R. Santhoshkumar has over 8 years of experience in quality control and manufacturing engineering functions in automotive and equipment manufacturing companies. He has expertise in inward and supplier quality assurance, new product development, part testing and validation, and implementing ISO quality systems. Some of his accomplishments include reducing customer complaints and supplier defects, improving production processes, and achieving zero non-conformances during audits. He holds a diploma in industrial engineering and has worked in roles of increasing responsibility at companies such as ELGi Equipment, Ashok Leyland, TVS Motor Company and TVS Sundaram Fasteners.

1. CURRICULUM VITA
R. Santhoshkumar
: +91 9790031930 Site no: 07, Kakkan Nager,
: +91 9791971624 Opposite to Mani auto carriage ,
Singanallure, Trichy road,
: anth.german@gmail.com Coimbatore, Tamilnadu -641005.India.
EngineeringinIIIE & DME with8+ years, ITIwith3+ YearsExperienceinbelow
various Qualityfunction& ManufacturingfunctioninOEM & Automobile
manufacturers.
QUALITY :-
Inward Quality Assurance  In-process Quality Assurance SupplierQuality Assurance  NewProduct Development
Part Testing &Validation  ISO SystemControls,
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING:-
IndustrialEngineering Capacity management Process Time management
PRODUCTION:-
Machine Shop Assembly Department Press Shop Forging
I. Summary of Skills & Experience:
 Inward & In-process Quality Assurance (IQA)
 Good experience to reduce the customer complaints & Warranty or guarantee failure
 Experienced to conduct the customer inspection as per QAP & documents to be sign-off
 Well experienced of raw material inspection & approval like chemical & mechanical test, NDT
 Well experienced in pressure vessel parts inspection & approval
 Responsible to work in cross-functional and cross cultural teams & Responsible for supporting production.
 Experienced to prepare & demonstrate the MIS Documents
 Experienced to conduct the weekly & monthly reviews with team members
 To raise the ECR & ECO for improving part Quality
 To improve the various people skill by conducting training programs like QMS, Special process, 7QC, GD
& T, SPC, NDT, FMEA, DWM, Time management, PDCA, Kaizen, Poka yoke etc…
 Experienced in special gauge, instruments, test rig, template, fixtures identification, designing and
implementation.
 Experienced to prepare the annual budget for QC Facilities
 Well experienced in part & process audit in-process

2.  Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA)
 Supplier Identification, Evaluation & approval, Trade off for Supplier finalization and Procurement activity.
 Preparation of Final Inspection Plan & EPAS (Elgi part approval system) Implementation at Supplier end.
 Experienced to reduce the supplier part defects by using CAPA, QC Story, PFMEA
 Experienced to prepare & demonstrate the MIS Documents
 Experienced to conduct the weekly & monthly reviews to supplier
 To support for alternate source development of purchase dept. for Globalization & cost reduction
 Experienced in special process adherence system control for casting, blasting, forging, welding, heat
treatment, machining, CMM, Painting, powder coating, plating, packing & forwarding
 Experienced to implement the POKA YOKE in critical process
 To modify the layout for improving the part & process handling system by using Industrial Eng. Techniques
 NewProduct Development (NPD)
 Exposure in Leading & Guiding New Product Development / New Projects Team.
 Ability to perform a range of functions, including Project Management, Product Designing, Process Design
& Development, Product & Process Validation, Product Launch.
 Transformation of VOC into Final Product.
 Well experienced in NPD Project handover documentation
 Create PFC, PFMEA, and Control Plan for In-house assembly.
 Familiarized in Product Life Cycle Management (PLM), QFD, DFM, DFA, PPAP& GD&T.
 Familiarized in 7QC Tools, OTA, DWM, & Knowledge in PDCA, DOE, and VAVE.
 Part Testing & Validation (VQA)
 Experience in Failure mode simulation trials, analysis and Corrective actions.
 Part Validation test plan preparation and execution on Bought out parts as per ASTM
 Well experienced to validate all customer specific requirements & monitor the results.
 Exposure in Endurance Testing of product and part as per ASTM.
 Review Proto Assembly, Proto testing & Validation.
 Decision on pilot lot qty, assembly, testing and validating the pilot lot at In-house and Field.
 Field validation and monitoring the field trial product.
 Familiarized in Analyze of failed components and conduct trials on failure modes simulation, modify design
with appropriate DFMEA PFMEA & Exposure in Competitor Benchmarking.
 ISO System Controls
 To co-ordinate the domestic & international surveillance or certification audits
 Experience in reduce the Non-conformity of surveillance or certification audits points
 Well experienced to implement the “ World Class ” documentation for QMS
 Familiarized in SOP, WIP, PFC, QAP, CTP & CTQ, COC, IR, TC Preparation for QC
 Have a good experience in Document Management System (DMS) & Standardization

3.  Manufacturing Engineering (ME)
 Assist the new product development & facilities development.
 Process Planning of New Lines (Assembly) including Capacity Planning, Line Lay Outs, Work Content,
Man Power Planning, Line Feeding and Material Flow Strategy etc. to enable Production Start Up on
Schedule.
 Establish Assembly processes and process parameters, tooling and fixtures.
 Establishes & improves time standards for new and existing products.
 To Design & Develop the new or existing layouts to meet changing customer demands.
 Mfg of Special purpose machines Jigs & Fixtures. Etc for assembly and component Mfg. processes.
 Preparing Proposal for capital equipment procurement.
 Prepare & issue technical notes & instructions to suppliers for bought out machines & Equipments.
 Evaluation of budgets for the facility requirements of all internal customers.
 Support new product introductions in insuring all necessary infrastructures (Equipments, Jigs & Fixtures,
Workstations, Material Handling systems Etc)
 Process Improvement initiatives & programs liaise with cross-functional Teams.
 Doing productivity improvements by implementing “DWM, QC Circle team, Kaizens & Suggestions” in
the existing lines to reduce product cost as well as to improve quality.
 Implementation of 5s, SMT projects along with manufacturing team.
 Validating of process control doc. like Outline process chart, Control plan, Work STD, SOP, PFC, WIP etc,
 Plan equipment layout, workflow, and accident prevention measures to maintain efficient and safe
utilization of plant facilities.
II EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
Name of
De gre e
Name of Institution
Pe riod of
Study
Pe rce ntage
of Marks
Industrials Engg.
Studying 3rd
SEM
Indian Institution of Industria l Engineering
in Mumbai
2012 till 68.8%
DME Thiagarajar Polytechnic College in Salem 2004 2007 82.0 %
ITI (Fitter) Government ITI in Salem 1998 2000 90.0 %
SSLC
Sri Ramakrishna Saradha Higher Secondary
School in Salem
1997 1998 75.0 %
III. CURRENTWORK EXPERIENCEDETAILS:
Company De signation Duration
ELGI EQUIPMENTS LTD,COIMBATORE-5. Sr.Engineer : Operation-QA 2007 Till Date
ELGi Equipments Limited is a leading air compressor manufacturer with a broad line of innovative and technologically superior comp ressed
air systems. ELGi has earned worldwide distinction for designing sustainable solutions that help companies achieve their productivity goals
and keep the cost of ownership low.
ELGi offers a complete range of compressed air solutions from oil-lubricated and oil-free rotary screw compressors, oil-lubricated and oil-free
reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors, to dryers, filters and downstream accessories.
The company’s portfolio of over 400 products has found wide application across industries. Whether it is the paint on your wall, the car you
drive, the medicines you take or the leather bag you carry, ELGi products have been used either in their production, maintenance or usage.

4. Significant Achievements:
 22 Customer complaints closed & PPM Reduced (Through PFMEA & DFMEA)
 260 Supplier defectsclosed & reduced PPM (Through FMEA,HEP,7QC,CAPA,Kaizen,Poka yoke, QC story)
 112 Reduced the in-processrejection & rework PPM (Through Kaizen, Poka yoke, Jig & Fixtue, DWM, SMT,
FIFO, FTR)
 Reduced man power in-coming & in-process inspection (6 Persons) by SQA Audit.
 Accessories project inspection sign-off with “Zero NC” and on-time to the customer by use QAP.
 Paper less environment created in Accessories dept. by SAP & ERP integration.
 “0” NC During surveillance audit in IQA Dept. 1 year (Through in-process system adherence audit)
 More than 33 parts design modified through ECR as per application requirement.
 Prepared Over 30 Quality plan & Agreement Of Inspection For Suppliers.
 Save 30 lakhs by implementation of FIFO Monitoring of parts preservation.
 Developing 11 self certified supplier for EPSAC by SQA audit, QMS Documents standardization in DMS.
 New projectdesign and development completed within 8 months of period and productlaunched to GlobalMarket.
IV. PREVIOUSWORK EXPERIENCE DETAILS:
Company De signation DEPARTMENT Duration
Ashok Leyland, Unit-II, Hosur Sr.Te chnician Assembly & RTP Dept. 2003 2004
TVS Motor Company,Hosur Te chnician Assembly & Machine shop 2002 2003
TVS Sundaram Fasteners,
Hosur Appre ntice s Traine e Machine & Press Shop 2001 2002
BIO DATA
Father Mr. Radhakrishnan N Community Hindu
DOB / SEX 17-11-1982 / Male Languages Tamil, English & Telugu
Martial Married Curre nt CTC 5Lacs/annum
SOFT SKILL MS OFFICE,EMAIL,SAPP,ERP,PLM,CAD,IMAGE& VIDEOEDITING
Declaration
I hereby declare that all the details produced by me in the resume are true in all respect.
Yours Faithfully
Place: Coimbatore, Tamilnadu (R. Santhoshkumar)