Amudhan Valavan

Senior Researcher, Engineer, Consultant , Public Transport,Government

Abuhalifa, Kuwait

18 years experience in transport, purchase, R&D, Engineering, Automobile, Transportation Planning, Project Management, QFD Expert

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Area of Expertise:
  • Government, Governance, Reforms
  • Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
Professional Experience:

PURCHASE & STORES EXPERIENCE

• Calling open tender through paper advertisements and floating limited tenders from registered vendors based upon the requirement.
• Finalization of Tender based on the government guidelines
• Vendor rating system implementation
• Maintaining sufficient stock of materials in stores
• Quality Checking for inward materials to stores
• Distribution of materials from stores to branches
• Disposal of scraps


ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Experience in man management
o Responsible for delegating work, vehicle & driving route to more than 250 heavy engine drivers daily
o Attending to vehicle complaints & allocating work force to fix the vehicle faults
• Knowledge about performance appraisal methods
• Experience in handling public complaints and related issues
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

• Experience in trouble shooting of defects of heavy vehicles
• Experience in handling of servicing team
• Experience in scheduling preventive maintenance programme
• Monitoring technical parameters of heavy vehicles
OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Experience in conducting road safety programmes
• Experience in accident investigation, traffic management and revenue analysis
DATA MANAGEMENT - EXPERIENCE

• Experienced in preparation of operational and financial key performance indicators which is using for effective follow up and monitor the bus operations and services.
• Experienced of Formulation of strategies and initiatives to continuously to improve the performance and reliability of company .
• Experienced in customer relationship management effectively to deliver the service excellence.
• Formulated many innovative ideas taking into account of employee centric programmes.
• Integrated all the branches for improving performance within specified area to archive business excellence .
EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER

• Proficiency in MS Office Packages - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, GIS- First Level.
o Use them extensively for creating tender documents, reporting performance status of various projects & manipulating spreadsheet data for different departmental purposes.
TRAININGS UNDERGONE

• “Preventive methods of effective fuel Management” at Institute of Road Transport, Taramani, and Chennai.
• “Engineering Supervisors” at Institute of Road Transport, Taramani, Chennai.
• “Hino WO6D/6E Engine Overhauling” at M/s Ashok Leyland, Chennai.







Special Trainings Under Gone

• Attended a training programme for EDC H type Pump Calibration Machine by M/s Bosch ,Germany in KPTC, Kuwait for 4 days from June 10th and completed on 13 June 2007
• Attended a training programme for Necessary Knowledge to estimate the operating conditions of WABCO Air Brake Systems with WABCO ABS. After this training , to handle the trouble shoot with Defects and work with the PC Diagnostics by M/s WABCO,Germany in Dubai from 24th October 2007 and completed on 25th October 2007.
• Attended a training p

Education:

S.
No. Education Period Marks Obtained Class Obtained Name of the Institution
1 M.S.(Quality Management) Jun 02 to May 04 7.5 (CGPA) B(Grade) BITS, Pilani, India
2 B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) Apr-93 3186/5200 61.27% Bharathidasan University Tiruchirapalli, India
3 Diploma in Customs & Central Excise Dec 03 243/400 60.75% National Institute of Export Management, Chennai India
4 Diploma in Operation & Maintenance of Hydraulic Heavy Machineries 2009 Distinction GSS Educational Institute, India
5 Lead Auditor ISO 9000:2000 Series Mar 03 Passed IQCS, Singapore Certification
6 Certified Quality Manager July 02 Passed I.I.Q.M., Jaipur, India
7 Certification of Executive to Transport March 1999 75% Institute of Road transport , Chennai, India

1 Price Analysis, Cost Analysis, or Total Cost of Ownership: Determining the Best Approach 3 CEH’s 100% First Class 20/3/2010
2 Contracting Basics: What All the Ts and Cs Mean 7 CEH’s 75% First Class 21/10/2010
3 Contracting for Purchasing and Supply Management: Beyond the Basics 7 CEH’s 100% First Class 21/10/2010
4 Fundamentals of Purchasing 7 CEH’s 100% First Class 14/12/2009
5 Beyond the Basics of Contract Writing 7 CEH’s 100% First Class 17/10/2010
6 Basic Inventory Concepts 2 CEH’s 100% First Class 07/04/2010
7 Effective Supply: Supplier Performance Measurement and Supplier Value-Add 2 CEH’s 100% First Class 08/10/2010
8 Effective Supply: Supplier Selection 1.5 CEH’s 100% First Class 19/12/2009
9 Efficient Supply Systems: Development of Effective RFXs 2 CEH’s 100% First Class 26/12/2009
10 Efficient Supply Systems: Supplier Measurement Systems 2 CEH’s 90% First Class 06/10/2010
11 Optimum Quality: Specifications and Supplier Certification 1 CEH’s 100% First Class 01/01/2010
12 Physical Inventory Control 2 CEH’s 100% First Class 02/04/2010
13 Securing International Intermodal Supply Chains 1 CEH’s 100% First Class 05/072009
14 Standardization Methods 1 CEH’s 100% First Class 01/01/2010
15 Symptoms of Poor Inventory Management 3 CEH’s 100% First Class 04/06/2010
16 Transportation Planning 2 CEH’s 100% First Class 19/03/2010

Affiliations and Achievements:

TRAININGS UNDERGONE

• “Preventive methods of effective fuel Management” at Institute of Road Transport, Taramani, and Chennai.
• “Engineering Supervisors” at Institute of Road Transport, Taramani, Chennai.
• “Hino WO6D/6E Engine Overhauling” at M/s Ashok Leyland, Chennai.







Special Trainings Under Gone

• Attended a training programme for EDC H type Pump Calibration Machine by M/s Bosch ,Germany in KPTC, Kuwait for 4 days from June 10th and completed on 13 June 2007
• Attended a training programme for Necessary Knowledge to estimate the operating conditions of WABCO Air Brake Systems with WABCO ABS. After this training , to handle the trouble shoot with Defects and work with the PC Diagnostics by M/s WABCO,Germany in Dubai from 24th October 2007 and completed on 25th October 2007.
• Attended a training programme for Basic Knowledge in Lubricants conducted by M/s EMIRATES NATIONAL OIL COMPANY, DUBAI during March 2011 at Kuwait
WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS ATTENDED

• Attended a course for Certified Quality Manager at IIQM, Jaipur during 1st July 2002 to 12th July”2002 and successfully qualified.
• Attended and passed the IATCA Compliant ISO 9000:2000 series auditor/ Lead Auditor training certified by IRCA. This training will satisfy the requirements for IRCA Certification to all grades of Quality Management System Auditor.
• Attended a course for Introduction to ARC GIS(9) conducted by ESRI India Authorised Learning Centre at Indian Geo informatics Centre ,Chennai successfully completed on 20th July 2005
Achievements

In State Express Transport corporation Tamilnadu ltd, Chennai -2..
• Minimized the material cost, which was spent for spares& Tyre, Tube, flaps &Retreading materials during the year 1998 when compared to Last seven years in our Transport Corporation. (Quality Costing)
• Adopted the zero inventory Management for High Value items i.e.Tyre, Tubes, Flaps, Spring Leafs (Laminated Spring Leafs)
In Kuwait Public Transport Company , Kuwait ..
• Minimised the material cost for which was spent to spares during 2006 from 60 % to 40%.
• Online material management system had designed and implemented during 2006 for easy handling of materials.
• QFD method has been implemented in identifying the customers and lead to increase the revenue to 15% . (QFD-Quality function Deployment is a tool to identify the customers requirements)
Special Experienced in doing Quality function deployment in bus transport organization
QFD in Transport Organization means –it is dealt with identifying & understanding the customer requirements using QFD as a tool. I have conducted many QFD in bus transport organization which is easy to achieve 100% customer satisfaction. To improve income for our government transport company in india, I conducted QFD in ten segments like bus seats, bus outside, inside, departure, traveling, arrival, economic, environment, safety, reservation counter . Our organization has decided to implement the suggestions given detailed in the project, for improving the revenue of company. My company implemented my suggestions within one month and 10 to 15 % revenue has been increased. Easy way of capturing the voice of the customer and customer satisfaction, delight are possible through QFD only.

Articles written by me
National Journal(ASRTU,India (ASRTU –Association of State Road Transport Undertaking , Government of Indian Journal -) publishing news for every quarter of the year.) website: www.asrtu.org
Provision of Barrier free buses to differently able (Physically handicapped) in India. In this journal, I explained that how to give provisions in buses to differently able taking into account of present Indian legal and Technical aspects.
I have written article about " How to implement Quality function deployment to meet the customer needs in Bus Transport Organization , specifically for Bus Seat Assemblies ". It had been a

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Years of Experience:

15-20 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, Arabic, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu

Nationality:

India

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