K. Manikandan is seeking a senior level position in automotive production or new product development. He has over 11 years of experience in manufacturing, including setting and programming CNC machines. His responsibilities have included improving productivity, quality, cost, delivery, safety and morale. He is skilled in lean manufacturing techniques and has reduced scrap rates and machine downtime through continuous improvement efforts.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
K.MANIKANDAN
Mobile: 9710455893,9962217204
E-mail: mani_ve@yahoo.co.in
Aspiring for senior level opportunities in Auto Component production and New Product
Development with an organisation of high repute in Automobile /Ancillary industry.
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To be a Team member for Manufacturing team in order to improve PQCDSM ( P –
Productivity, Q – Quality, C – Cost, D – Delivery, S – Safety, M – Morale) continually through
experience and past learning’s.
PERSONAL PROFILE:
Dedicated and knowledgeable manufacturing professional (CNC, VMC, HMC, SPM, ECM,
Machining, Grinding) with diverse industry knowledge and special talent for searching out
opportunities for improvement, contributing to increase productivity, cost reduction and waste
reduction. Provides objective analysis and innovative solutions to a wide range of manufacturing
problems. Demonstration of Cross functional knowledge with proven operational success.
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
Delphi-Tvs diesel systems limited Production Engineer Since Nov’ 2011 - Till
Date
Company profile:
 Delphi-Tvs diesel systems limited. An IS0-14001,QS-9000&TPM Excellence Award
Company which is the Field of Producing Fuel Injection Equipment in Rotary & Common
Rail injection systems for Light Vehicles manufacturers.
11+ YEARS WORKING IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
 Setting & programming for vertical machining center (drilling, tapping, reaming & boring) Fanuc
Brother, HASS, YCM, Bridges Port, and Makino Machines.
 Responsible for OEE and OLE calculation and taking corrective action
 Cp & Cpk (process capability and index) monthly monitoring for all machines.
 An also additional responsible for implementing Autonomous Maintenance
 Maintain the all documents like, Daily Production Report, daily routine management (Safety
Chart), Skill Matrix, Attendance, Rework & Line rejections, production & gap analysis, Takt
time, FTT, tool cost, breakdown trends.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Preparation of monthly/weekly/daily schedules from raw material to finished products
based on the requirement of customer
 Significant experience in managing production operations with key focus on optimal utilization
of resources
 An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills, strong
analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities possess a flexible & detail oriented attitude

2.  Expertise in giving presentation to manufacturing shops / planning department for gathering
the requirements of new projects, areas of criticality and taking inputs from the manufacturing
shop
 Adept in managing operations involving resource planning, in-process inspection, team building,
design & development and co-ordination with internal departments
 Scrap Cost Reduction by analyzing the process and taking corrective actions.
 Co- ordination with design department for new product development / process
establishment
 Responsible for material follow up & make the material available as per the plan.
 Ensuring discipline, punctuality, cleanness and work culture
 Wear parts management & maintain tools kanban for availability of tools
 Implemented various Mistake Proofing (Poke Yoke) techniques and there by reduced the
extent of rejections and customer complaints.
 Have good knowledge SPC techniques. Implemented X bar-R Charts and Attribute charts in
the shop floor and maintained the Cpk according to the customer requirements.
 Meeting department objectives such as OEE improvement, Reducing rejection and rework,
improving productivity, reducing setting time (SMED) and motivating and involving
employees towards company improvement
 Increased utilization of machine by effective preventive maintenance and reduced breakdown
hours by monitoring MTTR & MTBF
 Introduced “Route Card” system to have traceability on the production in the work-in-progress
stages.
 Reporting to Top Management of daily production achievement
 Ensure the production performance against the targets through hourly log
 Monitoring on the material consumption and ensuring adequate stock to avoid production
stoppages
 Monitoring on the tool consumption and utilization through tools monitoring record
 Result oriented of streamlining the working SOPs for enhanced operational being manufactured
 Ensuring the availability of relevant work instructions corresponding to the nature of product
being manufactured
 Conceptualizing & screening production processes and conducting feasibility studies,
determining the viability based on the technical, financial & economic parameters
 Preparing production schedules / plans monitoring cost & time over-runs to ensure execution of
production process within budget
 Co-ordination with the entire team to make the product first time right
 Encouraging the team members to actively participate in employee involvement team meetings
for suggestion and implementation
 Experienced in managing manpower, machine planning and dispatch. maintaining inventory
management
 New layout development for cycle time reduction, deciding the sequence as per the cell Layout
 Production planning and achieve monthly target and to reduce rejection
 Problem solving during manufacturing process, training program given for me line operators
 Ensuring timely production dispatch with quality, achieving 100% customer recruitment

3.  Minimizing the tool cost for components, major contribution in productivity improvement
 Implementing TPM concepts in machine to reduce the machine downtime
 Manpower planning and effective location at various stages
 Analyzing existing processes / procedures conducting analysis for finding out shortcomings and
suggesting improvements measures.
 Monitoring quality systems & compliance with pre set standards troubleshooting and
maintaining requisite documents to ensure complete in-process quality & improvement in
process capabilities
 Improving the process ongoing products in machine shop, throughout the process revalidation.
 Managing end-to-end operations from overall planning to monitor on-site activities and final
execution for new product development.
 Managing the processes of design and development, testing and introducing production of
entire line of products and designing flow control.
 Organizing, planning and coordinating the entire product development including requirement
analysis, finalizing parts specifications, designing, verification & validation, etc.
 Designation of jigs & fixtures for vertical & horizontal machining center and CNC turning
centers.
 Interacting and coordinating with clients for understanding their technical requirements
ensuring quality and timely service for enhancing relations.
 Coordinating with sales department for dispatch activity.
 Leading the team of manufacturing process engineers for managing development and
manufacturing.
 Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and
motivates high performance amongst team members.
TPM-Activities:
 CLIR for CNC, VMC, HMC, conventional machine washing machine and special purpose
machines
 Preparing weekly rejection trend and taking corrective action, Conducting awareness program
for operator
 Calculating OEE/OLE for critical machines, line calculating MOP also
 Conducting 5S audit in each cell.
NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS:
 Awarded for manufacturing excellence on 2012 by president of our company.
 Various improvements in machine shop by kaizen activity.
 Improved machine OEE & line OLE from 55 to 75 %.
 Man power reduced up to 50 % (from 36 to 18/day) in machine line by implementing rapid
chase method single piece flow method and reducing bottleneck time in critical stage.
 Reduced the customer complaint, reduced the consumable & scrap cost
 Scrap reduced from FTQ 7.20% to 1.10% with continuous improvements for 1 year
 Change over time reduced from 150 min to 75 min.
 Tooling down time reduced from 450 min to 225 min for 3 months.
 Zero accident for last 1 year.
 Hands on experience in maintaining internal PPM, customer PPM, complaint levels and ensuring
100% delivery performance.

4.  Safety poke – yoke for mechanic sensor to avoid accident and tool sensor breakage.
 And also a coordinator of Suggestion, SGA (Small group Activity) Projects.
KNOWLEDGE:
Lean manufacturing:
 Elimination of 7 types of waste
 Value stream mapping
 Kanban
 Single piece flow
 Pull & push system
Total productive maintenance (pillars of T.P.M)
 Reducing 16 major losses
 Improve machine effectiveness of OEE
 5’s & good house keeping
 7 pillars’ of TPM
 Problem solving QC tools
 POKA-YOKE & ISO-TS 16949
 Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA)
 APQP, PPAP, QC 7 TOOLS,QC Story, TQM, TS 16949
 one point lesson and why why analysis
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS
1. Woosu automotive india pvt ltd Production Assistant Engineer Since Nov’ 08 – Nov ‘11
Company profile:
 Woosu automotive India pvt ltd, leading manufacturer for transmission units input shaft, output
shaft, DD Gears, Gear reverse IDLER, Shaft reverse IDLER, Sleeve, Clutch, Fork shift, Rail shift,
engine support bracket.
2. TVS Sundaram fasteners ltd, Technical Assistant-Production Since Nov ’04 - Nov ‘08
Company profile:
 TVS Sundaram Fasteners ltd, leading manufacturer of rocker arms, rocker arms shaft, cam
followers, housing turbine bearing.
3. JAYA Lakshmi Auto Products Apprenticeship Trainee -Production Since Aug ’03 - Aug‘04
Company profile:
 Jaya Lakshmi Auto, Leading manufacturer of air cleaner mounting brekt, engine mounting, fuel
tank.
SCHOLASTICS
 B.Tech in Mechanical engineering from SRM University Chennai in 2013.

5.  DME Diploma in Mechanical engineering from vignesh polytechnic college thiruvannamalai
2003.
CERTIFICATION
 Certificate Course in CNC and VMC Programming from SISI Government of India training
center.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
 MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
 Auto CAD–2000.
PERSONAL VITAE
Date of Birth : 20st
May, 1982
Languages Known : English & Tamil
Present Address : No-3, Ganga nagar, kalainger Street, Poonamallee, Chennai -600 056.
Permanent Address : Keelpotharai (V), School Street, Thennagaram (P), Polur (Tk)
Thiruvannamalai (Dist), Pin-606 802.
DECLARATION
I declare that the above information is true to my knowledge and can be furnished whenever
required. I affirmatively confirm that if given an opportunity to work in your esteemed organization
I will deliver my full potential in all my endeavors.
Place: signature of the
Date: (K.MANIKANDAN)

6.  DME Diploma in Mechanical engineering from vignesh polytechnic college thiruvannamalai
2003.
CERTIFICATION
 Certificate Course in CNC and VMC Programming from SISI Government of India training
center.
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
 MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
 Auto CAD–2000.
PERSONAL VITAE
Date of Birth : 20st
May, 1982
Languages Known : English & Tamil
Present Address : No-3, Ganga nagar, kalainger Street, Poonamallee, Chennai -600 056.
Permanent Address : Keelpotharai (V), School Street, Thennagaram (P), Polur (Tk)
Thiruvannamalai (Dist), Pin-606 802.
DECLARATION
I declare that the above information is true to my knowledge and can be furnished whenever
required. I affirmatively confirm that if given an opportunity to work in your esteemed organization
I will deliver my full potential in all my endeavors.
Place: signature of the
Date: (K.MANIKANDAN)