Vijay Kumar Devanaboina

Experience

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  Anjani Cements

  Jul 2009 - Mar 2011

  Graduate Engineer Trainee

  Various projects completed in powder technology-Effect of particle size distribution on strength of cement.Effective method to improve Flowability of powder.Dust explosion in clinker siloEconomic utilization of spent carbon waste from pharmaceutical plant for cement industries.Utilization of pharma liquid waste to produce gypsum for cement industries.Particle size distribution and physical properties of various pharma & cement samples.

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  Granules India Limited

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2013

  Operational Excellence.

  Trouble shooting & work for projects aiming at better efficiency & more economical by using technical, managerial & statistical skills like that of Lean manufacturing, six sigma & Theory of constraints.Conducting AET Meetings– Which were integrated with the operations, discuss the performance parameters of precious day. Downtime analysis using 5-whys, Cause & Effect analysis for specific problems.Cycle time study for different process to explore the possibility for improvement.Identification of Bottleneck during the production processes and prepares Route Cause Analysis.Involvement in Technical Projects : Compression Machine : Set up , operation and trouble shooting specific issues , yield monitoring.Granulation : Drying of paracetamol granules , calculations of critical moisture content and equilibrium moisture content. Generation of the drying curve for paracetamol granules.Compression : Specific trouble shooting for Acetaminophen Rapid Release caplets at compression and press fitting stage.Compression : Analysis of problems in Metformin tablets compression.Coating : Throughput improvement for Metformin tablets of all strengths ( 500,850 and 1000 mg) using LEAN and Chemical Engineering principles.Dehumidifiers: Analysis of the existing Dehumidifiers finding out opportunities for improvement.Involved in projects related to Granulation,Tablet Compression and coating for Pharmaceutical Applications.Applied my skills of both Chemical Engineering and Lean Manufacturing Practices.Cycle time Analysis.Capacity enhancement in coating.Trouble-shooting of issues related to compression, coating and cGMP in a cross-functional team.Downtime Analysis (5-why/Cause and effect) Show less

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  Biocon

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

  Operational Excelllence

  Key driver for Operational Excellence activities for the manufacturing & Service Areas.Transforming the Shop floor to Improve Productivity,Quality,Safety, Morale, Delivery & Reducing Cost Reduction by involving 100% People. Monitoring Department KPI's to improve Overall Plant Performance. Facilitate and conduct all OE Training activities

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  Piramal Group

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2017

  Operational Excellence

  Key driver for Operational Excellence activities for the manufacturing & Service Areas.Transforming the Shop floor to Improve Productivity,Quality,Safety, Morale, Delivery & Reducing Cost Reduction by involving 100% People. Monitoring Department KPI's to improve Overall Plant Performance. Facilitate and conduct all OE Training activities

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  Aurobindo Pharma

  Feb 2017 - Oct 2022

  Kaizen Promotion Officer
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  Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

  Oct 2022 - now

  Site Lead - Operational Excellence