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    • Lucas Indian Service Partners with Vector Consulting Group to revamp its Supply Chain
    • Jyoti Ltd. Partners with Vector Consulting Group to Revamp its Supply Chain
    • Himatsingka: Emerging global leader in home textiles
    • TOC Sets New Industry Standards
    • Sustainable “Go To Market” Strategy-The TOC way
    • Bajaj Electricals Limited receives 2019 ASCM Corporate Award of Excellence for Advance Supply Chain Industry
    • Theory of constraints – it’s never late too late to re-invent
    • The Theory of Constraints Smooths the Path to Success
    • The Theory of Constraints Smooths the Path to Success
  • De-stress to deliver
  • Awards
    • Fleetguard Filters, Client Of Vector Consulting Group Wins 2016 TOCICO International Achievement Award
    • Vector Consulting Group wins 2016 AMCF Spotlight Awards with Godrej Material Handling Division & Pratibha Syntex Ltd for value & excellence in Management Consulting
    • Vector Consulting wins ‘Best Supply Chain Consultant of the Year’ Award
    • Vector’s Client Liberty Shoes Is The Winner Of Economic Times Award For Supply Chain Innovation In Retail For The Year 2013
    • Vector Consulting Group With KOEL (Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd.) Wins 2015 AMCF Spotlight Awards For Value & Excellence In Management Consulting
    • Vector Consulting Group With Godrej Security Solutions Wins The Global Award For Management Consulting
    • Vector’s client Fleetguard Filters is the only Indian company to have won the International TOC Excellence Award in 2009
    • Bajaj Electricals Ltd, client of Vector Consulting Group wins 2017 TOCICO International Process Of Ongoing Improvement “POOGI” Award (3+ Years)
    • Schneider Electric (R&D) – Vector Consulting Group becomes finalist for 2018 CSCMP Supply Chain Innovation Award
    • Bajaj Electricals Ltd., recipient of the 2019 ASCM Award of Excellence – Corporate Transformation
    • Bajaj Electricals, Client Wins 2019 TOCICO International Process of Ongoing Improvement “POOGI” Award
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• Vector Consulting Group wins 2016 AMCF Spotlight Awards with Godrej Material Handling Division & Pratibha Syntex Ltd for value & excellence in Management Consulting
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  • Counterpoint Series
    • Counterpoint Series: Coach Vs Selector
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  • Insights from Implementation
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  • Auto Industry Insights
    • Spare parts strategy for OEMs in automobile sector
    • The new aftermarket highway
    • After sales service not a lip service
    • Three rules for rapid new product development
    • The agony of the tier 1 suppliers: Caught between a rock & a hard place
    • The cascading effect!
    • Who dares to play the Russian roulette
    • An SOS for the OEMs
    • The ‘Delhi effect’
    • The great Indian productivity myth
    • A viable vision
    • The liquidity crunch
    • Fleetguard’s distribution strategy using the Theory of Constraints
    • Auto supply chain in India – A mishmash of “Push” and “Pull” methods
    • An afterthought on the aftermarket
    • More is not merrier
    • Rally with your allies
    • Auto e-tailing: Mistakes & opportunities
    • Spare the trouble
    • De-stressing NPD
    • The Race from BS IV to BS VI: How to win by solving the woes in Auto R&D
    • Shifting gears in auto spare parts business: Post lockdown strategies for reviving operations and consolidating market share
  • Consumer Industry Insights
    • Retailer’s dilemma
    • Leveraging franchisees for profitable growth in retail
    • Size does matter!
    • Enhancing profitability of retail chains: Using the fundamental principles!
    • Preventing the demise of a store
    • Counter counterfeiting
    • What enables effective decisions?
    • Profitability percentage (%)
    • The road less travelled
    • TOC replenishment in a wholesale- dominated market, an oxymoron?
    • Old is gold no more
    • Managing distribution chain: Is there a better way than gazing the crystal ball?
    • The hockey stick syndrome
    • From inventory turns to norm turns
    • Power of availability
    • Who creates slow movers?
    • Build to buffer
    • The devolution marketing
    • 100% availability with less than half the inventory
    • The unresolved conflict: Modern retail vs. consumer goods companies
    • Small is big
    • Overcoming the threat of e-tailers
    • Generic drug development: The prescription for success
    • Pandemic-resistant manufacturing and distribution
    • A folly called trade promotions
    • Battle for India’s retail market: Who will rescue traditional stores from online retailers?
    • Accelerated pharma manufacturing
    • Retail sales operations: Challenges in the current COVID environment
    • Solar eclipse in sales & distribution
  • Engineering Industry Insights
    • Stop digging if you are already in a hole!
    • Enabling resource productivity in project environments
    • Critical chain project management: doing more projects – faster!
    • Caught in a time wrap!
    • Improving flow in large infrastructure projects
    • Deadline culture – does it help?
    • The curse of multi-project environments
    • Unshackling infrastructure industry
    • Getting CCPM implementation right
    • What is more important in projects – time, cost or quality?
    • EPC reborn focus on flow
    • Right for accounting. Wrong for project management.
    • Bridging the pandemic chasm
  • Textile Industry Insights
    • Think small, reap big
    • Managing a fashion supply chain
    • Everyone can win!
    • Dealing with variety in supply chain
    • Reclaiming global leadership in textile manufacturing: Challenges & solutions
    • Weaving magic in textile sampling with Theory of Constraints
    • A stitch in time: Cutting lead time and improving reliability of textile supply chains
    • Disentangling sales: Increasing sales productivity in textile companies
    • Manufacturing strategy for fashion garments
  • Equipment Industry Insights
    • Reliability of delivery: Brand positioning opportunity for custom manufacturing organizations
    • How bad are local efficiency measures?
    • Dealing with emperor’s new clothes
    • What is new in simplified DBR?
    • Planning improvement projects
    • Exploiting sales capacity
    • Get more out of less
    • Standing on the shoulder of the giants
    • Spares distribution- When the long tail wags the dog
    • The Equipment Enigma: Aligning NPD processes to deliver business growth
    • Revving up the agri-equipment business
• By Industry – Equipment
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  • Systems Thinking & Innovation
    • Thinking Clearly
    • Theory Of Constraints and the Thinking Process
    • Managing Call Centres : A Logical Approach
    • Ignoring the Future
    • How to make ‘change’ happen?
    • Beating the Recession Blues
    • Scientific Revolution, Disruptive Innovation and Theory of Constraints
    • Too many cooks spoil the ..growth!
    • Going beyond data for decision-making
    • Managing the COVID 19 crisis: A supply chain approach
  • TOC Leadership Paradigms
    • Managing People: Coach or a Selector
    • Simple Tactics to Double Team Productivity: The science of getting work done on time
    • Why management by objectives is flawed?
    • To measure or not to: The danger of focusing on measures & targets
    • Balanced scorecard: A promise unfulfilled
    • Leadership styles and organization culture
    • Management by Tactics
  • “Pull” Solution for Projects
    • Lessons from a Traffic Jam
    • Focus on longest path ≠ shortest possible lead-time
    • Egg before the Chicken?
    • Blaming it on Estimation!
    • Beating project deadlines, the CCPM way
    • Not so Agile
    • On-time delivery – a misnomer to new product development
  • Nuances of TOC Concepts
    • Know your ‘constraints’
    • Constraints and Non-Constraints
    • Throughput Accounting: An introduction
  • “Pull” Solutions for Manufacturing
    • To batch or not to batch
    • Restoring Harmony in Manufacturing Plants
    • Is your Planning Method bloating your working capital Requirements?
    • Battling the efficiency syndrome. Effortlessly!
    • A new inventory management paradigm for made to stock companies
    • Drum-Buffer-Rope: Resolving the Capacity Utilization vs Reliability Conflict in Manufacturing Schedules
    • Wandering bottleneck
  • “Pull” Solution for Distribution and Sales
    • Aftermath of Demonetization in the Aftermarket
    • Sales team – A very obstinate lot!!!
    • Sailing the Last Mile
    • From Sales to Production – a tale of misaligned priorities
    • First among Equals: Marketing or Supply chain
    • Analyzing Mysteries of Implementing Replenishment
    • The Curious Case of the Failed Entrepreneur
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  • Video Case Studies
    • Video Case Studies – Equipment Manufacturing
    • Video Case Studies – Auto & Auto Components
    • Video Case Studies – Consumer Goods & Retail
    • Video Case Studies – Engineering & Construction
    • Video Case Studies – Textile & Garments
    • Video Case Studies – Rapid Flow R&D
    • Video Case Studies – Pull Manufacturing & Distribution
    • Video Case Studies – High Velocity Custom Manufacturing
    • Video Case Studies – Rapid Projects Execution
    • Video Case Studies – Solution for Spares & Services
  • Client Speak
    • Client Speak – Equipment Manufacturing
      • Dara Byramjee
    • Client Speak – Auto & Auto Components
      • YVS Vijay Kumar
      • Niranjan Kirloskar
      • Sadashiv S Pandit
      • Avinash Gupta
    • Client Speak – Consumer Goods & Retail
      • Adesh Gupta
      • P S Tandon
      • Anupam Bansal
      • Radhika Piramal
      • Anil S Mathur
      • Peter Newbould
    • Client Speak – Textile & Garments
      • Shreyaskar Chaudhary
    • Client Speak – Rapid Flow R&D
      • Sadashiv S Pandit
    • Client Speak – Engineering & Construction
      • Anant Bajaj
    • Client Speak – Pull Manufacturing & Distribution
      • Niranjan Kirloskar
      • Adesh Gupta
      • P S Tandon
      • Anil S Mathur
      • Radhika Piramal
    • Client Speak – High Velocity Custom Manufacturing
      • Dara Byramjee
      • Shreyaskar Chaudhary
    • Client Speak – Rapid Projects Execution
      • Anant Bajaj
    • Client Speak – Solution for Retail
      • Peter Newbould
      • Anupam Bansal
    • Client Speak – Solution for Spares & Services
      • YVS Vijay Kumar
      • Avinash Gupta
  • Success stories
    • Success stories – Equipment Manufacturing
      • Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (KOEL)
      • Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd. (Machine Tool Division)
      • Godrej Material Handling
      • Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd (Spares And Services)
      • Godrej Securities Solutions
      • Bajaj Luminaires Division
      • Godrej Storage Solutions
      • Filtrum Tools
      • Hercules Hoists Limited
      • Godrej Tooling
      • LMW Machine Tool Division (MTD) – New Product Development
    • Success stories – Auto & Auto Components
      • Ashok Leyland- Spares Parts Division
      • Tata Motors-Spare Parts & Services Division (Commercial Vehicles)
      • Fleetguard Filters Pvt Ltd
      • J.K. Fenner (India) Ltd
      • Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd (KFIL)
      • Lucas Indian Service Ltd.
      • Mahindra First Choice Services
      • Tata Radiators
      • Top1 Lubricants, Indonesia
      • Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd. (NPD)
      • Filtrum Polymers
      • Mahindra First Choice (Spares And Services)
      • International Tractors Limited
    • Success stories – Consumer Goods & Retail
      • Godrej Interio-NPI
      • Bajaj Electricals Limited (CP)
      • VIP Industries Ltd
      • Godrej Megasari
      • Parag Milk Foods Ltd.
      • Godrej Interio-Home Kitchens
      • Liberty Shoes Ltd
      • Godrej Interio- Service And Spares
      • JK Files And Tools
      • Landmark
      • Liberty Retail Revolution Ltd
      • Godrej Interio
      • Jindal Stainless Limited
    • Success stories – Engineering & Construction
      • KEI Industries Ltd
      • Bajaj Electricals Engineering And Projects Division
      • Godrej PIRE
      • Tata Bluescope Steel Limited
      • Tata Metaliks
      • Fleetguard Filters
      • Trident
    • Success stories – Textile & Garments
      • Pratibha Syntex Ltd
      • Raymond Luxury Cottons Ltd.
      • A Major Vertically Integrated Linen Exporter
    • Success stories – Rapid Flow R&D
      • Schneider Electric
      • Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited-NPD
      • Godrej Interio-NPI
      • Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd. (NPD)
      • Tata Radiators
      • Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd (KFIL)
      • LMW Machine Tool Division (MTD) – New Product Development
    • Success stories – Pull Manufacturing & Distribution
      • Bajaj Electricals Limited (CP)
      • Ashok Leyland- Spares Parts Division
      • Fleetguard Filters Pvt Ltd
      • VIP Industries Ltd
      • J.K. Fenner (India) Ltd
      • Godrej Megasari
      • Godrej Interio-Home Kitchens
      • Liberty Shoes Ltd
      • Lucas Indian Service ltd.
      • JK Files And Tools
      • Top1 Lubricants, Indonesia
      • International Tractors Limited
    • Success stories – High Velocity Custom Manufacturing
      • Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd. (Machine Tool Division)
      • Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. (KOEL)
      • Pratibha Syntex Ltd
      • Godrej Material Handling
      • Godrej Interio
      • Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd (KFIL)
      • Filtrum Tools
      • Godrej Securities Solutions
      • Raymond Luxury Cottons Ltd.
      • Bajaj Luminaires Division
      • Godrej Storage Solutions
      • Tata Radiators
      • Godrej Tooling
      • Filtrum Polymers
      • Hercules Hoists Limited
    • Success stories – Sales Productivity Enhancement
      • Parag Milk Foods Ltd.
    • Success stories – Rapid Projects Execution
      • KEI Industries Ltd
      • Bajaj Electricals Engineering And Projects Division
      • Godrej PIRE
      • Tata Bluescope Steel Limited
      • Trident
      • Trident
      • Tata Metaliks
      • Fleetguard Filters
    • Success stories – Solution for Retail
      • Landmark
      • Liberty Retail Revolution Ltd
    • Success stories – Solution for Spares & Services
      • Mahindra First Choice (Spares And Services)
      • Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd (Spares And Services)
      • Tata Motors-Spare Parts & Services Division (CV)
• By Solution – High Velocity ETO