P.A. Rajashekar is a Mechanical Engineer and has 15 years of hands-on Industrial experience in implementation of Total Quality concepts in M/s. Shardlow India Ltd - Hosur, Bharat Forge Ltd - Pune and Hamilton group - Mumbai. In addition to this, he has consulting experience in Manufacturing excellence of 14 years at TQMI.

He has facilitated various types of industries like Car manufacturing, Earth moving equipment, Electrical sectors, Polyester films, Textile, Glass fiber, Frozen food products, Auto & Non-auto sectors and Nutrients processing. His core competencies lie with Lean manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance, Supplier capability enhancement, Establishing stable and capable process, Empowering people, and handling improvement projects.

He has facilitated clients in developing competency to understand customer requirements and establish productive lines with zero defect quality. He has been instrumental in achieving first time right [FTR] quality by improving process capability. Identifying bottleneck operations and reengineering process for optimal utilization of human and capital resources are some of his core competencies.

He has been instrumental in many of the Result oriented consulting projects with various OEMs and their suppliers across India. To name few clients are Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Atlas Copco, Orient Electricals, Endurance Technologies, Bajaj Electricals, Sterlite Technologies, Garware polyesters, Gabriel, Allana & PepsiCo.

As a part of supplier performance improvement, he has implemented Jishu Hozen for various processes like Casting, Forging, Machining, Sheet metal parts, Welding, Powder coating, Plating, Spring manufacturing etc..., He has hands on experience in process analysis and formulation of “Mistake Proofing systems” capable of preventing potential failures modes of parts. Identifying and improving elements having impact on field quality through “Quality & Reliability Engineering techniques” is his core strength. He has used JD Power customer interface information effectively to build in Quality and Reliability in new products and processes.

His active participation in use of Lean concepts such as Kaizen, 5S, takt time, cell layout, single piece flow, manpower optimization and line balancing has resulted in line efficiency improvement with many of his clients who could meet customer price targets.

In his earlier organizations, he has provided leadership to Advanced Quality Planning Process teams that could develop and obtain customer approval within customer defined timelines for complex engine components like Crankshaft, Connecting Rods, Cam Shafts. Most of these components could achieve “Self Certification” status right at the start of production. He is a certified Lead assessor for ISO-9001 and ISO/TS 16949 and was instrumental in effective implementation of QMS at BHARAT FORGE and SHARDLOW INDIA. Having worked on “Protect the Customer Initiative” he has nurtured skill of customer relationship management.

He has been directing, motivating and managing the people of various Clients to make high Quality decisions for more than14 years in TQM International private limited.