Industry insights
Application of Theory of Constraints methodologies to solve chronic industry problems
Equipment Manufacturing
Auto & Auto Components
Consumer Goods & Retail
Engineering & Construction
Textile & Apparel
The Race from BS IV to BS VI: How to win by solving the woes in Auto R&D
Read to understand how R&D divisions can respond competently to sudden regulatory requirements like a quick conversion to BS VIRead more
- Vivek Chopra
De-stressing NPD
New Product development processes can be de-stressed to meet all stakeholder expectations in terms of cost and delivery deadlines.Read more
- Vivek Chopra
Spare the trouble
Ensuring spares availability is naturally a major challenge due to the enormous variety of parts involved across the portfolio of the OEM’s vehicles.Read more
- Satyashri Mohanty & Dr. Shelja Jose Kuruvilla
Auto e-tailing: Mistakes & opportunities
Finding an eCommerce model that works for them is a top strategic issue for auto company CEOs…Read more
- Puneet Kulraj & Dr. Shelja Jose Kuruvilla
Rally with your allies
Forging long-term relationships with vendors is crucial for supply chain excellence. Find out how?Read more
- Satyashri Mohanty & Puneet Kulraj
More is not merrier
Know more about how to escape from the chronic delays and poor output that NPD of equipment manufacturing organizations find themselves inRead more
- Satyashri Mohanty
An afterthought on the aftermarket
Find out how auto supply chains can ride industry waves easily and continue to growRead more
- Puneet Kulraj
Auto supply chain in India – A mishmash of “Push” and “Pull” methods
Read more about creating fully pull-based supply chain systems based on Theory of Constraints in Indian auto companies.Read more
- Satyashri Mohanty & Kiran Kothekar
Fleetguard’s distribution strategy using the Theory of Constraints
To succeed in the aftermarket it was obvious that FFPL would need to have 100% availability of a wide range of their productsRead more
- Kiran Kothekar
The liquidity crunch
Maintaining liquidity is providing to be a major problem for the automotive industry but it can be tackled.Read more
- Kiran Kothekar
A viable vision
Most business and supply chain strategies focus on reducing cost at each link in the chain, and thus they create adversarial relationships.Read more
- James F. Cox III, Ph.D., PhD, CFPIM, CIRM
The great Indian productivity myth
Find out how companies can improve their productivity by using the flow techniques of TOCRead more
- Satyashri Mohanty & Dr. Shelja Jose Kuruvilla
The ‘Delhi effect’
Distribution companies have always been wary of wholesalers in their distribution chain.Read more
- Puneet Kulraj
An SOS for the OEMs
The actions of the OEMs have cascading effects in the entire supply chainRead more
- Kiran Kothekar
Who dares to play the Russian roulette
Russian Roulette is a lethal game of chance in which participants place a single round in a revolverRead more
- Kiran Kothekar
The cascading effect!
Managing New Product Development Projects in Auto Component Industry.Read more
- Satyashri Mohanty & Abhijit Jha
The agony of the tier 1 suppliers: Caught between a rock & a hard place
Find out how suppliers can ensure customers are happy and also maximize their profitsRead more
- Kiran Kothekar
Three rules for rapid new product development
Find out how three simple rules of design, WIP and planning can help reduce lead time and increase outputRead more
- Satyashri Mohanty
After sales service not a lip service
Find out how multi-brand car servicing companies can find a way around the unique challenges they face (see vicious loop) and scale up significantly and profitably.Read more
- Satyashri Mohanty & Puneet Kulraj
The new aftermarket highway
Read how TOC offers a win-win solution for auto aftermarket companies and their channel partnersRead more
- Kiran Kothekar
Spare parts strategy for OEMs in automobile sector
Find out how OEMs can earn high ROI with higher sales and better availability at lower level of inventoryRead more
