Enhancing Production : A Research and Case Based Approach

The book most successfully tackles the versatile area of production engineering, system engineering, software engineering and integrated product and process development. Statistical product control for software empirical analysis of massive maintenance process, modern statistical control and improvements, the ways and means to improve performance, new patterns of management, the human side of enterprise, trouble shooting and solutions of occurring problems in production processes and the most analytical and strategic way of product development have been expressed in most pragmatic way on the basis of own experiences. The methods and ways to reduce the product cost and to make the production with high quality standards, based on own experiences have been depicted in a way that everyone can learn from that. Dr Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF) This book is an outcome of a deep dive taken by the authors into the Indian plastic industry, to explore and find the levers for enhancing industrial production. A real-life case on an Indian enterprise (Kunstocom India Ltd.) has been taken as a case on which the study was based. Statistical Process Control, Organizational Culture, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation are the main pillars of the book. The book looks at almost all important aspects/variables of enhancing production, namely, quality-price-ratio, value of the product, customer satisfaction, getting into the root of every aspects of production, employee engagement, and so on. Various well-known theories in the area of production/operations have been discussed in various contextual settings. This book will be an immensely useful resource for industry professionals, especially those who manage production and who are in constant pursuit of improving their processes and outcomes. Although the book is anchored on the Indian plastic industry, the subject matter is universally applicable, in any industrial production setting. Students of production and industrial engineering and management will find the book motivational and horizon-broadening. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Approaches to Production: An Assessment 3. Research Design for Model Framework 4. Impact of Statistical Process Control 5. Impact of Organizational Culture 6. Entrepreneurship and Innovation 7. Manufacturing to Success through Continuous Learning: The Kunstocom Case Study Appendix Bibliography

Dr. Abhinav Chauhan is Director & C.E.O. of Kunstocom (India) Ltd., where he has worked tirelessly towards bringing changes in the production facility. Today, entrepreneurs from even other countries come to Kunstocom for Benchmarking. It is an innate passion for Dr. Chauhan to use Information Technology and cost effective techniques in manufacturing. Dr. Sanjeev Bansal is the Director and Head of Amity Business School (ABS). Under his leadership, ABS has scaled newer heights and has been ranked consistently within the top-ten Business Schools in India. ABS also has recently been confereed with the prestigious Palmer Award by Wharton University, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ajay Rana has a rich experience of about 15 years in Industry and Academia. He is Founder Director/Group Director/Director Professor/Mentor of more than 27 different Institutions and Innovative Programs at the Amity Group. His tenure led to an overall excellence in education, research, infrastructure and systemic development of organizations.