Manufacturing Excellence: The Path to Make in India 
Last date for registration: 30 Jul, 2017
End Date : 11 Aug, 2017
Early Bird Discount Date : 19 Jul, 2017
In today’s world, manufacturing is a diverse sector and contributes enormously to the global economy. With new perspectives such as “Make in India”, manufacturing sector is expected to accelerate over the next few years. However much of this growth will be challenged by willingness of foreign firms to outsource, increased labor content over mechanization, availability of skilled manpower, investment decisions in capacity, etc. We will explore how these aspects need to be addressed to excel in manufacturing on the path to make in India. The program will help the participants in understanding the complexity and challenges in manufacturing sector and would discuss the key decisions and the approach that a firm needs to adopt in such situations.
We will start by identifying the hierarchy of decision making in a firm, and the position of manufacturing strategy therein and its relationship with other functions. We will then proceed to key parameters that are involved in the design of manufacturing systems, followed by in-depth analysis of manufacturing best practices (Toyota Production System). The key challenge to `Make in India’ would be the ability to convince potential customers to transfer manufacturing to India: what are the arguments to be made? How will these highly-mechanized systems be transferred to India? What are the process technologies choices to be made? And how should firms make the capacity decisions? Should capacity and flexibility trade-off? Finally, we will close on how to do benchmarking: the key tool to identify opportunities.
The program is designed for senior and middle level executives involved in manufacturing strategy decisions. These are people who are responsible for either/both of matching market requirements or meeting the manufacturing needs of customers.
The program is designed to give the participant the necessary general management tools needed to evaluate a manufacturing strategy. The program will help the participant recognize the key tenets of best practice manufacturing practices and the challenges of adopting the same. Overall the participant will be able to appreciate the important role that manufacturing plays in the success of any firm.
The program engages participants through case-based discussions supplemented by lectures. The cases will comprise of a mix of best-practice global cases, and cases that provide insights into how manufacturing can be transferred to India. The participants will be required to spend time preparing the relevant case studies before the sessions, and hence residential participation is necessary
Anshuman Tripathy
Anshuman Tripathy is a faculty member in Operations Management. His research interests are two fold. His early research, which continues today, dwells into how firms design their globally distributed product development organizations with particular focus on firms that are involved in the design and development of complex engineered systems. Of late he has also been looking into how firms need to act along the industry value chain to ensure sustainability of their product/process innovations. His research has been published in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and Production and Operations Management. His paper `Structuring Work Distribution for Global Product Development Organizations’ was awarded the Wickham Skinner Best Paper (Runner-Up) for the best paper in Production and Operations Management.
At IIM Bangalore, Anshuman teaches the core course in Operations Management for the PGP program, and offers an elective on Technology & Operations Strategy for all the long duration programs. He also offers Executive Programs on Project/Program Management, Value Chain Strategies, Manufacturing Excellence, Managing Technological Innovation, and Supply Chain Strategies.
Anshuman has been a faculty member at IIM Bangalore since 2011. Prior to that he was a faculty member at IIM Ahmedabad. Anshuman worked for more than 10 years, between his PGDM and PhD, in the automotive industry at Maruti Udyog Ltd and Ford India/USA, holding senior management positions in Purchasing, eBusiness Strategy Development, PD Program Management, and Product Development. His last assignment, before pursuing a career in academics, was as General Management (Product Engineering) at Ford India Ltd.
Programme Fee and Payment
INR 76,000/- Residential (+ Applicable GST) per person for participants from India and its equivalent in US Dollars for participants from other countries.
The participants are required to work on assignments, cases and prepare for the classes the next day during the programme days. The programme therefore has been structured as a residential programme. Non-residential option is not available.
Early Bird Discount
Nominations received with payments on or before 19-July-17 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.
- Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 68,400/-(+ Applicable GST)
Please Note
All enrolments are subject to review and approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior the start of the programme. Kindly do not make your travel plans unless you receive the letter from IIMB.
A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants by IIMB.
- The programme fee should be received by the Executive Education Office before the programme commencement date.
- In case of cancellations, the fee will be refunded only if a request is received at least 15 days prior to the start of the programme.
- If a nomination is not accepted, the fee will be refunded to the person/ organisation concerned.