Right from our MBA first year we have been taught about Japanese performances and their supply chain efficiencies..I have come across keywords like Kaizen, Shitsuke(Dont remember other 3s), six sigma and so on.Among all these I personally think we(Indians) are also good at some kind of supply chain process, the only reason we are not credited upon is because we hate using jargons... Yes I am talking about the buzz word in SCM classes called JIT(Just in time)... Recently i happened to attend a marriage ceremony of my cousin and an inaugural function of a shopping mall on consecutive days...To my surprise i have noted some similar SCM practices in both the cases..
1. I went to the mandap 3 hrs. before the muhurat(the scheduled time) and i saw everything disorganized and i wondered whether they would be able to locate mangalsutra(the sacred thread) when demanded by the purohit. But everything went normal and in fact precisely perfect..
2. Similar thoughts waves were generated across my mind the day before inaugural function of the shopping mall..Uncleanliness, chaos, & panic filled the pages of the night..The same..Perfect by the time scheduled..
Well dont u think JIT should be a label from indian tradition??? I think we overcede Toyota in several fronts.. They developed but we inherited!!!!!!-----RamKumar
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Ram, it is not very clear to me whether u r praising Indians though this article of yours or criticising on the bad habbit of indians of leaving the work for the last moment...........
ReplyDeleteHahahaha!!!! It is left for u to decide...Its like using a nice concept but in useless way..
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