Rais Ahmed Shaikh
The Order-to-Print Cycle
Executive Profile
A production and operations leader with 27 years in flexible packaging and printing across Saudi Arabia and India. Most recently Production & System Implementation Manager at NEOP Plastic; before that, production leadership at SIG CBOB, Obeikan Flexible Packaging and Al-Sharq Flexible Packaging. He owns the full order-to-print cycle - job jacket, colour combination, cylinder engraving, cylinder proof, OLA - through to final production, and carries a documented record of cost reduction (50-60% material cost cut) and OEE delivery via Autonomous Maintenance at every plant he has run.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Production and system-implementation ownership across the plant's Roto/Flexo operation.
Full order-to-print cycle ownership on SAP - job jacket, cylinder card, colour match, OLA through to final production.
27 years, six employers, a documented cost-reduction and OEE record at every plant he has run.
Signature Work
Order-to-Print Ownership
Owned the entire cycle from order confirmation to final printing production - job jacket, colour combination, cylinder engraving, cylinder proof checking, OLA on the Roto machine.
Plant-Wide OEE & Autonomous Maintenance
Full plant Roto/Flexo operations, OEE delivered via Autonomous Maintenance methodology and gap analyses, Daily Direction Setting (DDS) implementation.
Cost-of-Production Reduction
Localized material buying (50-60% cost cut), reduced ink/copper/grinding-stone consumption, cut side-trim waste via web-layout redesign.
Early Production Leadership
Head of Department at Printopack (Jeddah); production-target and DDS ownership at Accuprint System/Positive Packaging (Bombay) - the foundation of 27 years in disciplined production.
How I Work — The First 90 Days
Change-over time, OEE and cost-of-production (ink, copper, grinding stone) measured honestly against current state - no assumptions carried over from the last plant.
Daily Direction Setting running on the floor, cylinder-proof/colour-match process audited end to end, every number defendable on request.
Team trained on defect elimination and OPL, Autonomous Maintenance embedded as habit, cost and waste trends moving the right direction and visible to management.
Career
Production and system-implementation ownership on the plant's Roto/Flexo operation.
Full order-to-print cycle on SAP, external cylinder warehouse and ATG internal cylinder plant, Dubai-office coordination on print numbers.
Full plant Roto/Flexo operations, OEE via Autonomous Maintenance, DDS implementation, Manufacturing Excellence System ownership.
Order-to-print cycle ownership, 50-60% material cost reduction via buying localization, side-trim waste reduction.
Toolset
- SAP — job jacket & cylinder card workflow, SIG CBOB
- Roto-Gravure & Flexo Printing — 27 years, six plants
- Autonomous Maintenance / OEE — delivered at Obeikan
- Cylinder Engraving, Plating & Polishing — technical ownership
- Microsoft Office — reporting, documentation, coordination
Facts
- 🌐 Languages — English, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic
- 📍 Based in Riyadh — open across the Kingdom
- 🏭 Has owned production at six flexible-packaging/printing plants
- 🇮🇳 Indian national
- 📇 References — available on request
Production discipline that cuts cost and lifts OEE.
Based in Riyadh, open across the Kingdom. Want to see the work itself? Open the sample case study — how I run a plant →
