Prathamesh Thite
About
Prathamesh Thite is from Fremont, California, United States. Prathamesh works in the following industries: "Automotive". Prathamesh is currently Sr Manufacturing engineer/Technical Program Manager at Tesla, located in Fremont, California, United States. In Prathamesh's previous role as a Project engineer, Material Flow Engineering at Tesla, Prathamesh worked in Fremont until Oct 2019. Prior to joining Tesla, Prathamesh was a Associate Project Engineer, Material Flow Engineering at Tesla and held the position of Associate Project Engineer, Material Flow Engineering at Fremont. Prior to that, Prathamesh was a Material Flow Intern at Tesla Motors, based in Fremont, CA from Aug 2015 to May 2016. Prathamesh started working as Application Engineer at Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd in Pune Area, India in Aug 2010.
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Prathamesh Thite's current jobs
• Designed and coordinated implementation of automated storage and retrieval system for car bodies at the Shanghai factory • Designed the automated conveyance for car bodies connecting 3 major shops - BIW, Paint and GA • Designed the automated conveyance for Model Y unpainted car bodies
Prathamesh Thite's past jobs
- Spearheaded the design, install, commissioning, FAT/SAT, and handover to operations of $20 M case conveyance and case buffer systems - Design material delivery strategies to the production line reducing manpower requirement by 40% and reducing material delivery time by 60% - Created dashboards for tracking process and equipment KPI including throughput and system OEE. - Modelled data to create material flow charts and process flows including throughput, storage space, and dock utilization used to design all Model 3 material flow systems
- Root cause analysis of the production order and cycle count variances - Implement corrective and preventive actions to reduce variances and improve inventory accuracy - Improve transaction and production reporting accuracy by developing dashboard and implementing automated production reporting - Worked on e-kanban for replenishment to the assembly line using manufacturing execution system (MES) - Improved the manufacturing execution system by identifying issues and suggesting improved logic - Coordinated 5S activities for the 29 areas in the Production control team
- Spearheaded the application development of 20 – 750 kVA liquid cooled genset range - Carried out design calculations of engine auxiliary systems and prepared layouts of gensets - Tested and validated prototypes of genset to optimize performance of air handling, cooling and exhaust systems - Verified Design for Manufacturing with sourcing team before part drawing release - Acted as a liaison between marketing, production, quality and customer service departments - Provide engineering support to genset assembly and testing operations - As project manager planned and allocated manpower and resources as per project requirement - Reviewed and released engineering drawings, engineering change orders and other documentation to ensure conformance with company Engineering standards and practices - Part of core team to implement Theory of Constraints (TOC) methodology in the department and standardized work flow - Devised and implemented an exhaustive check-sheet and standard format for entering Bill of Material (BOM) prior to release of prototype design to improve accuracy by 20% - Prepared and released technical documents and technical specifications for application with revised emission norms - Prepare DVP&R for new products to be launched in market - Worked on Value added/Value Engineering projects to reduce cost and improve product quality - Study field failures, analyze them and improve designs to increase life