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A uniquely designed Accelerated Business Transformation Workshop for Entrepreneurs and Family Managed Business Owners.
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Shorten order to cash cycles and maximize resource productivity through harmonious workflows and synchronized processes.
Lean Industry 4.0
Harnessing the power of IoT to complement core lean concepts and deliver sustainable breakthrough results.
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A uniquely designed Accelerated Business Transformation Workshop for Business Owners.
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Harnessing the power of IoT to complement core lean concepts and deliver sustainable breakthrough results.
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Founder's Insights
Dr. Shrinivas Gondhalekar, known as Dr. G, was a trailblazer in quality management in India. As the founder of Kiap in 1992, he introduced the concept of Kaizen from Japan to India after studying under Masaaki Imai, the father of Kaizen.
A PhD holder from IIT Mumbai and a PGDIE graduate from NITIE, Dr. G regularly led study tours to Japan, sharing insights from Japanese management practices. He mentored numerous PhD students, leaving a lasting educational legacy.
Dr. G’s book, Chronicles of a Quality Detective, reflects his deep expertise in quality management. His pioneering work continues to inspire excellence at Kiap and beyond.
Dr. Shrinivas Gondhalekar’s contributions have had a lasting impact on Indian industry, shaping countless businesses and instilling a culture of continuous improvement and excellence that continues through Kiap.
S. Dorai Rajan, is an acknowledged authority in Lean Management and an experienced Cost & Management Expert, he is Associate Member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India and a Mechanical Engineer.
During his career he handled many functions like Treasury, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Commercial and finally the Profit center head As a consultant since 1994, he focuses on instilling passion for perfection in organizations through the powerful Kaizen Workshops.
His ability to question conventional practices has resulted in significant improvements in many traditional industries like reducing the construction time by 60% in a prestigious luxury apartment project in Mumbai and improving Tea Plucking Productivity by 50% in a 80-year old Tea Estate.
Based on the experience of implementing the systems in 8 organizations, he has authored the HAND BOOK ON ACTIVITY BASED COSTING, published by the INSTITUTE OF COST ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA.
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Our throughput time reduced from more than 10 days to 2 days. Apart from the tangible benefits, lean implementation has also helped to change the culture of working in the unit. Our team is now always exploring ways and means of improving the methods of working which will serve us for a long time.
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Our throughput time in post molding operations has come down by 60%. This has enabled us to reduce our lead time to the customers thereby providing us a unique selling proposition to get more orders. We have now learnt the methodology of problem solving which has given out team the confidence to address our quality problems. Non-value-added activities eliminated which reduced our cycle time.
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The lean implementation in our unit was a healthy, economical and a sensible change in our shop floor. Our operator movement was controlled within the cell and concentration was increased towards production. Monitoring became simple. Simple automation was implemented. Packing time reduced by 50%. Coil fixing time reduced by 75%.
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We have reduced internal movement of components for 850 ft. to 460 ft. We have seen a good improvement in reduction in rejection. By layout modification in machine shop we were able to get better productivity. Over all we have seen a good improvement in the implementation of lean.
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Through SMED, average setting time was reduced by 30-40% and this has improved our OEE significantly. 50% reduction in throughput time for our runner product. The development time of NPD has reduced by 33.3%. After layout change additional space created in the shop floor which helped us to plan for two more machines.
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Our output has increased drastically. We now able to produce double that of previous output per line. In spite of increased output, we have been able to reduce manpower in all the assembly lines. Our potential financial benefit has been increased.
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Lean workshops resulted in 30% reduction of our floor space which was used for adding further machines in same floor space. Implementation of SME has reduced setting time drastically which enabled us to reduce the delivery time. We have implemented online quality inspection in all shifts which has decreased the in-house rejection percentage.
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Line concept has reduced inventory level drastically. Dispatch per month improved by 33.33% than before lean implementation. Fettling throughput time reduced by 60%. Inventory stock reduced by 56%.
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The lean implementation overall changed the working mechanism of our works, its one herculean task which we are happy with. The working pattern changed and they approach new assignment is now meaningful.
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Our labor productivity improved & rejection reduced. Changeover time reduced from 90 mins to less than 50 mins. Reduction in rejection percentage from 5.7% to 0.6%. Problem handling techniques has improved to all top level & middle level employees. WIP stock reduced from 10 days to 3 days. Production cost reduced.
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