Kirthiga SSupply Chain Consultant
Areas of expertise
- Lean Manufacturing
- Supply Chain
- Management Consulting
- Business Analysis
- Analysis
Education
- Great Lakes Institute of Management
- IIT Stuart School of Business
- Illinois Institute of Technology
14 Years experienced award-winning management consultant with experience in Supply- chain, Corporate warehouse, strategic sourcing, global purchasing, process/lean six sigma and project management profiles at 3M, Caterpillar and Cummins (Fortune 500 companies) and Indian Startup.
Lean, Process Six Sigma & supply chain management consultant
Hold a postgraduate in Supply chain and operations from India’s Premier Institute, Great Lakes in association with Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. As a certified Lean & Six Sigma BB from Caterpillar University (Fortune 100 company) have mentored projects that add to the P&L and coached Lean/process Green belts and Black Belts at the above MNC.
Hold the distinction of driving Supply Chain programs across various sectors such as Retail, Agri products, Microfinance, Manufacturing, and engineering industry. Core Expertise areas: Lean and process improvement, project management, Supply Chain and procurement analysis, strategic sourcing, cost reduction & Warehouse optimization. Expertise in spearheading strategy, planning, design, execution, risk assessment, and hand over with clearly defined SOP to meet/surpass organizational goals. Extensive knowledge & experience in Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, and Kaizen. Lead global purchasing project as Program Manager at leading Indian engine supplier.
Global Exposure on handling Projects across the USA, UK, Indonesia, Thailand, South Africa, Mauritius, and Japan.
Expertise in Tools – VSM, TOC Tools, Six Sigma Tools, Lean Tools, and 5S
Expertise in Software – Minitab, MS Project, Microsoft Visio, Bizagi, Inkscape
Hands-on knowledge – SAP and Oracle
I’m passionate about driving Process Excellence in an Organization and my strength lies in solving complex business problems using statistical and tactical analysis which breaks-even in a short span facilitating strategic decision making.
Through multiple projects, I have demonstrated, -Maximum value from existing resources through the usage of tool but not limited to Lean and process Six Sigma, TOC, Optimizing space at warehouses to increase the cubic space utilization, Optimize Supply chain to run on least inventory, minimal Throughput time and maximum output, Maximize productivity and cost through eliminating waste in the process flows by using VSM and running strategic cost-saving projects.
• Sunman award (3M) winner for short time project execution across the region using 6 sigmas.
• Chairman award (Cummins) winner for Customer Support Excellence
• Awarded with Cummins Affinity group award for the best women in Global Involvement.
• ACE – Cost reduction (Cummins) award winner
Publications
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Supply Chain Model & Supply Chain Simulation for DePuy Johnson & Johnson
Supply Chain Modelling and Simulation for DePuy Johnson and Johnson supply chain for all the different business units and all the logistics players involved. Supply chain model plays a dual role.
June 14, 2016 -
Healthcare E-Commerce Start-Up – Heal Clinic, India
End to End Start Up Consulting for Online Healthcare Business. The project planning till Go-Live is completed in a record time of 4 months. Go-Live Plan and Execution, Last Mile Logistics, Process set up, Tech FRDs, Vendor Contracts & MIS are Implemented.
September 19, 2016 -
Lean Canvas (Value Proposition) Model for Fifth Quarter Solutions, Ireland
Developed Lean Canvas (Value Proposition Canvas) for Red Meat Supply Chain. Through a Value Stream map the bottlenecks are identified and then using Therblig Study, OEE Analysis, Line Balancing and Lean tools, the process is streamlined.
October 4, 2016
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