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PPO Diaries

❖ A brief overview of the project
Client: Tier-1 automotive supplier supplying plastic molded
parts and seats mainly to Maruti Suzuki India Limited. The
client has 2 plants each for seats and plastics business.

Objective: Identifying the opportunities for increasing the
efficiency of Blue-collar Manpower, Process Improvement
and Raw Material Optimization.

During the course of internship, I worked in both seats and
plastics division. The project was a cost optimization project
and all the recommendations had to be implemented
(Strategy to Execution project). I had to study the existing
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businesses and suggest/implement changes with the aim of
AMRIT AMAN cutting the cost. Worked extensively on the assembly lines
and shop floor.
PwC INDIA

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❖ How is a normal day at the Internship?
GENERAL INFORMATION
After reaching the plant, I used to go to the shop floor to study
Batch: PGDIM 25 to study the existing process (AS IS process) and collect data. At
times, study process for one assembly line could take a few days.
BTech: Galgotia’s College of
On, other days, I used to sit on my desk at client side and analyse
the data collected data in order to conceive the To Be process,
Engineering & Technology
even then there were short visits to the shop floor to discuss the
Stream: Electronics changes with the line supervisor/in charge. Once the analysis
was done, it had to be tested at full load on the assembly line for
Work Ex: Wipro, Ericsson feasibility.

If the changes were feasible, then it had to be presented to the leadership of the client for signoff and full-
fledged implementation.

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