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Lean-MBA stands for Lean Management Business Architecture. In essence it is the business architecture required to successfully manage Lean.
The term "Lean" to me is a state of waste free environment. Irrespective of the tools one uses, Lean thinking (a constant pursuit for eliminating non-value added activities in every sphere) is fundamental to Business Excellence.
The Lean-MBA guide offers a clear insight in to what is expected of an organisation thinking of or starting to implement best class practices. The goal of all the best-class practices is the same, i.e., making profits for the share holders while remaining customer-centric. The tools vary from one approach to another and no approach is right or wrong. It all depends on a number of factors, such as the industry sector you are in, the type of processes you have, what you are planning to achieve etc.
The Lean-MBA guide clearly spells out the reasons for the failure of many Lean implementations, prepares you fully for your Lean journey, and provides you with a sequence of steps to follow and the various tools and methods used.
This guide offers only an overview of how to go about starting your Lean journey in achieving Business Excellence and in no way offers you all the solutions. As you can appreciate there is a lot for any organisation to do to be World-Class or Excel in its operations or business on the whole.
This guide is intended for the senior management as an overview guide to ensure that, they are starting off the Lean journey on the right path.
I am confident this guide will offer you good value for your time and lead you in the right direction.
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Source: Best Practices in Lean Management/Enterprise PDF: Lean-MBA (Management Business Architecture) Guide PDF (PDF) Document, Vishnu Rayapeddi
Vishnu is an experienced management consultant and trainer specializing in implementing continuous process improvements.
[read more] Vishnu is a pioneer in Lean Management which combines the power of Lean Thinking, TOC, Six Sigma, TQM, TWI, Balanced Scorecard, cGMP and other best-class methodologies such as, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, 5S, Quick Changeovers, Quality and Reliability, TPM, Visual Management, Standard Work, Pull, JIT and Kanban to the advantage of his clients.
Vishnu complements his process improvement techniques with key change management skills, including business process & gap analysis, identifying opportunities for improvements, bench marking and ways to implement change; facilitating changes to systems, processes and procedures; forming teams and leading them in the right direction, coaching and mentoring them to achieve the desired results.
Vishnu has a broad perspective and understanding of the whole business and how it operates in an ever-changing competitive world, recognizing the key business drivers, realizing the opportunities to advance the business, understanding and applying key drivers of business performance.
Vishnu has worked in Pharma Manufacturing and FMCG Supply Chain environments for over 23 years with some of the most reputed organisations in New Zealand and India, including Unichem Laboratories, Aristo Pharmaceuticals, Intas Pharmaceuticals, Standard Medical & Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Fonterra (global dairy giant), George Weston Foods (part of AB Foods), Navman (GPS Navigational Equipment Manufacturer), Gilbarco Veeder Root and others. In the past 6 years Vishnu has been providing consulting, training, coaching and mentoring services in the Operational Excellence arena.
Vishnu until recently was a Director & Principal Consultant with Productivity Solutions Limited (PSL) and Productivity Institute (PSL Training Division) based in New Zealand and is passionate about Lean Thinking and making businesses "waste free." During this period, Vishnu consulted for various industries including Electronics, Printing, Plastics, Packaging, Engineering & Metal Fabrication, HVAC, Pre-cast.
Vishnu has been an approved training provider for the CMI Consortium (Competitive Manufacturing Initiative, NZ), offered consultancy & training to NZTE (New Zealand Trade & Enterprise) funded programmes, HERA (Heavy Engineering Research Association, NZ), NZPICS (Association for Operations & Supply Chain Professionals), and CBAFF (Custom Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association, NZ).
Academically Vishnu holds an honors degree in Pharmacy from BITS Pilani, an MBA /PGDBM in Operations Management and certified in Supply Chain management from APICS. Vishnu is also a certified Lean (SME/AME/ASQ/Shingo Prize) & Six Sigma practitioner and attended training by Dr. Jeffrey Liker, the author of The Toyota Way.
Some of Vishnu's achievements include, doubling productivity in Engineering Company by introducing JIT, improving first pass yield by over 12% in Electronics Company, saving $250K in a packaging company by improving flow, saving $2M in an FMCG company by implementing Sales & Operations Planning, implementing training and coaching in practices leading to "First Time Right" philosophy thereby improving quality & customer service levels at a number of organisations.
Vishnu has been a frequent speaker at many conferences in NZ and also an international speaker and trainer. Vishnu delivered consulting and training in NZ, Australia, India and Malaysia.
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