Gorur N. Sridhar

Mechanical engineer

Gorur N. Sridhar is a mechanical engineer and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He has more than 24 years’ experience in manufacturing, quality, and design. His use of value engineering methods, process improvements, and failure analysis has been instrumental in obtaining substantial cost savings. Sridhar is an internal auditor for ISO 9001 and AS9100 quality systems, and has mentored more than 100 Six Sigma and kaizen projects. He has worked on implementing and sustaining level-five Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) activities. Sridhar has contributed to environmental, health, safety systems, and community development programs where he resides in Bangalore, India.

Thu, 06/07/2012 - 13:39
OCD in the Quality DepartmentChecking and rechecking isn’t always a bad thing
Wed, 02/08/2023 - 12:01
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety condition characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry (collectively termed obsessions), along with repetitive behaviors (or compulsions) aimed at…
Do You Want Six Sigma or Quality?Improvement needs to grow from the grass roots
Thu, 08/06/2015 - 15:19
Quality and Six Sigma are often considered as links in a chain. For example, when quality is poor, many times the immediate response is, “Let’s improve it using Six Sigma.” But does Six Sigma, or any other program for that matter, really improve…
What Engineers Could Learn From DoctorsComparing two occupations where process matters
Wed, 11/12/2014 - 16:21
You might think that the medical and engineering professions would operate quite differently from each other. Yet, as we will see, not only are they similar, but there is a lot that the engineering profession could and should borrow from the…
SMED: It’s Not Just for ManufacturingA thought exercise in applying setup reduction to human resources
Tue, 12/17/2013 - 12:49
Single minute exchange of dies, or SMED as it’s commonly known, is defined as “the time elapsed between when the last good piece of product A comes off and the first good piece of product B starts.” SMED is probably one of the most important lean…
Gauge R&R for Engineering Drawing ServicesDrawings are evaluated by peers using the cross method
Fri, 03/08/2013 - 15:26
Gauge repeatability and reproducibility (gauge R&R) is mostly used in manufacturing environments to determine if you can trust your measurement system to distinguish between parts, if the measuring tool is consistent, and if measurements are…
DOE to the RescueDesign of experiements and Monte Carlo approach make short work of CFD
Thu, 06/07/2012 - 13:39
Story update 6/18/2012: A couple of confusing references to Taguchi methods were removed. During new product development, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is often used in the design stage to simulate such things as the effect of air flow on…