All Episodes

Ep# 80 Designed, not measured. Redefining productivity in New Product Development.

Ep#79 The ticking shelf. The overlooked economics of store profitability

EP#78 Government intervention and role of individual companies

Ep#77 Rethinking productivity in project execution

Ep#76 Leveraging financial discipline for long-term strength

Ep#75 Mastering customer loyalty for long-term success

Ep#74 Rethinking growth in the steel fabrication industry

Ep#73 Treating Vendors as Partners

Ep#72 The Equipment Enigma: Rethinking the approach to new product development (NPD)

Ep#71 How did Aditya Auto reduce its working capital requirements and improve on-time delivery

Ep#70 How Aditya Auto reduced NPD lead times and improved R&D throughput?

Ep#69 From chaos to control - Shifting to a pull-based system in agri-equipment

Ep#68 Harnessing workers as employee assets

Ep#67 Challenges and opportunities in Pharma quality

Ep#66 The pharmaceutical paradox: A growing market with shrinking margins — ​ What’s the way out?

Ep#65 Role of management in making India a manufacturing hub

Ep#64 Quick Commerce vs. Kirana Stores: The Battle for Urban Convenience in India’s Evolving Retail Landscape

Ep#63 Overcoming limitations of JIT in Indian auto supply chain with an agile pull-based system

Ep#62 What's eating into apparel brands profitability?

Ep#61 Dealership inventory crisis: What's causing the surplus?

Ep#60 How do businesses tackle fluctuating demand, capacity challenges, and operational inefficiencies?

Ep#59 Conversations with Business Leaders: Mr. Abhishek Sharma, VP - Supply Chain, Blackberrys Menswear

Ep#58 Conversations with Business Leaders: Mr. B Govindarajan, CEO, Royal Enfield

Ep#57 What drives effectiveness in communication: Data-first or Narrative-first approach?

Ep#56 Disrupting the Norm: How Fleetguard Filters Redefined Auto Component Industry Standards

Ep#55 Arvind Fashions: Crafting the Future of Retail Supply Chains

Ep#54 The Bottom Line Blues: Understanding Real Estate Companies' Financial Challenges

Ep#53 Product range: More isn’t always profitable

Ep#52 Core conflict of Pharma labs

Ep#51 Unmasking the true cause of quality issues in Pharma labs!

Ep#50 Vector's Decisive Competitive Edge in the Consulting Industry

Ep#49 Idea and its Execution: What’s the missing link?

Ep#48 Find hidden capacity in manufacturing plants

Ep#47 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 2): Understanding the importance of deep causal thinking in management

Ep#46 How to ensure a successful product launch

Ep#45 Not so Agile: Part II - How to transform the software development process

Ep#44 Meeting Fatigue: How can we make meetings add more value?

Ep#43 All improvement projects may not add value: How to do less and yet gain more

Ep#42 Not so Agile: Challenges in Software Development

Ep#41 Conversations with Business Leaders: Antony Cherukara, CEO, VST Tillers Tractors

Ep#40 Pharma Operations: Supply Chain challenges and sustainable ways to overcome them

Ep#39 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 9): Mystery analysis - continued

Ep#38 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 8): Mystery analysis

Ep#37 Irrelevance of Seasons in the Fashion Industry with Anindya Ray, CSO & CHRO, Arvind Fashions Limited and Sachin Jain, Senior Partner, Vector Consulting Group

Ep#36 Why individual targets do not drive accountability?

Ep#35 End-to-End Pull Distribution | From Pilot Phase to Scale Up

Ep#34 Is direct distribution of the full market possible?

Ep#33 Conversations with Business Leaders: Saket Agrawal, Managing Director, MSP Steel and Power Ltd.

Ep#32 New Product Development in Auto Sector: Challenges and Solutions

Ep#31 End-to-End Pull Distribution | Managing the challenges of transformation

Ep#30 Conversations with Business Leaders: Siddharth Bansal, Executive Director, Skipper Limited

Ep#29 Go-To-Market Strategy for Year-On-Year sales growth

Ep#28 Retail Environments: Solving the Last Mile Obstacle for Go-To Market Strategy

Ep#27: New Product Development: A new and evolved approach to managing NPD projects

Ep#26 Conversations with Business Leaders: R V Gumaste, Managing Director, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited

Ep#25 Auto industry OEM spare parts operations: Solving the core conflict

Ep#24 Managing job shops: Sustainable solutions to resolve core conflicts

Ep#23 Managing job shops: Why is it so difficult?

Ep#22 Auto industry OEM spare parts operations: Key causes for challenges

Ep#21 Conversations with Business Leaders: Sharan Bansal, Director, Skipper Limited

Ep#20 Throughput Accounting: Taking decisions using financial metrics

Ep#19 Leadership skills: Are leaders born or made?

Ep#18 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 6): Discussion on non-linear causality, vicious, virtuous, and balancing loops

Ep#17 Financial Decision Making: Common Mistakes and Fallacies

Ep#16 What is a Constraint? Understanding systemic limitations

Ep#15 Conversations with Business Leaders: Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej Interio

Ep#14 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 7): A systemic approach to resolving deep-seated conflicts

Ep#13 Multi-tasking - A myth?

Ep#12 Supplier Bull Whip Effect: Why it happens and the way out

Ep#11 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 5): How to establish causality through logical reasoning

Ep#10 Discover hidden capacities in your plant

Ep#9 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 4): Going beyond data in decision making

Ep#8 JIT: Just In Time - Still Relevant OR A Solution of the Past?

Ep#7 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 3): Going beyond 5 'why's for root cause analysis!

Ep#6 Vector's toolkit for thinking clearly (Part 1): The discipline of deep thinking

Ep#5 Managing Supply Chains: A simple yet powerful solution

Ep#4 Managing Supply Chains: Understanding the core conflicts and issues

Ep#3 Influencer Loyalty Programs

Ep#2 Re-inventing Retailer Loyalty Programs

Ep#1 Month-end skew

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