Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Management at
Asian Paints
Members:
Aathira M, Apoorv Raj, Aravind Nair,
Cherian S Cherian, Eby Jacob and Naveen
Wilson
Getting to Know Asian Paints
Headquarters: Mumbai
Getting to Know Asian Paints
(Contd.)
•2 Chemical Plants
•72 Depots
Some Important Milestones
Global
Experience Brands
Footprint
World Class
Manufactur IT R&D
ing
Product Financial
Reach
Range Strength
Team Governance
Reliability Management at
Asian Paints
Aids: Encompass all software tools such as planners, B2B solutions, schedulers,
etc.
Reliability Management at
Asian Paints (Contd.)
Drivers: Ground realities -> and can be show-stoppers if not handled properly
& taken care of immediately(this is what Reliability is all about).
“R” factor - Making all the processes, systems, and drivers completely reliable.
Reliable systems, Reliable processes, reliable people, reliable vendors etc. all
form the backbone of a good SCM.
In the early nineties quality was the inspection and it was the matter between
production and quality control. The period saw increased awareness about quality and
the company saw improvements in important quality parameters like approval with
deviations and rejection in finished goods.
After attacking the area of deviations in product quality the company shifted its focus to
reworks which was another problem that they were facing.
Asian paints operations fall under the ‘Hazardous process’ industry as per
Factory act 1948.
Asian Paints believes that positive safety culture are characterized by
communication founded on-
• Mutual trust
• Shared perceptions of importance of safety
• Confidence in efficiency of preventive measures
•Quality
•Environment
•Safety
•People
•Materials
ISO Quality systems were adopted and with the consolidation of Quality system
significant improvements were seen.
Solutions from the Case (Contd.)
•5S Concept
•Six sigma was the method used by Asian paints to analyze the root cause.
•Aimed at bringing down the deviations in the products and also to identify the
reworks in the Processes.
• Root Cause Analysis (Six Sigma)
• TQM (Total Quality Management)
• Zero Defect (Right First Time)
• BSC (Balanced Scorecard)
• 5S Concept
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
• To achieve quality requirements and business objectives throughout
an entire organization.
• Tr u e p e r f e c t i o n m i g h t n o t b e a c h i e v a b l e .
• Ac c o r d i n g t o t h e S i x S i g m a s t a n d a r d , t h e
d e f i n i t i o n o f z e ro d e f e c t s i s d e f i n e d a s 3 . 4 d e f e c t s
per million opportunities (DPMO).
• T h e z e ro d e f e c t s t h e o r y i s b a s e d o n f o u r e l e m e n t s .
•Q u a l i t y i s a s t a t e o f a s s u r a n c e t o re q u i re m e n t s .
•R i g h t t h e f i r s t t i m e .
•Q u a l i t y i s m e a s u re d i n f i n a n c i a l t e r m s .
•P e r f o r m a n c e s h o u l d b e j u d g e d b y t h e a c c e p t e d
standards.
• Root Cause Analysis (Six Sigma)
• TQM (Total Quality Management)
• Zero Defect (Right First Time)
• BSC (Balanced Scorecard)
• 5S Concept
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
• A balanced scorecard is a performance metric
used to identify, improve, and control a
business's various functions and resulting
outcomes.
•Business Processes
•Customers
•Finance
• Root Cause Analysis (Six Sigma)
• TQM (Total Quality Management)
• Zero Defect (Right First Time)
• BSC (Balanced Scorecard)
• 5S Concept
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
•First implemented by the Toyota Motor Corporation.
• In Japanese, the five S's are Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke.
•In English, the five S's are translated as Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize,
and Sustain.
• Root Cause Analysis (Six Sigma)
• TQM (Total Quality Management)
• Zero Defect (Right First Time)
• BSC (Balanced Scorecard)
• 5S Concept
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
•Everyone in a facility should participate in maintenance, rather
than just the maintenance team.
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Improvement projects identified and
implemented by teams in FY 2020-21
across 6 manufacturing facilities
The Agile Supply Chain at Present
• Unlike the lean supply chain, the agile supply chain uses real-time data
and updated information.