Management

Realigning

Sunday, May 17, 2009
By Vivek Naik

As we organize our shop floor and start identifying issues that interrupt the flow of products, we will need to be very organized to efficiently solve them. As I had mentioned in my previous post Scientific Thinking is very much required. But now what is a more significant issue ,which most of us had... »

The First Wave of Change

Sunday, May 17, 2009
By Vivek Naik

It has been very beneficial to organize the plant using 5S. The basic goal of this program was to achieve stability and standardization. We used tools like 5S and Standard Work and educated ourselves as how they form the foundation for any Improvement in the future. The System that was setup, not only  identify... »

Keeping it Balanced

Wednesday, May 6, 2009
By Vivek Naik

Organization’s internal processes transformation is dependent on the resources available, but market does not wait for you . Things change so fast that most organizations are not able to keep up. Already there has been a major shift as per various studies which suggests that major contribution towards GDP has changed from manufacturing to... »

Starting to roll the wheel of Change

Sunday, July 13, 2008
By Vivek Naik

The recent recession paranoia followed by some of the highest price increases of raw materials served as the burning platform, accelerating the process of change Identifying your highest cost center and selecting the projects which aligned to reducing those have greatly proved to show how we can reduce our cost and still maintain the... »

The Road to Lean – Leading the Way

Sunday, May 18, 2008
By Vivek Naik

The Making of Lean LeaderThe lean transformation has been tried by many, and many have failed to archive the miraculous results which were initially expected.why you would ask?The reasons are many, but one prime reason is the culture of the people in that organization. If your culture is not ready for change, it will... »

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