Ranjit K. Roy – Trainer and Consultant

Has been elected a Fellow of American Society of Quality Control by the Board of Directors meeting on November 21, 1996, in recognition of significant contributions to quality.

" For his outstanding work as a teacher of statistics for engineers and managers; as a consultant to leading corporations and government agencies in the field of design of experiments, and as author of numerous papers, articles, lectures, and software on statistical subjects, particularly the use of Taguchi methodology."

Background ( REVIEW TESTIMONIALS)
Ranjit K. Roy, Ph.D., P.E.,PMP (Mechanical Engineering, president of Nutek, Inc.), is an internationally known consultant and trainer specializing in the Taguchi approach of quality improvement. Dr. Roy has achieved recognition for his down-to-earth style of teaching of the Taguchi experimental design technique to industrial practitioners. Based on his experience with a large number of application case studies, Dr. Roy teaches an application-oriented training seminar and has developed a number of computer software programs, including the Qualitek-4 software for use with the design of experiments using the Taguchi technique.

Dr. Roy began his career with The Burroughs Corporation following the completion of graduate studies in engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1972. He then worked for General Motors Corp. (1976-1987) assuming various engineering responsibilities, his last position being that of reliability manager. While at GM, he consulted on a large number of documented Taguchi case studies of significant cost savings. Before emigrating to USA, he completed the bachelors program in mechanical engineering from Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, India in 1968.

Dr. Roy established his own consulting company, Nutek, Inc. in 1987 and currently offers consulting, training, and application workshops in the use of design of experiments using the Taguchi approach. He is the author of A PRIMER ON THE TAGUCHI METHOD - published by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in Dearborn, Michigan and Design of Experiments Using the Taguchi Approach: 16 Steps to Product and Process Improvement published (January 2001) by John Wiley & Sons, New York. Dr. Roy is a fellow of the American Society for Quality and an adjunct professor (1977 - 1999) at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. Dr. Roy is listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in the world. Dr. Roy is also a certified instructor at Fairlane Training Center, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA and a Provisionally Certified Lead Auditor for QS-9000 Quality System Requirements. He is a Project management Professional (PMP) as certified by the Project Management Institute.

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Professional Sketch:

RANJIT K. ROY
3829 QUARTON ROAD, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA 48302 Tel: 1-248-540-4827, Email: rkr@nutek-us.com

PROFESSIONAL STATUS/OBJECTIVES Author, Trainer, Consultant, Production & Manufacturing Problem Solver, and Quality Engineering Software developer.

EXPERIENCE
7/87 - Present:

:7/87 - Present: NUTEK Inc., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. President
NUTEK INC. is a quality engineering consulting firm specializing in Software, Training and Consulting for Design of Experiment using the Taguchi Approach. Nutek offers classroom training and hands on workshops in TAGUCHI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS TECHNIQUE. The training seminars are application oriented and involve minimum math. NUTEK also offers several user-friendly IBM PC software packages for these quality engineering tools and techniques.

3/86 - 7/1987 C-P-C ENGINEERING, GM, WARREN, MI. MANAGER, APPLIED VALIDATION TECHNOLOGY
Developed strategies for quality improvement process. Instructed engineers managers with overviews and training on use of quality effective tools and technologies for Engineering activities in C-P-C. Provided technical support and facilitate workshops on application of Taguchi Methods.

1/79 - 5/1982 CHEVROLET ENGINEERING CENTER, SENIOR EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEER
Supported passenger car structural analysis activity in designing frontal and interior structures that meet or exceed restrained and unrestrained occupant performance (as stipulated by Federal Regulations FMVSS-204, 208, etc.) under front barrier crashes.

1/76 - 12/1978

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, WARREN, MI, Manufacturing Staff - Senior Project Engineer. Studied machine tool structures for vibration and strength characteristics and generate design parameters.

1/73 - 12/1975 BURROUGHS CORPORATION, DETROIT, MI. Senior Engineer - Mechanical.
Lead mechanical engineer responsible for development and design of all mechanical components for high speed impact printer.

1/85 - 3/1986

C-P-C ENGINEERING, GM, WARREN, MI. MANAGER, RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
Developed and implemented test and validation plan to comprehend reliability requirements. Established formats for reliability specification for design and drawings for suppliers and GM Divisions.

6/82 - 12/1984 CHEVROLET ENGINEERING CENTER, SUPERVISOR VEHICLE SAFETY GROUP
Supervisor Vehicle Safety and Design Failure Mode Analysis (DFMA) Group. Supervised a group of engineers engaged in conducting barrier crash tests and assuring crash safety requirements.

9/78 - PRESENT:
INSTRUCTIONAL

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, ROCHESTER, MI, Part-time Faculty - Adjunct Professor.
Taught finite element method, vibration analysis and mechanical properties of materials courses(1976-current). Graduate/Undergraduate level courses in Products and Process Optimization during Fall 1995, 1996, 1997.

8/1983 -1986: Facilitated "Investment in Excellence" (Louis Tice) Video Tape Seminar.

EDUCATION:
State of Michigan - Board of Registration for P.E. Qualified Professional Engineers (P.E.) Certificate, August, 1977 (#24895).
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ROLLA, Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, December, 1972. M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, January, 1970. Concentrated in vibration, structure and computer and finite element methods.
Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, India, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, June, 1968.

HOBBIES: Personal computer-programming, Tennis, Golf, Chess, etc.

CITIZENSHIP: Naturalized citizen of the United States of America (Emigrated to USA from India in 1968).

SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS

TECHNICAL JOURNALS

"Application of Approximate Transmission Matrices to Describe Transverse Beam Vibrations", Roy/Rocke/Foster, The Shock and Vibrations Bulletin 41, December, 1970, pp. 133-145.
"The Application of Impact Damper to Continuous Systems", Rocke/Roy, Transaction of the ASME, November, 1975, pp. 1317-1324.

"Computer-Aided Design System - The Road to Selection", Day/Roy/Yoshonis, The First Annual Conference on Computer Graphics in CAD/CAM Systems, MIT, Massachusetts, April 11, 1979.

BOOKS (GM-INTERNAL)

COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IBM PC (GM-INTERNAL)

"An Overview of Tools and Techniques for Quality Improvement" - Ranjit K. Roy, C-P-C Engineering Product Assurance, November, 1986.

"Handbook of Statistical Design of Component Durability Tests" - Ranjit K. Roy, C-P-C Engineering, Product Assurance, February 1984.

"Recent Advancement in Crashworthiness Analysis (a collection of reports on Vehicle Crashworthiness Studies during 1980-82)" - Ranjit K. Roy, C-P-C Engineering, Product Assurance, February, 1987.

"Accelerated Experiment for Statistical Design of Component Durability Tests" by Ranjit K. Roy, Chevrolet Engineering, 1984.

"Weibull Analysis for Evaluation of Component Failure Tests - by Ranjit K. Roy, Chevrolet Engineering, 1984.

" QUALITEK-4, Automatic Design and Analysis of Taguchi Experiments, Nutek, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan., 1992.

TEXT BOOK PUBLICATIONS
"A Primer on the Taguchi Method" - by Ranjit K. Roy, 1990, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1 SME Drive. Dearborn, MI 48121, USA. 1-800-733-4763, Fax: 313-240-8252

Design of Experiments Using the Taguchi Approach : 16 Steps to Product and Process Improvement by Ranjit K. Roy. Hardcover (January 2001, John Wiley & Sons)