SWAVALAMBAN-
SELF RELIANCE FOR SMALL &
MEDIUM INDUSTRIES
Swavalamban:
Self Reliance for Small &
Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs)
is an endeavor by Six Sigma
Alchemy (P) Ltd (SSA) to make
the best practices in Quality
and business management available
to Indian SMEs at an affordable
cost.
Self
reliance for Small and Medium
Scale Indian Industries (SMEs)
is no more a far fetched dream,
but an inevitability. Looking
at the pace of growth of the
Indian industry and the contribution
of the SMEs to the national
GDP, it is apparent that the
SMEs have more than a significant
role to play in the development
of the Indian economy. (The
GDP contribution of SMEs for
the year 2000 was 40%, while
the growth of the Small scale
sector in 1999- 2000 was 8.16%
against the 6% growth of the
entire Industrial Sector). The
current pressures of Globalization
and increased competition are
felt by both the SMEs &
Large scale sector alike. Catering
to a discerning and enlightened
Customer today requires organizations
to incessantly challenge their
business processes and practices,
and adopt Quality as a business
winning strategy. While the
large scale industries are moving
full spirit in embracing the
Quality Revolution, SMEs in
India are finding it difficult
to adopt the best practices
in business & Quality because
of the high cost implications
involved in the 'Quality' education
& implementation.
SSA
has been serving the Indian
industry since it's inception
with a missionary zeal
of making "Made in
India" synonymous
to Quality. In this endeavor
SSA has consulted a vast
spectrum of industries
ranging from service to
manufacturing, and also
voluntary organizations.
The last 7 years have
seen SSA build up a rich
and varied Clientele base
involving companies like
L & T, ABN Amro, Bombay
Dyeing, ICICI, Godrej,
BPCL, Pfizer to name a
few. |
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SSA has also
worked closely with many small
to medium scale organizations
to understand the unique requirements
and typical ailments/ drawbacks
affecting the SMEs. Based on
the years of association and
learning from Consultation projects
handled with Indian SMEs, SSA
has designed a comprehensive
organization development solution
to enhance the financial results
of SMEs. This training cum consultation
solution is made to support
the SMEs in India to strive
for and achieve self reliance
or 'Swavalamban'.
Swavalamban,
as the name implies, aims at
creating self reliance for the
SMEs in India. It refers to
the ability of SMEs to rely
on a sound internal professional
management system with the least
amount of dependency from external
agencies.
The concept is based on consultation
through handholding & knowledge
transfer in the best quality
practices, to be imparted to
clusters or 'Parivar' of SMEs.
In this initiative 5 to 8 SMEs
form a 'Parivar'. Special handholding/
consultation is provided to
SMEs individually as per their
requirement. To facilitate cross
fertilization of ideas, knowledge
transfer through trainings are
imparted to the Parivar members
on a common platform.
Swavalamban
is a 2 years association to
support the SMEs to achieve
world-class standard in their
practices. This initiative follows
the top- down approach where
the requirements of the organization
are assessed. The initiative
involves improvement based hand-holding
and training sessions.
Approach
to Swavalamban
Swavalamban
involves a 2 year association
with a Parivar, to direct the
member organizations build their
processes and practices and
achieve Customer satisfaction.
The first year focuses on identifying
& strengthening core competencies;
bringing in a process culture
within the organization; and
enhancing people management
skills through change leadership.
Year two is devoted to obtaining
breakthrough results in measurable
business deliverables and process
improvements. Current performance
is measured in the beginning
& improved performances
are demonstrated. The entire
approach to 'Swavalamban' is
committed to generating bottomline
and topline financial improvements
for Parivar members.
Year 1 Plan : Critical
Improvement Consultation
The Consulting package for
year 1 in Swavalamban is to
help the organization to build
a baseline for improvement.
This includes:
Following
are the deliverables under Year
1 Consultation:
Year 2 : Advanced
Improvement Consultation Plan
Year 2 in Swavalamban aims
at improving & sustaining
the quality, profitability,
& growth of the organization.
The Consultation package is
based on mutual consent with
individual 'Parivar' members.
The entire consultation is devoted
to sustain improvement within
the organization through the
following:
| Handholding
and Training for Swavalamban
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Based
on the requirements a 2 level
Training Plan is meted out through
the two year association with
the Parivar.
Level 1: Training
and Support to Directors:
The Training to Directors
includes the following technical
as well as behavioral support:
Level 2: Training
and Support to Employees:
To sustain and drive the growth
onwards, the Employees in the
organization are trained on
following topics:
NOTE: Hand
holding for these improvement
initiatives is done as per the
requirement of the organization.
Benefits from Swavalamban:
| Tangible
Benefits |
Intangible
Benefits |
1. Improved sales
2. Reduced cost of manufacturing/operation
3. Higher ROIC (PAT ÷
COC)
4. Productivity Improvement
5. Reduced Scrap / rework
6. Inventory reduction
7. Reduction in Machine
down time
8. Reduction in customer
complaints
9. Delivery Performance
improvements
10. Enhanced customer satisfaction
Index |
1. Elimination of fire
fighting at all levels
2. Enhanced quality time
for the Directors
3. Improved morale of the
team
4. Better image of the company
5. Better employee retention
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