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How Lean Six Sigma Helped Mumbai Dabbewala
How Lean Six Sigma Helped Mumbai Dabbewala
‘Mumbai Dabbawalla’
NMTBSA: NUTAN MUMBAI
TIFFIN BOX SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION
VICE PRESIDENT
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
GENERAL SECRETARY
TREASURER
DIRECTORS(19)
SUPERVISER
MEMBERS(5000)
Executive Committee
(5 members)
Individual Dabbawalla
workload = 30 Tiffin Boxes
FINANCIAL DATA OF A GROUP
Group: 1
Total earnings - 20 People : Rs. 1,25,000
Maintenance cost : Rs 35,000
Tiffin luggage basket pass :Rs 180 per head.
Maintenance of cycles :Rs 300 / 2 cycles p. m.
Maintenance of wooden boxes :Rs 100 per head.
T.C , Police, Robbery of Tiffin :Rs 500 yearly.
Organizational fee :Rs 15 per head.
Prayer held per station :Rs 50 per head.
VALUES
Code Of Conduct
No Alcohol drinking during business hours.
Dress Code
Wear a white cap during business hours & carry ID Cards.
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
LOGISTICS HAPPENS – 24 HRS X 7 DAYS.
Network Design
Transportation
Inventory
Warehousing
THE CODE
1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
Effect
Result
If we want quality to be a matter of choice and not chance,
then we have to define Quality in a manner that means
the same to everyone who is associated with it.
At the end of every month & year, shall we not sit down
to see whether we can add a few more learning?
Introspect.