ROHIT KARVEKAR

Experience

• Student Consultant | Container Logistics PlanningJan'15 - July '15

  MatchBack Systems, Inc. | Green Bay, WI

  • Spring 2015:
  • ➢ Deployed the most effective, sustainable strategy to maximize the likelihood of empty     container exchanges in 0.5 million importer-exporter matches in the street-turn     business segment.
  • ➢ Forecasted 10,000+ empty container exchanges for Q2 ’15 based upon a stable match     intelligence algorithm.
  • ➢ Up to 38% reduction in the cost of transporting empty containers by reducing non-value     adding trucking trips.
  • ➢ 3% estimated reduction in the empty container inventory at the sea port terminals.
  • Summer Internship 2015:
  • ➢ 67% reduction in the computational time of the stable match code by restructuring the algorithm.
  • ➢ Incorporated an efficient and scalable strategy for the summary posts in the street-turn business. Deployed a python code to implement the strategy.
  • ➢ Implemented 'Out Of Route Distance' as an additional sorting criteria for customers on a web based platform using Google API.

• Process Engineer | New Product Integration (NPI)Oct'13 - July'14

  Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) | Ipoh, Malaysia

  • Assembly Supply Chain:
  • ➢ Led the Assembly Supply Chain for the Transceiver FTLX product family.
  • New Product Integration (NPI):
  • ➢ 12% increment in throughput of assembly processes by process standardization and     lean techniques.
  • ➢ 15% improvement in product quality by recommending design improvements to design     engineers.
  • ➢ Evaluated pilot tests results. Worked closely with design groups, supported them by     communicating appropriate test analysis & recommendations for design improvements.
  • Cost-time saving initiatives:
  • ➢ 30% reduction in the cycle time by installing automated wave soldering process     replacing manual soldering.
  • ➢ Designed fixtures to improve quality checks & reduced setup time for X-ray inspection     process. 90% reduction in customer complaints for the issue.

Projects

• Warehouse Optimization - Reconfiguration and SlottingOct '14 - Dec'14

  Georgia Tech Project

  • ➢ Assessed and recommended warehouse layout to account for future growth of 10%.
  • ➢ Major deliverable: Slotted the ground level of the pallet racks (forward pick area) to     reduce total labor-hours and congestion in picking areas.
  • ➢ 32% reduction in distance traveled per pick by labors.
  • ➢ Coordinated and prepared final presentations/reports in order to communicate     recommendations.

Publication

• Lean Focused Approach for Improving Performance of a Shop Floor supply chain | Best paper award recepientDec '12

  Rohit Karveker, Sachin Mangla, Jitendra Madaan

  Published in proceedings of XVI Annual international conference of Society of Operations Management (SOMS), IIT Delhi, India, December 21-23, 2012.

Education

• Georgia Institute of TechnologyAug '14 - July '15

  Masters in Supply Chain Engineering | GPA - 3.77

  Course Curriculum: Supply Chain Optimization, Supply Chain Finance, Stochastic modeling, Forecasting, Transportation, Supply chain strategy & Warehousing, Analytics.

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), RoorkeeJuly '09 - May'13

  Bachelors in Production and Industrial Engineering

  Course Curriculum:Operations Reseach, Facilities Planning, Value Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Work System & Design, Quality Engineering.