Benchmarking is the search for industry best practices that lead to superior performance… Dr Robert Camp Benchmarking uncovers innovative practices that deliver superior performance. So the trigger is superior performance. Benchmark performance. Over 80% of managerial practices in any organization are generic. They deliver Results …
We are a rich nation. We can afford waste…. Mountains of waste. This waste is created by governments, organizations, institutions, households and individuals. In this prioritized order. Let’s focus on organizations – manufacturing and services. The waste generated by these organizations is typically one-third their …
In 1973, when India’s population was a little over half a billion, the Ford Foundation awarded a Second India assignment to Tata Economic Consultancy Services (TECS). Their projection was that by 2000 India’s population will double to one billion. The Second India assignment was personally …
Improving business can be a simple task if one follows the ‘plan-do-check-act’ method. This article appeared in Indian Management, December, 2017. How often have we seen posters in organizations shouting messages such as “Customer First” or “The Customer is Always Right”? How often, as a …
This article appeared in The Smart Manager, November-December, 2017. On one of my monthly visits to the head office of a television manufacturer, the Chairman was a worried man. No. Correction. He was in a state of shock. He purposefully took me to his plush …
This article appeared in The Smart Manager, November-December, 2017. On a Sunday afternoon, I received a long-distance call on my landline, from the Vice Chairman of a tractor manufacturer in North India. He was calling from his factory, where he, his wife, and the surviving …
