1. Ramanan S. Tiruvannamalai
My Bio-Data
A brief presentation By
Ramanan S. Tiruvannamalai
(“Ramanan”)
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2. Index My profile Education
Research Assistantship at Wichita State University
Industrial Experience - My Work history
Graduate Course work
Thesis work
Computer Skills
Honors & Activities

3. Profile 5 years of work experience
Resource Modeling and Simulation using Quest & IGRIP simulation tools
Manufacturing process improvements for Boeing 767 Strut line
3 years of industrial experience
Expertise in Production planning, Inventory management, Process improvements, & Lean manufacturing techniques
Trained in Total Productive Maintenance, Statistical Process Control, Six Sigma, ISO 9000, Activity Based Costing and Team Building
MS Thesis – Web based Interactive Virtual Factory model for Production Planning
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4. Education M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Dec ’03)
Wichita State University, Kansas
M.S. in Manufacturing Management (Dec ’99)
BITS, Pilani, India (Distance learning)
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering ( Jul ’98)
Madras University, India
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5. Research Assistantship (2 yrs)
Working as a Graduate Research Assistant with Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering (IMfgE) department
Designed and Developed Virtual Reality (VR) models
For Boeing 767 strut line to improve manufacturing processes
Using Quest® and IGRIP® simulation tools
Developed Web based interactive virtual factory models for teaching production systems concepts
Designed and maintained web pages for IMfgE Department
Worked on “Central Parts Distribution-Warehouse” expansion project at Cessna Aircraft Company
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6. Industrial Experience (3 yrs)
Shop floor engineer for manufacturing abrasive grinding wheels (at Carborundum Universal, India)
Planned and scheduled manufacturing resources for production
Managed work in process (WIP) inventory using kanban cards
Controlled production losses through continuous process improvement
Improved bottleneck machine’s utilization
Team member for implementing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), ERP and other lean manufacturing initiatives
Cont.
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7. Industrial Experience (cont)
Accomplishments
Identified key areas for improvement using Activity Based Costing (ABC) and reduced in process waste by 30%
Created “As-Is” and “To-Be” Value Stream Maps to reduce lead time from 8 weeks to 4 weeks
Improved process capability of bottleneck machines thereby improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) from 20 to 35
Awarded “Best team player” for continuous workplace improvement
Cont.
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8. Industrial Training
Participated in the Boeing global gemba kaizen event to improve manufacturing processes
Undergone various job oriented training programs
5S & Visual workplace
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Team building
Just In Time (JIT)
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Six Sigma
ISO 9000
Total Quality Management (TQM)
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9. Graduate Course work Lean Manufacturing Production Systems
Enterprise Engineering
Manufacturing Strategies
Operations Research
Logistics Management
Virtual Reality in Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
Enterprise Resource Planning
Probability & Statistics
Concurrent Engineering
Just In Time Manufacturing
Total Quality Management
Manufacturing Organization and Management
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10. Thesis work
Title: Web-based Interactive Virtual Factory (VF) Model for Production Planning
Designing and developing a VF model using Quest® discrete event simulation tool
Web enabling the factory model using VRML and ASP
Uses: Helps employees in an organization with an opportunity to change
Resource parameters
Simulate the model over the web
View the results immediately
Understand the impacts of local changes on the whole system
WEB SITE: (TRY IT !)
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11. Computer Skills Operating Systems MS-DOS, Win 98/NT/2K Languages
C, Java, ASP, XML, VBScript and JavaScript
Simulation tools
Quest, IGRIP, Logic net
Databases
MS Access, Oracle
Enterprise Modeling Tools
ProSim (IDEF3), Ai0WIN (IDEF0)
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12. Honors & Activities
Certified Kansas Award for Excellence (KAE) examiner [KAE adopted from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program]
First place in APICS 2003-Donald W. Fogarty international student paper competition [Region 5] - “Web-based interactive virtual factory model for teaching resource management concepts”
Diploma in E-commerce from Anna University, Chennai, India
APICS student chapter- chairperson for membership. Increased membership by 10% in 2002
Member of Alpha-Phi-Mu – Industrial Engineering Honorary Fraternity
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