INTERVIEW : ANAND SHARMA, PRESIDENT & CEO, TBM CONSULTING GROUP

‘Indian firms will have to be quality conscious to operate globally’

Posted: Thursday, Nov 13, 2008 at 0051 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Nov 13, 2008 at 0051 hrs IST

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: manufacturing, which includes making cars, washing machines, airplanes where you put discreet things together and make the product. The second major focus is process manufacturing, which would be food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and third focus for us is the service industry where we are focusing in banking, insurance, retail and healthcare.

You are now focusing on Lean Energy Process. How are companies receiving it?

One of the ways to get people exited is energy as prices are going high. By using the Kaizen process we can help companies save energy and help in the green movement. This practice has taken off very well because in this case you are not affecting the people and those who are cautious of environment really get excited. Cooperation is much faster and several industries have shown interest and by plugging all those noise and steam that erupt from the shopfloor, we can cut down on energy and reduce costs.

How do you think energy Kaizen will be the next big transformational step?

The energy Kaizen that we are doing is a small drop in the bucket. Ultimately, the government policy and everything has to change and the focus has to be on renewable energy. Brazil is an excellent example of renewable energy as the country produces 47% of its energy needs from biofuels and renewables. Rest of the world is doing less than 15%. What we are doing is small, but we are raising the consciousness. That’s more important.

What are the other practices that you offer?

Recently, we launched a practice for working capital reduction because of the global cash crunch companies are really worried about liquidity and working capital. All these days working capital was not a problem as banks were giving unlimited loans. That has almost come to a halt all over the world. So, in that kind of environment, the model that we are proposing is how to manage their whole financial system efficiently....

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