B2B Sales

Financial Decision Making

High Variability Operations

Leadership Paradigms

Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Sales & Distribution

Thinking Process

Listen Now

In this episode, Devidas Kulur reveals why NPD productivity is designed, not just measured. Companies should fix the system flow, reduce WIP, to improve productivity of the NPD process.

Designed, not measured. Redefining productivity in New Product Development.

Discover why R&D productivity is designed, not measured. Devidas Kulur, Partner, Vector Consulting Group, breaks down the 'Productivity Trap' and how to fix system

Redefining NPD productivity: Designing for flow

In this final episode of our conversation with Mr. R.C. Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki, we explore what truly drives manufacturing success - government reform or company-level action.

Maurti Podcast Chapter 6 | Vector Consulting Group

Role of management in making India a manufacturing hub | Chapter 6: Government intervention and role of individual companies

Do late tasks always mean poor productivity? In this episode of Counterpoint, Shubham Agarwal takes a fresh look at how projects are measured. He suggests an alternative - managing the flow to improve efficiency.

Rethinking productivity in project execution

Are late tasks really inefficiency? Shubham Agarwal challenges project productivity metrics and shares a flow-based approach to improve execution, focus, and results.

The Productivity Illusion: Rethinking Project Execution | Counterpoint Podcast | Vector Consulting Group

In this chapter, Mr. R.C. Bhargava talks about about a philosophy that quietly powered Maruti’s success: financial discipline built on frugality, internal resource creation, and ethical leadership.

Role of management in making India a manufacturing hub | Chapter 5: Leveraging financial discipline for long-term strength

In this chapter, Dr. R.C. Bhargava talks about a philosophy that quietly powered Maruti’s success: financial discipline built on frugality, internal resource creation, and ethical leadership.

In this chapter, Dr. R.C. Bhargava talks about how they philosophy of financial discipline built on frugality, internal resource creation, and ethical leadership powered Maruti’s success

In this chapter, Dr. R.C. Bhargava, talks to Satyashri Mohanty, about how Maruti focused on improving the customer’s car buying experience (pre and post purchase) to build long term customer loyalty.

Role of management in making India a manufacturing hub | Chapter 4: Mastering customer loyalty for long-term success

Explore the role of management in building India's manufacturing hub by building customer loyalty in episode 4 of the Counterpoint Podcast by Vector Consulting.

Role of Management Ep 4: Leveraging customer loyalty | Counterpoint

Why do players in steel fabrication industry stay small?
Discover the root causes and the strategies they can adopt to drive long-term growth and efficiency.

Breaking the tonnage trap: Rethinking growth in the steel fabrication industry

Why do players in steel fabrication industry stay small? Discover the root causes and the strategies they can adopt to drive long-term growth and efficiency in Ep#74 of the Counterpoint Podcast by Vector Consulting Group

Breaking the tonnage trap: Rethinking growth in the steel fabrication industry | Counterpoint Podcast | Vector Consulting Group

In this 3rd episode, Mr. R.C. Bhargava shares how Maruti's approach of treating vendors as partners helped the vendors grow with Maruti and also helped build the auto components industry in India.

Role of management in making India a manufacturing hub | Chapter 3: Treating Vendors as Partners

Learn how Maruti’s strategy of treating vendors as partners drove shared productivity gains and strengthened India’s auto components industry in Ep# 73 of the Counterpoint Podcast by Vector Consulting Group

Role of management in making India a manufacturing hub. Chapter 3: Treating Vendors as Partners | Counterpoint Podcast | Vector Consulting Group

As global demand for industrial machinery soars, Indian equipment manufacturers are struggling. In this episode we discuss how they can overcome the constraints and be more competitive.

The Equipment Enigma: Rethinking the approach to new product development

Explore the challenges of equipment manufacturers in India and learn how manufacturers can gain a competitive edge.

New Product Development Insights in Equipment Enigma | Counterpoint Podcast | Vector Consulting Group

Aditya Auto transformed operations by shifting from a forecast-based to pull-based system, cutting working capital, improving supplier relations, and boosting delivery performance.

How did Aditya Auto reduce its working capital requirements and improve on-time delivery

Discover how Aditya Auto transformed operations, reduced working capital needs with a pull-based replenishment model, and improved on-time delivery in Ep#71 of the Counterpoint Podcast by Vector Consulting Group

Aditya Auto reduced it’s working Capital requirements and improved it’s on-time delivery | Counterpoint Podcast | Vector Consulting Group

In this episode, Dr. Shelja Jose Kuruvilla delves into the issue of store profitability and the role that ageing inventory plays in eroding store profitability. She suggests ‘discipline of churn’ and prioritising through

The ticking shelf. The overlooked economics of store performance

Dr. Shelja Jose Kuruvilla of Vector Consulting Group discusses the ‘ticking shelf’ issue, how ageing inventory erodes retail profits and suggests how the ‘discipline of churn’ strategy can help fix it.

The ticking shelf. Solving the store profitability crisis challenge.

BA Podcast

Counterpoint, by Vector Consulting Group, is a podcast and video series that challenges conventional management thinking.&nbsp;In today’s business world, traditional approaches often fall short of solving complex challenges. Counterpoint dares to question these norms.&nbsp;Created by Vector Consulting Group, the series blends systems thinking with deep causal analysis to uncover the real levers of change. Each episode offers fresh perspectives and practical, actionable insights rooted in real-world business experience.&nbsp;Whether you’re navigating operations, strategy, or leadership dilemmas — Counterpoint helps you look beyond the obvious and rethink what truly drives performance.&nbsp;

Ba Video

CounterPoint Podcast

Video

Counterpoint podcast by Vector Consulting Group - a podcast series that challenges conventional management thinking. Listen to our podcasts which cover a wide range of topics - from manufacturing to mystery analysis to conversations with business leaders.