end to ensure seamless introduction of new products on time with all key deliverables.✧ Delivered New Projects in terms of C&Q and CFM in both Semi-automatic (11 Nos.) and Fully automatic washing machines (13Nos).✧ Ensured the processes in new product development were in line with WPD (Whirlpool product development) methodology through gate reviews. ✧ Ensured On time delivery with proper Planning and understanding of the Risks and Opportunities Show less

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  Wabtec Passenger Transit

  Mar 2022 - Aug 2023

  Manager- TOT- Manufacturing Engineering

  ✧ Successful establishment of Assembly line of Door Mechanism for Indian Railways by coordinating with FMT China and FTT France. ✧ The Industrialization of the technology transfer Projects according to the Centre of Competency (CoC) recommendations. ✧ Defining the assembly and testing processes for new product- The Train door mechanism ✧ Defining the required supporting tools & equipment for the assembly and testing of new product - The Train door mechanism. ✧ Preparation of PFDs and layout plans for establishing the process line. ✧ Preparation of RFQs, identifying suppliers, contractors, placing orders and executing the same. ✧ Successful transfer of new processes and products into the Company up to commercial implementation and handover to the production team with respect to QCD benefits. Show less