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8elng Lhe key knowledge arLner for Lhe lanL Leadershlp Conclave 2012, held ln Mumbal
on 30 & 31
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AugusL, 8MCl hlghllghLed & ldenLlfled key areas LhaL could creaLe hlgh lmpacLs
Lo Lhe lndusLry Lhereby leadlng Lo lanL Leadershlp.
1he evenL was organlsed by ?oogma 8uslness Servlces. 1he evenL comprlsed of LhoughL
leaders (speakers) and delegaLes (senlor managemenL) from across Lhe counLry, M|dd|e Last
& Ch|na geos. key company execuLlves LhaL graced Lhe occaslon |nc|uded 1ata Motors,
SAIL, 1VS Motors, Akzo Nobe|, 1ata ower, Wh|r|poo|, 8a[a[ Auto, Vedanta A|um|n|um,
ke||ance Industr|es, noneywe||, etc Lo name a few. 1he evenL was well aLLended wlLh over
30+ C-SulLe & Senlor ManagemenL execuLlves acLlvely parLlclpaLlng ln Lhe proceedlngs.
1he Cha|rman of Lhe
evenL, Mr Naresh
ka|s|nghan| & CLC]
Lxecut|ve D|rector, 8MGI,
dellvered hls openlng
keynoLe address on Lhe
Loplc "12 Ideas for |ant
Leadersh|p"
Mr.ka|s|nghan| of 8MGI
Lalked abouL hls exposure
Lowards Lhousands of
lmprovemenL areas from a
ManufacLurlng & lanL
perspecLlve on Lhe basls of
whlch he has examlned &
collecLed a rlch reposlLory of besL pracLlces. lurLher, he sLressed on Lhe facL LhaL a
subsLanLlal chunk of manufacLurlng/ planL seL-ups ln lndla have noL yeL fully explolLed or
reallsed Lhe full poLenLlal of Lhese prevalenL besL pracLlces & hence Lhe need Lo unlock lLs
poLenLlal.
Some of Lhe key ldeas expressed by Mr.ka|s|nghan| lncluded reduclng varlaLlons ln planL
processes by more Lhan half, lncreaslng baLch frequencles, reduclng changeover Llmes,
creaLlng vlsual facLory, oka-?oke (MlsLake rooflng) concepL, MulLl-skllllng l.e ablllLy Lo
upsklll an exlsLlng employee, measurlng planL yleld, ablllLy Lo challenge Lhe sLaLus quo w.r.L
process & producL deslgn, engaglng people's mlnds ln carrylng forward lmprovemenL
programs, opLlmlslng operaLlons vla lanL experlmenLaLlon & LvoluLlonary CperaLlons
concepLs, dlglLlzlng processes & creaLlng a ull" based supply chaln Lo help llquldaLe more
Lhan half of Lhe lnvenLory.
Mr.8alslnghanl's vlews expressed ln hls keynoLe address were echoed by several noLed
speakers laLer durlng Lhe course of Lhe day.
Mr. k Mohanty - Cutstand|ng Sc|ent|st and 1echn|ca| D|rector - neavy Water 8oard,
focused on 1toosfotmotloool leoJetsblp - coocepts & ltoctlce. Pls presenLaLlon Lalked
abouL aspecLs of Leadershlp and lnnovaLlon and lnslghLs were belng provlded on Lhe 8oron
LnrlchmenL laclllLy and Lhe experlmenL conducLed aL Lhelr 1alcher slLe. Mr MohanLy
relLeraLed LhaL belng a CovernmenL of lndla enLerprlse, money has Lo be lnvesLed wlsely
and Lhe rlghL places. 8educLlon ln cosL doesn'L mean poor quallLy, raLher lL glves an
opporLunlLy Lo challenge yourself Lo beLLer your producL and be more efflclenL. Pe also
dwelL on Lhe facL LhaL slnce Lhey work ln non-compeLlLlve" space, Lhey seL Lhelr own
benchmarks. ln facL, Lhelr operaLlonal performance ls beLLer Lhan several equlvalenL
agencles ln oLher counLrles.
Moooqloq key 5tokebolJets was led by Mr V|[ay kumar Gupta - Asst Lxecut|ve D|rector,
Da|m|a 8harat Sugar and Industr|es Ltd. Mr CupLa spoke abouL Lhe presence of varlous
sLakeholders who need Lo be managed. 1he sLakeholders are noL [usL Lhe shareholders and
dlrecLors of Lhe company, buL lnclude Lmployees and Lhelr famllles (famlly's well-belng),
vendors/CusLomers (provldlng a wln/wln slLuaLlon), romoLers (eace & Parmony, 8uslness
CrowLh, planL efflclency), lnvesLors (planL vlslLs / glve rlghL buslness perspecLlve Lo lnvesLor),
CovernmenL Agency (legal compllance / regular llalson/ healLhy relaLlons), Local ollLlclan(s)
(regular meeLlngs / good relaLlonshlp / meeLlng Lhelr requlremenLs), 1rade unlons (ConsLanL
Louch /effecLlve dlalogue / communlcaLlon / falr and reasonable approach) and Lhe Cverall
CommunlLy (corporaLe soclal responslblllLy / envlronmenL managemenL /conLrlbuLlon Lo
communlLy developmenL).
A anel ulscusslon on wotkfotce Moooqemeot - 1be lotote of wotkfotce wos chalred by
Mr. S. V|[ayan - r|nc|pa| Consu|tant kamco Systems, Mr. S. nar|haran - Io|nt Manag|ng
D|rector - So|ar|s Chem 1ech, Mr. V|[ay kumar Gupta - Asst Lxecut|ve D|rector, Da|m|a
8harat Sugar and Industr|es Ltd and Mr. G S Uppa| - nead of CS, Ik & Adm|n|strat|on -
1ata Motors.
Mr.S nar|haran of So|ar|s Chem 1ech Lalked abouL Workforce ManagemenL - Cen ?
lmperaLlve. Pe echoed Lhe polnLs ralsed earller by Mr.8alslnghanl on Lhe Loplc of Lmployee
engagemenL as he sLaLed LhaL Loday's Cen ? has dlfferenL expecLaLlons
Mr. Parlharan provlded an lnLeresLlng perspecLlve by provldlng a comparaLlve analysls of
people born before 1930, afLer 1930, afLer 1970 and afLer 1983 on varlous aspecLs such os
tblcs, leoJetsblp 5tyle, commoolcotloo, ooJ wotk & lomlly llfe. Pe also provlded a vlew on
WhaL Cen ? can brlng Lo Lhe Lable and how one can Lry Lo engage Lhem ln Loday's world.
Mr. G.S. Uppa| of 1ata Motors Lhrough hls presenLaLlon Lhrew some llghL on Lmployee
relaLlons. Pe made a very valld polnL sLaLlng, '1bete ote oo qooJ ot boJ employees, jost
qooJ ot boJ moooqets.' 1here ls a general percepLlon abouL Lmployee 8elaLlons - narrow
Mlnded, negaLlve, 8eacLlve, ConfllcL 8esoluLlon, Ad Poc, eLc. Mr. uppal provlded an lnslghL
on Lhe changlng proflles of workforce ln lndla aL Lhree levels - ?esLerday, 1oday and
1omorrow.
Mr. Gupta of Da|m|a 8harat Sugar and Industr|es Ltd, who presenLed ln Lhe prevlous
sesslon, shared hls lnslghL on ?oung Leaders and how can one manage young leaders. Mr.
CupLa provlded cerLaln lmporLanL LralLs on boLh Lhe aspecLs lncludlng 1alenL, lmpaLlence,
Work Llfe balance, Culck resulLs, Lnergy, eLc.
1he panel dlscusslon provlded an opporLunlLy for oLhers Lo ask quesLlons and learn from
experlences. 122

An Cpen ulscusslon on lanL Leaders - Challenges & SoluLlons was belng led by Mr. San[ay
kurup - D|rector (Manufactur|ng Cperat|ons) West - eps| and Mr. Naresh ka|s|nghan| -
CLC and Lxecut|ve D|rector - 8MGI. 1hey gave lnslghLs abouL lmporLanL aspecLs on
ManagemenL, ManufacLurlng, CperaLlons & 1echnlcal, Supply Chaln and LoglsLlcs. Mr.
kurup spoke abouL lmporLance of 8alanced Scorecard and how lL helps Lo drlve resulLs once
Lhe annual goals are flxed. Mr. ka|s|nghan| also provlded lnslghLs on havlng Lhe sLaff Lo gel
LogeLher durlng dlsLress and how lL helps Lo come ouL of any slLuaLlon.
Mr.Lddy Anwar of MDV, a sofLware flrm provldlng soluLlon around MLS made a
presenLaLlon on ManufacLurlng LxecuLlon SysLem (MLS) for lanL SusLalnablllLy. 1he varlous
SysLem used by companles (L8 such as SA, eLc.) manages manufacLurlng operaLlons ln
facLorles. 8eal Llme daLa can be Lhe eyes and ears of manufacLurlng unlLs and hence lL ls
lmperaLlve for organlzaLlons Lo look aL sysLems LhaL supporL Lhelr manufacLurlng operaLlons
for beLLer resulLs. Pe provlded lnslghL on how Lhls sysLem helps varlous funcLlons.
Mr.kr|shna kao - Sa|es D|rector, ASIA AC - Stratus techno|og|es spoke abouL ConLlnuous
Servers AvallablllLy for 24/7 ManufacLurlng lanLs. SLraLus 1echnologles provldes servers Lo
proLecL mlsslon crlLlcal sysLems from downLlme. ln Loday's world, manufacLurers are uslng
loL of sysLems for beLLer producLlvlLy whlch requlres conLlnuous avallablllLy of servers.
A panel dlscusslon on CooJ Moloteoooce ltoctlces" was chalred by Mr. S. V|[ayan -
r|nc|pa| Consu|tant kamco Systems & parLlclpaLed by experlenced lanL Leaders such as
Mr. An|| Ma||k - Shutdown and turnaround Manager atar petro|eum, Sudh|r Agrawa| -
V ke||ance Gas 1ransportat|on Infrastructure - Lng|neer|ng and Ma|ntenance and k k
V|[ayaverg|a - LD (CS) - SAIL.
Mr. Mallk who ls based ln CA1A8 spoke regardlng Lhe lmporLanL lssue of planL shuLdown
and sLressed on lmporLance of rellablllLy and avallablllLy of planL unlL and Lhe assoclaLed
malnLenance requlremenLs. Pe posed relevanL quesLlons on avoldlng Lmergency ShuLdown.
Pe sLresses on Lhe need for consLanL readlness and revlew.
Mr Sudh|r Agarwa| spoke on how Lo prevenL breakdowns and hlghllghLed use of framework
such as lollote MoJes ooJ ffects Aoolysls and lallure Modes and LffecLs CrlLlcallLy
Analysls".
Mr V|[ayaverg|a spoke abouL 1roubleshooLlng and roblem Solvlng wlLh focus on provldlng
soluLlons Lo enhance producLlvlLy of Lhe planL/machlnery, lncreaslng planL's operaLlonal
efflclency, reduclng unplanned shuLdowns and lowerlng cosLs aLLached Lo malnLenance and
repalrs of Lhe planL and machlnery.
1he panel dlscusslon provlded an opporLunlLy for oLhers Lo ask quesLlons and learn from
experlences.
A [olnL presenLaLlon on llexlble ManufacLurlng SysLem was made by Mr 8harat Shah, nead
Cperat|ons, |d|||te Industr|es Ltd and Mr D|nesh C S|nha, CCC, ka|yan| Carpenter Spec|a|
Stee|s Ltd.
1he presenLaLlons Lalked abouL aspecLs of drlvlng lmprovemenLs such as Culck Changeover,
lmprovlng quallLy, cycle Llme reducLlon, greaLer labour producLlvlLy and shorLer lead Llmes.
Some of Lhe Loplcs dlscussed such as Culck Changeover were belng Lalked abouL by
Mr.ka|s|nghan| ln hls earller keynoLe openlng address. 1hey spoke abouL Lhe crlLlcal facLors
of producLlon lncludlng Machlnery, 8aw MaLerlal, Labour, CaplLal and Land. 1hey also spoke
abouL how companles can use Lools such as Slx Slgma for lmprovlng CLL.

1he keynoLe speaker of uay 2 was Mr. ku|bhushan Gupta, "#$% &' () * +,- +,./$, Iub||ant
L|fe Sc|ences Ltd. Pe gave an overvlew on Lhe 8uslness Lxcellence [ourney aL !ubllanL. Pe
Lhen shared lnslghLs on how Lhe deploymenL has been successfully managed ln Lhe
organlzaLlon. Pe Lalked abouL challenges faced and acLlons Laken for drlvlng success. Pe
shared some cases on problems solved.
A 3 hour osL-
Conference MasLer-Class
sesslon was conducLed
by 8MGI's Sen|or
r|nc|pa| Consu|tant
Mr.Ambar|sh ka[.
lmporLanL polnLs relaLed
Lo deploylng lnnovaLlon
& CrowLh ro[ecLs was
also covered. 1he
underlylng 4 key
ptloclples to looovotloo,
looovotloo ltocesses,
ooJ 1ools & 1ecbolpoes
socb os tbe u-4 1kl2
metboJoloqy was also covered & dlscussed.
1he overall sesslon was hlghly lnLeracLlve wlLh parLlclpanLs belng provlded wlLh mulLlple
exerclses/ games/vldeos Lo galn a pracLlcal perspecLlve Lowards lnnovaLlon as a concepL.
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conLlnued furLher wlLh Lhe lnnovaLlon agenda. Pe sLarLed wlLh some concepLs on breaklng
psychologlcal lnerLla aL Lhe work place. Pe concluded wlLh case sLudy demonsLraLlng Lhe
appllcaLlon of 18lZ Lo solve a crlLlcal problem aL Lhe workplace.
1he event ended w|th the event organ|zer Ms. Iyot| Shau thank|ng the speakers,
de|egates, know|edge partner and sponsors.
About 8MGI
8reakLhrough ManagemenL Croup lnLernaLlonal (8MCl), a global consulLlng flrm wlLh a
sLrong focus on dellverlng resulLs, parLners wlLh organlzaLlons ln varlous sLages of Lhelr
buslness llfe cycle Lo Lransform Lhelr buslness performance. 8MCl ls recognlzed as Lhe world
leader ln harnesslng Lhe power of cuLLlng edge Lechnlques ln Lhe area of Innovat|on,
Strategy, rob|em So|v|ng and 8us|ness 1ransformat|on for achlevlng Langlble buslness
resulLs. 8MCl enables buslnesses drlve growLh and lmprove proflLablllLy. PeadquarLered ln
Lhe uS, 8MCl has offlces ln 13 counLrles around Lhe globe. 8MCl has dellvered cumulaLlve
beneflLs Lo lLs cllenLs worLh several bllllon dollars wlLh an 8Cl of 3:1 Lo 20:1.
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