Ranganath KN

Experience

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  SSS Engineering

  Aug 1991 - Nov 1995

  Engineer - PPC & IE

  SSS Engg. - A Heavy Machinery manufacturing company in collaboration with ASHLOW., USA. Fabricating Steel plants - Rolling Mills, Steel mill Conveyors, Gear Boxes, Structures & Heavy Sheet Metal Fabrications, Pinch & Coil Rolling Mills. Etc.,

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  KIRLOSKAR AAF LIMITED

  Nov 1995 - Feb 1998

  Engineer - PPC & IE

  ISO – 9001 Fabrication Company in KIRLOSKAR group & a joint venture with AMERICAN AIR FILTERS INC., (USA). Leaders in Fabrication & Execution of Turnkey Projects in the field of Pollution Control & Automobile Surface Coating.

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  Otis Elevator Co.

  Feb 1998 - Oct 1999

  Executive - Industrial Engineering
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  Escorts Kubota Limited

  Oct 1999 - Feb 2003

  Manufacturing Manager

  Manufacturing & Development. QS – 9000 & Largest Manufacturer of Pistons, Rings, pins, also Fabrication of SPM’s. unit of MAHLE - Germany, GOETZE of USA, Tikoko Piston Rings of Japan

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  Sansera Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

  Mar 2003 - Apr 2006

  Industrial Engineering Manager

  Sansera Engineering is an Auto component & sub assembly supply industry, Manufacturing Precision Auto components in a large scale. It is a TS – 16949 Company, Largest Manufacturer of Rocker Arms, Gear Shift forks, Connecting Rods, Rocker Shafts, for major OEM in India & global market, with a manufacturing facility like – mass production oriented CNC machine shop, heat treatment, forging shop, larger vendor base, in-house SPM machine building capacity, etc.,

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  APC by Schneider Electric

  Apr 2006 - Apr 2010

  Manufacturing Manager

  APC is a leading provider of global, end-to-end AC and DC back up power products which includes uninterruptible power supplies, surge suppressors, power conditioning equipments and DC power systems as well as precision cooling equipment, Manufacturing Electronic & electrical equipments, Power backups, UPS, server racks & heavy duty power modules. Etc.,

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  Verga Attachments Pvt Ltd

  May 2010 - Aug 2011

  Head Of Operations

  Verga Attachments is an Indian & netherland based Company. It is a Automotive Fabrication industry, manufacturing the attachments for the Earth moving equipment. These are heavy fabrications out of sheet metal, structures, machined components, etc. in a large scale. Largest Manufacturer of loader buckets, track frames, loaders, tanks, vessels, special purpose equipment, material handling equipment, turnkey project executions, for major OEM in India & global market, with a manufacturing facility for – mass production & batch production with highly flexible infrastructures & large supply chain. Show less

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  Confidential

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2018

  Vice President Operations

  • Manufacturing lead time Reduction and productivity Planning - Process analysis, Facility adoption, Methods improvements, Elimination of unproductive activities, Process re-engineering, Process quality assurance, • Development and maintenance of Operation standards - Preparation of manufacturing sequences, analytical estimation and synthesis of work study data, Sensitivity analysis. Synthesizing the Time Study Data. • Tooling & Productivity Improvement - Design of Tooling, Operational Layouts, Jigs, Fixtures, Process development & Auditing, Material Handling & Utilizing Practices, Defect Control. Job handling facilities.• Process & Job design - Prepare Process planning, optimize the Utilization of resources, concept design, simulation, exploding the job for elemental Work & Material Content. Design of Experiments, Control charts, sequence Routing, Make & Buy, Progress Control & Corrective Actions – Scheduling, Line Balancing, Flow Control & Continuous alternate process development, removing bottlenecks. CPM.• Capacity Analysis, Establishment of Production Norms & Targets – conducting time & Motion Study, Active involvement in negotiations with TRADE UNIONS, Establishment of Production - Norms & Multi Machine Operations, Multi task operation Stations. Flexibility in Work execution. Designing the Work Place Lay out & Man Power assessment & Planning. • Goal setting - Managerial Economics & Accounting, Work Study, Ergonomics, Principles of working methods, & Work Sampling. Costing & Estimation, MIS – Reporting, • Execution - BPR & New Green field projects, Supply chain development, etc., Show less

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  KI

  Jul 2018 - now

  Vice President - Operations

  Large scale customized metal & structural furniture manufacturers for domestic and international market. Operations are - Sheet metal forming & fabrication, CNC wire and tube forming, surface coating, product assembly lines, Large scale supply chain management and ware house, logistics, plastic injection molding, CNC Wood machineries, Etc.,