Turning Crisis into Competitiveness: How Nithin S. Rao Engineered a $100M Manufacturing Turnaround

Nithin Subba Rao, a Six Sigma Black Belt and manufacturing excellence leader, drove a $100M turnaround of a U.S. facility once losing $20M annually. Through data-driven strategy, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement, he cut scrap from 20% to 6%, reduced $2.5M in overtime to $150K, and turned crisis into sustainable competitiveness.