About this Presentation
This presentation draws on the experience of self started work on TOC to facilitate workshops and consultant supported implementation of TOC concepts at companies in India and Europe. The paper takes lessons from success, failures and delays in implementing TOC or getting appropriate results in the right time.
What Will You Learn
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Instructor(s)
Bimlendra Jha
Mr. Bimlendra Jha is a B. Tech in Ceramic Engineering from IIT Varanasi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Marketing and Finance from XLRI Jamshedpur. Presently, he is Managing Director of Jindal Steel and Power. Prior to this, he has been the MD & CEO of Ambuja Cement Limited and associated with Tata Steel Ltd. for nearly three decades where he has held multiple leadership roles including CEO Tata Steel UK looking after operations in UK, Sweden, and Canada and Executive Director on the Board of Tata Steel Europe. He has been actively involved in strategic portfolio restructuring and supply chain transformation in Europe and market development, sales and brand management, and innovation in construction practices in India. This includes his high profile rescue of British Steel from imminent closure, the design of new processes in Marketing, Value Selling, Channel Loyalty programs and launch of new product and service concepts using TOC. It has now been a couple of decades since Bimlendra invented an integrated improvement framework for Tata Steel, branded ASPIRE T3, combining the best practices of TOC, TPM and TQM. Many of its outcomes were subsequently recognized as leading best practices by a jury that granted the Deming Grand Prize to Tata Steel.
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Dr Gary Wadhwa
Dr. Gary Wadhwa is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in the field. He completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and has served as an Attending at prestigious institutions like St. Peters Hospitals, Ellis Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital in NY. With a career spanning over two decades, he was the former CEO and President of a group specialty practice in NY from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Wadhwa holds an MBA from UT at Knoxville, TN, and has undergone additional training in System Dynamics at MIT, Health System Management at Harvard Business School, and Entrepreneurship and healthcare innovations at Columbia Business School. Committed to expanding access to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery care, he is currently engaged in a meaningful project to provide healthcare services to underserved populations in inner city and rural areas through non-profit Community Health Centers.