Ravi Ramarao
Ravi Ramarao
Ravi Ramarao is a Chief Architect and Industry Expert in Digital Transformation / I4.0 in developing the Manufacturing plant IT / OT Strategy, ROI Strategy Enablement and in execution to build a world-class sustainable organization generating the relevant – digital skills & effectively managing the change through robust Organizational Change Management (OCM) processes with a structured approach.
In his professional career, spearheaded multi country/ multi skills cross functional teams distributed across the globe. Using lean management techniques and innovative methods generated industry leading case studies often utilizing various process optimization tools and technology enablers including VSM, automation solutions ,data science, AI and I4.0 in the areas of manufacturing IT, Enterprise asset Management.
Conceptualized and architected integrated platform solutions followed up with a flawless execution that are often referred in various research papers. Often valued for the insights in orchestrating Smart Manufacturing Solutions that bring operational efficiency, reducing time to market, operational visibility like traceability, genealogy all resulting in tangible business value creation.
- built model plants – green field and revamp; successfully addressed challenges in old vs new infrastructure investments and delivered desired outcome;
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strategy, consulting & delivery of cross functional transformation initiatives for value creation and operational efficiency;
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established process & system driven manufacturing enterprise with plant quality as competitive advantage, achieved manufacturing excellence, developed an agile & competitive E2E supply chain & sustainable operating model for manufacturing;
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prepared & facilitated organizational changes to adopt disruptive technologies e.g. "Digital" in operations for growth and profitability, use analytics for visibility and data driven decision making;
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created workforce of the future;
- prominent on various public forums/ digital platforms on a wide range of digital topics – IIOT / I4.0 and have authored several points of views on IoT readiness in both WW and Indian context, future of work in Industry 4.0 era.
As a Consultant, Ravi won multi-million-dollar business and opened new markets for global organizations where he worked. This includes a very recent win that propelled a sub-million-dollar start-up organization to secure a major engagement with a highly reputed Indian business conglomerate. He also strategized and established a product development centre in India for this start-up company. Ravi served for APC, Tokyo, as an I4.0 India National Expert and, as a confidential advisor to large reputed Indian MNCs, was responsible for establishing sustainable, world-class talent at optimal cost while acting as a strategic advisor to major business consulting and investment firms.
Ravi is an engineering graduate (BSc, B.Tech) with over 34 years of hands-on experience across world-class manufacturing plants, IT consultancy services, and enterprise product development. He has held senior leadership positions in reputed companies such as Robert Bosch, TCS, and Yokogawa.