The Path: Leveraging Operations in a Complex and Chaotic World

Shridhar Lolla


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Level of TOC knowledge acquired:

Intermediate

Length:

262 pages

Designed for:

Consultants, Implementers and Managers

Topics:

Operations/Production

Industries:

Healthcare

Language:

English

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While the book has been crafted for general reader of business management, it will be of direct use to practitioners and influencer of operational performance in manufacturing and pharmaceutical organizations.

Content

  • The traditional reaction
  • Chasing the numbers
  • Preparing for the change
  • Consolidating the change

About the Author

Shridhar is a practitioner of Operational Excellence and holds a PhD degree in engineering from IIT Delhi, India. 

Early in his career, he worked with ABB, Kirloskar Electric, SIFY and Tecumseh. His longest stint was with ABB, the Swiss power and automation technology leader, where in his last assignment, he was Head of Applications and Solutions Group at its Corporate Research Center. 

Since then, he has gained extensive experience in achieving breakthrough performance in Engineering, Product Development, R&D, IT Services, Software Development and Manufacturing.

Shridhar is an application expert of Theory of Constraints (TOC) and shares his time with Goldratt Consulting. His first book, 'Building Manufacturing Competitiveness - The TOC Way' dovetails the TOC approach to dramatically improve performance of manufacturing industry and thereby, unleash economic growth. His second book, 'The Path - Leveraging Operations in a Complex and Chaotic World' is a game changing business novel.

He visits, listens, converses, observes and advises teams across Operations. His books contain insights from handholding professionals across multi-locations, in their journey to ever improve impact of operations on business performance. 

Shridhar is a recognized coach for first generation entrepreneurs and is a part of Indian entrepreneurship ecosystem. Spending the day with operational teams and conducting walk through programs is his calling. Shridhar lives in Bangalore, India.