IndiZEN 2015 The 6th edition of “IndiZEN -‐ National Convention on Operational Excellence” took place on February 17-‐18 in Prune, India. The IndiZEN event recognizes and awards top Operational Excellence efforts in India; It gives an opportunity to Learn, Network and Share the work done by organizations in terms of implemen-‐
tation of KAIZEN™/ Lean/ Operational Excellence. The theme of this year’s event was “Sustained Operational Excellence – Key to long term success of Make-‐In-‐India”. The event was opened by keynote speaker Dr. Wilfried Aulbur (Managing Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants P. Ltd & Ex MD & CEO of Mercedes Benz India) and Dr. Venki Padmanabhan (MD & CEO of EICL Ltd & Ex CEO of Royal Enfield). Participating in the event were 67 Indian organizations, 6 organizations from overseas and over 200 delegates from organizations like Godrej Group, Hindustan Zinc, Marico Group, Mahindra Group, Adani Ports, Emerson Network, WNS Global Services, Idea, Vishay Components, SKF, Virgo Valves, GMR, Tata Motors, John Deere, Zydus Cadila, Piaggio Vehicles and many more from across the indus-‐
tries who attended the convention. Knowledge Sessions, National Case Study Competition, and Excellence Inside Tours were all part of this year’s successful IndiZEN event. The team of judges for the National Case Study Competition this year included Mr. Achyut Vaidya, Mr. L M Mahale, Mr. A L Vasudevan, Mr. Vijay Pandit, Mr. Deepak Shrivastava and Mr. Mangesh Kandharkar, and the winners for the National Case Study Competition were Vishay Components India Pvt. Ltd., Pune (Manufacturing Track) and WNS Global Services Pvt Ltd., Pune (Service Track). The two day event was closed by Kaizen Institute’s keynote speaker Mr. Mike Wroblewski (Director, Kaizen Institute USA & Co Author of the book “Creating A Kaizen Culture”.) With over 200 participants from 73 companies (6 from overseas), three track and five world class companies to tour, IndiZen 2015 once again delivered great value to all attendees. Kaizen Institute Consulting Group, Ltd. HQ Global Operations -‐ Zug, Switzerland Email: [email protected] IndiZen 2015