Dynamic, stylish, technologically advanced are a few words that would define Tesla’s iconic cars. But have you wondered who’s behind developing and assembling these beautiful machines? It’s none other than Wolverine, Storm, Vulcan, Xavier to name a few. Does that sound familiar? Well, that’s because they are your very own X-men characters at work at Tesla’s largest manufacturing plant.
Nowadays I have a few points on my resume like Six Sigma Green Belt, MBASKOOL.Com’s Most Popular Article award for authoring “Building a Supply Chain for Rural India”, published articles in XLRI & VGSOM’s Operations Magazines etc. to justify my interest for Operations & Supply Chain but the real knack for Ops developed or essentially the kick, came from an unskilled worker’s appreciation in a consulting assignment in a FMCG firm. To illustrate the fact, I need to go down the memory lane to Jan-Feb 2014 when I was working with one of the big 4 as a functional SAP Consultant in Production Planning domain. I was stationed in Kolkata as an onsite consultant in a leading biscuit and cake manufacturing company where I was responsible for As-Is study, To-Be design, Business Process Reengineering & successful implementation of the same.
The much anticipated 7th Pay Commission turned out to be a letdown for the masses. The mammoth 900 page report submitted by Justice A K Mathur to Finance Minister will mandate that the new scales be implemented from 1st January 2016. The decision is believed to impact the lives of nearly 1 crore government employees and pensioners.
“The Future of India lies in its villages” – Mahatma Gandhi
Life is a big journey of many questions without answers. My life was also not different. From the time I started my under graduation, I was amazed by way organizations work. The co-ordination and execution in an organization and to make all the people to work towards a single goal was a kind of wonder to me.
HR analytics seems to be the latest buzz word within HR these days with its potential to transform HR practices, and the way HR is perceived in organizations. HR policies and processes have always played a huge role in business strategy, but quantifying their impact has always been a problem for human resources (HR) executives. Gut feeling and historical practices determine the answers to questions such as “Which method of performance appraisal will yield the best results?” or “What is the impact of training programs on the business' bottom-line?”
As a teenager growing up in the sub-urban areas of Jamshedpur, I was always fascinated with fantasy adventures, such as those of Frodo and Sam in which the protagonist used to save the day with his unyielding spirit and iron will.
