K. N. Venkataramu

Overview

• Thirty five years of consultancy cum training in Industrial Engineering- 163 consultancy assignment and more than 400 training programmes, IS0 9000 QMS - 10 organisations
• Experienced in

• Process improvement, Equipment effectiveness improvement, Manpower rationalisation, Organisation restructuring, Creating work standards, Job Evaluation
• Productivity linked Incentive schemes,
• ISO- 9000 Quality Management Systems
• Good work practices – 5S, Kaizen, QC tools for problem solving

• Clientele includes 145 Organizations ( Important client organizations are listed in Annexure)

• Large and medium Engineering units – Machining, Fabrication and assembly, Foundry, Rolling mills
• Chemical, Cement, Food & Confectionery, Tire, Leather units
• Public utilities like Ports, Electricity Boards, Water supply and Sewerage Boards, Hospitals and Warehouses

• More than 400 training programmes in the above field

Last Assignment Held

• Regional Director, National Productivity Council of India, Chennai and Ahmedabad (1986 to 2002)

Work Experience

• 3 years - as Industrial Engineer at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
• 32 years- as Consultant cum Trainer at National Productivity Council
• 3 years as a freelancing consultant

Qualification

• Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from University of Mysore (Year 1965)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering from National Productivity Council

Training

• Certified Lead Assessor training in ISO 9000: 2000 QMS
• Production Engineering Training at Asian Productivity Organisation, Tokyo

List of important client organizations Sl. No. Name Consultancy Work 1 Tiffany Foods Ltd Sharjah, UAE Manpower rationalisation 2 Seville Products Ltd, Dubai, UAE Manpower rationalisation 3 Dabur International Limited, Dubai, UAE Manpower assessment, Job evaluation, Warehouse efficiency improvement 4 Spinneys Logistics, Dubai , UAE Manpower rationalisation in warehouse 5 Aqili Distribution LLC, Dubai, UAE Process improvement in warehouse 6 Whirlpool of India Ltd, Pondicherry Standard times, Line balancing and Methods analysis 7 Ashok Leyland Ltd, Hosur Creation of standard times - Machining 8 L & T McNeill LTD, Chennai Creation of standard times - Machining, Welding 9 KSB pumps Ltd, Coimbatore Creation of standard time - machining and assembly. Rejection analysis 10 Binny Engineering Limited, Chennai Creation of standard time - Machining, Fabrication, Welding and Foundry 11 Lakshmi machines Works, Ltd, Coimbatore Creation of std time- Assembly of Textile Machines and foundry 12 Elgi Equipments Ltd, Coimbatore Creation of std time – assembly of Compressors 13 Easun Reyrolle Ltd, Hosur Creation of std time – assembly of relays 14 Apollo Tyres Limited, Baroda (Kalamessary and Perambara plants) Organisation restructuring and manpower assessment 15 India cements Ltd, Sankarinagar Manpower Assessment 16 Madras Refineries Ltd. Manali, Chennai Manpower Assessment, Product dispatch process improvement 17 Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corpn Ltd, Baruch Manpower Assessment 18 Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd Manpower Assessment - Officers and Workers 19 Goa Glass Fibre Ltd Manpower Assessment 20 Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Organization restructuring; Manpower Assessment and Job Evaluation - Workers 21 Madras Port Trust Standard out put, manpower assessment and Productivity linked incentive schemes 22 Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Work norms and manpower assessment in Operation & maintenance, Thermal power plants 23 Packaging India Ltd, Pondicherry Performance improvement and Waste reduction in printing – Set up time and break down time reduction 24 M.K. Electricals (India) Ltd, Chennai Work place redesign and methods Improvement, line balancing 25 Britannia Industries Limited Production norms for ingredients preparation 26 B.M. Birla Heart Research Institute, Calcutta Manpower requirement- support services 27 Apollo Hospital Limited, Chennai Manpower requirement for Pathological Lab 28 Jayashree Insulators Limited, Calcutta Production Standards – Electric Insulators processing 29 Kesoram Rayons, Hoogly, West Bengal Manpower requirement 30 Parry Ceramics Ltd, Karikal, Pondicherry Manpower requirement for tiles plant 31 Government of Tamil Nadu Organization and Methods study in Secretariat (Education,), Directorate of Medical Services 32 Parry Confectioneries Ltd, Nellikuppam Incentive Scheme, Manpower rationalisation

List of client organizations for ISO 9000 QMS Sl. No. Name 1 Tamil Nadu News print and papers limited, Karur, Tamil Nadu 2 Ponni sugars and Chemicals Limited, Erode, Tamil Nadu 3 Tamil Nadu Medical services commission, Chennai 4 Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Limited, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 5 BF Goodrich Limited, Chennai 6 Mac Engineers Limited, Chennai 7 East coast construction and Engineers Limited, Chennai 8 Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Chennai 9 SDB Cisco (India ) limited, Chennai 10 Ganesh Consultancy and Analytical Services, Mysore 11 Sree Asirwad Pvt limited, Mysore