This work is the result of experiences from application of strategic Total Quality Management to a group dance. Explained using the analogy of Sargam, the little protocol of Music marked by a sequence of 7syllables (sounds), that is the essence of celebration of Music. Sargam has been attempted...

Quality is not a joke (when it has got to be delivered). But bad Quality is certainly a joke. Between these two ends there emanates a paradigm which defines as to how people behave and how other’s suffer because of their bad impacts. The process runs awry right from the stage ‘Go’! Can it...

The journey to Quality World passes through the imperative of upgradation of the Quality of World. Thanks to the Gurus the embryo of good Quality was installed, and it sustains at a pace which though small, continues to accelerate. It must cross a threshold to be noticed. The journey is however...

Mentoring students or children is always a tough task. But if the child is put on - perfectly - over a path to success, half the job is done (which implies: Well begun is half done). A good process control in Gita - the holy Hindu guidebook - means aligning of Karma to a higher order task....

Through this present work the author attempts to draw manufacturers’ attention to the urgency of Defect mitigation, as a prelude to achieving organisational competency. No manufacturer must have the licence to create defects, for the scrap generation comes with attendant costs which are only...

There is no alternative to the intricacy; evidenced through sand casting as a production route, economical and poised for shorter runs. Quality of castings and parametric control thereof is more important than that of die casting. With increasing demand for high-quality castings at close...

This Chak De call is designed to address our response to the ensuing ‘shortage in foundry professionals,’ and thus an urgent call to develop a road map for designing treatment to the foundry Man Power Development (fMPD). The need of development of competencies involving innovation, quality,...

This work derives that a Zero Waste culture is a paradigm to sustainable progression of your outfit. If at all one is keen to maintain it in Fitness mode. The solution is through a higher level cognizance to win-win. How this congnisance leads to unprecedented profits is explained. It is...

The components of any business process are enabling conforming products and services to the highest satisfaction of all interested parties. Any mismatch there from in meeting the Total requirements for these customers may only entail increased entropy of the system. This has been reiterated in...

In the think global, act local economy, the new buzz word becomes complicated as glocal (global + local) with new knowledge infrastructure, and new economy@competence. Integrating over manufacturing knowledge, with quality for sustenance, organizations (or nations) cannot help but face a...