Manohar Pawar

Experience

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  MIcromatic Machine Tools Pvt. Ltd.

  Sept 1990 - Nov 1995

  Service Engineer – CNC commissioning and service

  Roles and Responsibilities• Handled Western region territory with 450 CNC machines across 125 key customers with KPI’s as Machine Diagnostics, reliability and system robustness including the technical reports.• Customer Trainings, Offsite and onsite for Kirloskar on DC drives and others on Fanuc. Elpro, Fagor & Siemens etc. especially on CNC Systems.Achievements • Technology migration from DC to AC for Machine reliability and other key business Indicators.• Concept to commissioning, technology changeover from Contactor based logic to Siemens PLC based resulted into 50% improvement in machine reliability. Show less

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  Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]

  Nov 1995 - Jun 2008

  Manager – Maintenance

  Roles and Responsibilities• Managed the maintenance of two machine shops in Kandivali AD.Achievements • Played a vital role as centre of excellence for Implementation of 5Cut to 2Cut in hypoid gear cutting technology transformation for additional 20% productivity in Gear Manufacturing.• Concept to commissioning, technology changeover from Contactor based logic to Siemens PLC based resulted into 50% improvement in machine reliability.

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  MAHINDRA VEHICLE MANUFACTURES LIMITED

  Jun 2008 - Nov 2019

  Roles and Responsibilities• Drive the Plant Level Strategy for Plant Maintenance function.• Transformation of maintenance function to build future capabilities pervading business function in terms of integration in automation, controls, electro-mechanical system.• Building diverse workforce by utilizing individual strengths and actively building teams with complementary skills.Achievements• Deployed Machinery Spares inventory strategy with RPN (Risk Priority Number) philosophy leading to 20 percent reduction in inventory cost.• 30 percent reduction in housekeeping contract costs.• Capex and revenue budget management to the tune of 42 crores.• Managed the fixed asset inventory of more than 14k assets by introducing QR codes for identification.• Designed and implemented a successful maintenance model based on contractual manpower for powertrain shop leading to savings of 30 percent as compared to in-house manpower. Show less Roles and Responsibilities• Set up the facilities for all the products - 1T to 49T in Commercial segment and Premium Brands like XUV500, ALTURAS, KUV, TUV in passenger segment portfolios.• Creation and implementation of best practice maintenance vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.• Review and communicate the impact of new business initiatives and projects on Maintenance activities.• Introduction of new machinery, drawing up the specification, managing suppliers and successful installation & commissioning in collaboration with all relevant parties • Manage maintenance budgets.• Deliver favourable Energy and Maintenance Expenses budget results. Achievements• Designed the architecture and laid down the strategy for selection of the 84 machines and 500+ energy meters for real time monitoring and analysis.• As PM pillar champion achieved TPM excellence award by JIPM (Japanese Institute of Production Management) and Indian Manufacturing excellence award by Frost Sullivan.• Interfaced with engineering department for setting the facility for new product (KUV) in existing Maxximo assembly line within 120 days.• Deployed SME structure to increase the operational efficiency of critical equipment’s in Vehicle assembly shop. Improved the uptime of these equipments above 95%.• Installed First COBOT sealant machine.• Installed and commissioned the robotic weld line for future product pipeline like XUV 7OO and New Scorpio. Show less Roles and Responsibilities• Standardization of plant floor control & automation by control standards across manufacturing process for green field project facility.• Plant floor control training for latest technology upgradation, deployment of common hardware /software for plant floor automation.• Build capability to implement a solution for integration of different manufacturing process for MES system by control network optimization.• Plant floor control system data mapping in respective manufacturing process shops for seamless integration with MES.Achievements • Won the Mahindra Innovation Awards for Finished Goods (Vehicles) Yard Management System software.• Integration and Interface developed for the complete shop floor footprints with the centralized MES System for quick analytics at various system levels to monitor the business deliverables. • Developed Diagnostics models as a part of capability building with required skill sets for Rockwell and siemens CNC/PLC’s as well as Robotics of KUKA and FANUC. Show less Roles and ResponsibilitiesTeam member for setting up Mahindra’s Largest green field plant at Chakan, having plant capacity of 320K/Annum with a capital investment of 1.0 B USD.• Selection and implementation of the technologies (many of them were never used before in the industry) for all product lines and machinesAchievements• Setup the maintenance team and function for the greenfield project at Chakan.• Refurbished preowned machines to kick start the Maximo production line leading to savings in the Capex project cost to the tune of 10 Crores. Show less

  • Deputy General Manager - Maintenance MVML, Chakan

    Oct 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Deputy General Manager – Plant Maintenance (TCF & Powertrain)

    Apr 2014 - Sept 2018

  • Deputy General Manager – MES-Control & Automation

    Apr 2011 - Mar 2014

  • Senior Manager – Project-Electronic Maintenance Cell

    Jun 2008 - Mar 2011
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  Mahindra and Mahindra Limited [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business]

  Nov 2019 - now

  Deputy General Manager – Digitisation, Industry 4.0, Projects, MES and Data Analytics

  Roles and Responsibilities• Digitization and IIOT consultant - responsible for Planning, Managing and Executing Digitization and IIOT projects across Auto and Farm Sector [AFS] (10+ manufacturing locations). • Leading the team of 27 engineers for MES sustenance and support across AFS.• Consulting, development, and implementation of technological solutions for business problems. • Conceptualize use cases for AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) applications. Achievements • Planned and executed 3 MES and 14 Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) projects. • Finalized the strategy, designed the architecture and executed the data integration projects to create a foundation for future process improvements through data analytics. • Reduced MES downtime and thus reduced production losses.• Conceptualized and commissioned a ‘Smart Engine Testing’ project at 2 manufacturing plants which predicts the engine test results using ML models. This has improved the production throughput by 10% and saved 30% of the manufacturing conversion cost.• Designed and implemented the Energy Management System for Auto Sector which resulted in Energy savings of 5%. Show less