Laxmikant Kate

I am a Quality assurance professional with more than 18 years of experience in manufactruing industry. I have spent my career in resolving customer complaints,improving customer satisfaciton index, reducing  inhouse quality rejections,controlling supplier PPM, Leading certification audits,product audit,process audit,supplier  audits, Lead quality management in new project development

I have completed my graduation in production engingeering and completed certifications for ISO9001:2015,Lean six sigma black belt,Six sigma Green belt

I like to work with the team and love to solve customer issues

Thanks

Profile summary

18 years of experience in 

Plant Quality Management:

• Setting plant Quality objectives
• Setting KPI & KRA of Teammates
• Performance review of Team mates and feedback to improve it
• Preparation of Budget of the department
• Leading role in hiring of new team members
• Organising & conducting trainings to improve performance of the team members
• Identifying & driving continual improvement projects through KAIZEN, QC story approach 
• Conducting daily plant DWM meeting to monitor plant KPI status 
• Attending customer meetings regarding issues & changes
• Prepare data for MRM & Presenting to Management monthly
• Conducting customer complaint analysis with 8D & 7QC tools
• Analysis of Inhouse rejection and working on top contributors with 7QC tool approach
• Work to improve on customer satisfaction 
• Non conformity part management on shop floor 
• Tracking 4M change management on shop floor
• Ensuring set up approval before serial production 
• Conducting Manufacturing process and Product audit on periodic basis
• Monitoring special characterises through Run charts, control charts
• Training to operators & Inspectors on products & complaints 
• Training to inspectors on Fire wall in case of quality complaints & new entrants
• Ensuring calibration of Fixtures, gauges, instruments 

Quality Management Systems implementation:

• Mapping, defining, analysing processes as well as developing guidelines & standards to implement IATF16946:2016, ISO 9001:2015, ISO14001, ISO45001
• Agreements with certification bodies for Audit programs
• Leading certification audits, customer audits
• Conducting Internal Quality audits
• Preparing Quality Manuals, procedures, SOP, Formats

Project Quality Management -New Product Development

• Developing framework of APQP phases in new product development cycle
• Leading role in Design quality review during initial feasibility
• Leading role in Fixture, tooling, and gauging design review 
• Leading role in part trials and sample approval process
• Identification of CTQ parameters 
• Preparing PFD, PFMEA & control plan 
• Identification of measuring instruments during initial feasibility review
• PPAP document preparation & approval from customer 
• ECN management during Project development phases 
• Fitment trial run -FTR at customer site
• Internal Production Trial Run -PTR before customer PPAP run, MMA

Quality Management for Supplier:

• Identification of key supplier critical to quality.
• Supplier approvals.
• Identifying quality improvement program for key suppliers critical to quality
• Supplier PPAP approvals
• Guiding suppliers for development of processes & quality management system.

Bachelor of Engineering in  Production