Seminar on Lean Sigma Management
Apparel Industry is evolving continuously by making use of new and available techniques. Lean Six Sigma is one such technique which needs to be adopted by our apparel industry to face the new challenges more effectively. Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) along with Rajesh Bheda Consulting (RBC) organized seminar on “Lean Sigma Management for Apparel Industry “on 7th April in Apparel House which was conducted by Prof. Rajesh Bheda, CEO, Rajesh Bheda Consulting and Mr. Sudarshan Chakraborti, International Expert & Lean Sigma Master Trainer, RBC. The seminar was attended by over 45 principals of various ATDC centers and nearly 20 representatives of various export and buying offices like SABS Exports, Li & Fung (India ) P.Ltd.,TESCO Intl. Sourcing Ltd.,Adigear Intl .,etc.
Organizations worldwide are embracing Lean Sigma methodologies to usher in break through improvement and to drive away wastes. The speakers introduced the audience to the philosophy that has transformed the organizations worldwide and helped them deliver superior value to their customers. They gave the overview of “Lean manufacturing, operations improvement & six sigma”. Lean Sigma dealt on making the organization Lean by controlling various wastes. Seven different Wastes were highlighted under TIMWOOD viz Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over Production, Over Processing & Defects. The control tools were also explained.5 s Tools for lean Management were discussed i.e. separate or sort, Straighten or store, shine, standardize, sustain and safety. Lean six sigma tools are used for defects which can be seen. The speakers conducted various demonstration activities to practically show the importance of these tools A brief introduction on Six Sigma was also initiated since six sigma stands for unseen defects.
A thorough in-house study if conducted will help one to identify the wastes in their workflow and would lead to a profitable organization. It is a guaranteed way to reduce costs of final product thereby getting more orders
By Shobhna Mehta
Welcome to the third year of exciting learning opportunities with “Institute of Apparel Management”, India's first Multi-Varsity. IAM is amongst very few fashion institutes in the world that deliver most contemporary courses, industry oriented course curriculums, innovative pedagogy, real-life experience & knowledge sharing by industry at classroom level as well as global exposure to fashion & lifestyle industry. The only institution in India supported by Rs.50,000 crore apparel industry creates new paradigms in learning fashion programmes with most exciting career opportunities OR progress ion to the best international fashion institutions/universities across the world whether it is George Brown College and Ontario College of Art & Design University at Canada, Univ. of Wolverhampton at UK or through Edexcel, 169 colleges across the world and 7 continents.
The recent partnership with London College of Fashion will bring in a much advance perspective in fashion, beauty products & sustainable fashion domain. Also, with new partnerships in progress with Modespe, Paris & SMR University, Italy the students will get a chance to learn from the original fashions centers of the world. With its recent tie-up with IGNOU, the IAM – IGNOU autonomous center has started delivering an additional route for higher education in India & SAARC countries. With latest state of Art infrastructure, such as Knowledge Management & Resource Center (KMRC), India's first Fashion Innovation Lab (FIL), IAM is set to become the only place in India to offer education for “Knowledge & Creative Economy” with digital platform & tools for “new age designers & merchandisers”. We welcome you aboard to be a part of batch 2012-13 and enjoy the most memorable learning opportunities to become “New Age Fashion Professionals”.
Joint Director, IAM