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Towards a new paradigm in supply chains: The holistic supply chains

The 'holistic’ supply chain (HSC) is a new development, the next step in the evolution of supply chains. In essence, an HSC is a derisked, potentially high inventory holding alternative to resilient supply chain, says R Jayaraman.Read more

IPF’s 3i EXPO webinar: Vision 2025 for Indian manufacturing sector

As part of 3i EXPO 2023 webinar series, Industrial Products Finder (IPF) organised a virtual panel discussion on the topic ‘Vision 2025 for Indian Manufacturing Sector’ to discuss challenges and solutions for Indian manufacturing sector to achieve vision of 25 per cent contribution in GDP.Read more

Indian manufacturing at the crossroads: Global or local?

Indian manufacturing is trying to rediscover itself. The slogans that have been driving this trend are ‘Make in India’, ‘India as a Global Manufacturing Hub’, ‘China Plus India’ policies of many importing countries, etc. The next five to ten years will see the rise of the manufacturing industry in India, says R Jayaraman.Read more

Will manufacturing industry lead the move towards ‘social capitalism’?

Each company, whether small or large, must calculate a ‘Social Capitalism Index’ and an ‘ESG Index’. The debate will be about what will constitute the indices, says R Jayaraman.Read more

Is TQM totally practiced in Indian industry?

It is a matter of concern that many of MSME units are not able to participate in the Total Quality Management (TQM) and business excellence movements, says R Jayaraman.Read more

Quality and Innovation Management

Is there a link between quality and innovation? If you ask Toyota, the answer would appear to be a big YES, says R Jayaraman.Read more

Quality Control Circles: The basic building blocks of business excellence

Quality Control Circles (QCC) was the first innovation, which was formed to drive TQM (Total Quality Management) strong and deep in an organisation. A movement, which began in 1950 in Japan, is still going strong, says R Jayaraman.Read more

The contribution of the Deming Awards and Prizes to Indian industry

The path to this Prize is filled with difficulty and hard work. In the history of the Deming Prize for organisations, Indian companies have won the maximum of these, outside of Japan, says R Jayaraman.Read more

The way forward for India through Atmanirbharatha

On May 2020, PM Narendra Modi introduced the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat. He ignored the lockdown, and concentrated on the rebuilding work at hand. R Jayaraman explains how Indian manufacturers are playing a significant role in this revolution.Read more

Is this good news for the Indian auto industry?

It appears that the Indian auto industry has deftly handled the covid related adversities, and has come out a winner. It remains to be seen how this will be continued into the future years, says R Jayaraman.Read more

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