Workers at GE Aviation’s Lafayette, Indiana, jet engine-manufacturing plant were facing a problem. They had to hand-start 48 nuts in a tedious process that forced technicians to use repetitive wrist and hand movements.
L.R. Phanindra is a strong believer in working smarter. The environmental health and safety (EHS) manager has spent nearly two decades improving production lines, including at the Wipro GE Imaging plant in Bengaluru, India, which manufactures CT machines, MR scanners and other GE Healthcare technology.