Kaul Associates is a management consulting firm that specializes in applying Lean, Six Sigma, and other process improvement methodologies. Their mission is to enhance client competitiveness through expertise, proven implementation methods, and innovation. They offer over 14 years of experience helping companies transform manufacturing and supply chain processes. Their services include Lean manufacturing, supply chain management, Six Sigma, reliability engineering, and more. They have implemented these services for several clients across different industries. The document introduces Kaul Associates and provides details on their capabilities, services, clients, and principal consultants.

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Kaul Associates
Management Consultants
30 October 2010

2. 2LeanSigmaKaul & Associates
Our Mission Statement
Our Clients’ success is our success.
We will enhance their global competitiveness
by applying our expertise and knowledge
using proven implementation methodologies.
We will continue to innovate and provide
outstanding service to our Clients.

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Our Capabilities
Experience
For over 14 years Kaul Associates has assisted several companies
to transform their manufacturing processes and enhance their
supply chain competitiveness. We bring with us a diverse
background and proven business experience to help you achieve
significant business results.
Knowledge
We believe in continuous learning, on-going training and application
of innovative state-of-the-art management techniques.
Speed
We work to understand the distinct needs of each organization, offer
custom-made solutions and implement them quickly.
Endurance
We assist you in developing cross-functional performance measures
to monitor and motivate employees in the continuous improvement
process.

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Services Offered
 Lean Manufacturing Systems
— Value stream mapping & Flow
— Pull System: Towards fast response and low inventories.
— TQM: Towards zero defects.
— TPM: Towards zero breakdown/ stoppage.
— Cellular Manufacturing.
 Supply Chain Management:
— Supply Chain Planning using Advanced Planning &
Scheduling systems
— Supply Chain Execution through a collaborative flow of
information, material and cash amongst the trading
partners.
— Strategic Sourcing and vendor management.

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Services Offered
 Six Sigma:
— Voice of Customer & Baselining
— Process Mapping & Systems Thinking
— Process Capability & Control
— Failure Mode & Effects Analysis
— Design of Experiments
— Design for Manufacturability
 Reliability/ Robust Engineering:
— Failure Mode & Effects Analysis
— Root Cause Analysis
— Reliability Centred Maintenance
— CMMS
— Design of Experiments

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List of Clients
Client Business/ Product Improvement Initiatives
Implemented
 Lean Manufacturing
 LeanSupply Chain
& Logistics
 Lean Product
Development Customer Support
Process Voice of the
Customer Voice Of People -
Employee Involvement
 Lean Manufacturing
 Supply Chain Mgt.
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.,
Engine Div., Bangalore, India
Aero- Engines  Lean Manufacturing
DGP Windsor Ltd, Thane &
Ahmedabad, India
Plastic Processing
Machinery
 Lean - Pull
Premier Polytronics, Coimbatore,
India
Textile Machinery
Accessories
 Lean - Make to
Order
Tata BP Solar, Bangalore, India Solar Panels  Lean - Layout
Design
BPL Ltd, Bangalore, India Colour Television
BPL Sanyo Utilities Ltd.,
Bangalore, India
Washing Machines

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List of Clients
Client Business/ Product Improvement Initiatives
Implemented
Premier Polytronics,
Coimbatore, India
Textile Machinery
Accessories
 Lean - Make to
Order
 Pull System -
Heijunka
Tata BP Solar, Bangalore,
India
Solar Panels  Lean - Layout Design
 Quality Improvement
 Six Sigma
 Plant wide Incentive
Scheme
 Lean Manufacturing
 Constraint based
Scheduling System
Kar Mobiles, Bangalore,
India
Engine Valves
Sulzer Pumps India Ltd. High Performance
Pumps
Triveni Engg. & Industries
Ltd., Bangalore & Mysore,
India
Steam and Gas
Turbines
 Lean - Make to
Order -cellular layout

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People at KA – Principal Consultant
Vinay Kaul (vinay@kaulassociates.com)
 Graduate Engineer - Mechanical Engineering from IIT
Bombay, India & Post Graduate degree in Machine Tool
Technology from IIT Bombay, India.
 Founder of Kaul Associates and a person with more than
34 years of experience in the manufacturing field
 Started his career as a designer and designed several
successful special purpose and fully automatic machines
 As Executive Vice President at The Mysore Kirloskar Ltd.,
led a team of Senior Executives to implement ideas of
World Class Manufacturing to gain competitive advantage
through superior manufacturing processes. Successfully
implemented above at their Hubli plant, producing centre
lathes which were sold in highly competitive markets viz.
North America, U.K., and South East Asia

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People at KA – Principal Consultant
 Visiting faculty at Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad and Bangalore on Innovations in
Manufacturing Management and World Class
Manufacturing
 Knowledge Domain includes Supply Chain Planning and
Execution, Six Sigma Quality, Lean Manufacturing
Systems, Employee Involvement and Change
Management, Performance Measurement Systems, etc.

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People at KA – Principal Consultant
Seshadri Prativadi (seshadri@kaulassociates.com)
 Graduate Engineer – Mechanical (Major) from REC,
Warangal, India & Graduate Diploma Courses in
Mechanical Design from IIT, Chennai, India)
 Career covers diverse Engineering and Management
responsibilities in various Design, Development,
Manufacturing and Quality/ Reliability assurance positions
involving Capital Equipment, Custom Engineered Systems,
Process Equipment Systems, Precision Machines and high
Quality / Reliability, high/ low volume consumer/ OEM
products in a technically challenging and competitive
business setting
 American Society for Quality - Certified Reliability Engineer
CRE.
 Certified Reliability Centred Maintenance Facilitator–
(Global Equipment Reliability – Kodak).

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People at KA – Principal Consultant
 Six Sigma Black Belt Practitioner - Kodak
 Six Sigma Black Belt Mentor, Trainer - Health Division,
Kodak, Oakdale, MN
 Six Sigma Black Belt Mentor, Trainer - Kodak – India
 Senior Member SME.
 US Patents include Moisture Barrier Design for Thin
Lithium/ MnO2 Cell and Battery With Metal Foil Coated
Plastics Housing

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Integrating Lean & Six Sigma
Figure 1: Integrating Lean And Six Sigma Roadmap
Lean creates flow while Six Sigma attacks variation. Harness the synergy of Lean and
Six Sigma and apply it at the speed of Kaizen, for dramatic improvement.