Author: Bhavya Mangla

APQP: New Product Development: Planning (Phase 1)   “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable” ―Dwight D Eisenhower Introduction A ship sailing in the sea will reach nowhere without planning. Imagine the fate of an Aeroplan which is flying without proper planning. What will be the…

New Product Development Process “You have got to start with the customer experience and work back towards the technology- not the other way around”: Steve Jobs Introduction ‘Necessity is the mother of invention.’ For mathematical calculation, zero (0) was invented and used by Aryabhata (499 BC). The curiosity of man to fly like birds resulted…

Maintenance Process: Challenges & Resolution “Obstacles are challenges for the winner and excuses are for the losers”: Marijane Meaker After conquering the Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953, Hillary said ‘it is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.’ The challenges are always more internal than external. As…

TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) “TPM is the making of products through the making of people“: Seiichi Nakajima Brief History of TPM Seiichi Nakajima, regarded as the Father of TPM, describes the philosophy of TPM in a quote: “TPM is the making of products through the making of people”. The term OEE was invented in the…

What is IoT (Internet of Things) and its linkage with Maintenance “The Internet of Things has the potential to change the world, just as the internet did. Maybe even more so”: Kevin Ashton   Human-beings interact with each other through their 5 senses (touch, sight, smell, hearing & taste). Internet is a digital fabric which…