‘Jugaad’ in Indian Manufacturing: A Superpower That Needs System to Scale
If German manufacturing is often celebrated for its precision, and Japanese manufacturing for its discipline, Indian manufacturing carries a distinct identity of its own – a remarkable capacity for Jugaad. Jugaad (often misunderstood as just a workaround) is not the...
The January-March Trap: Carrying Old WIP Into a New Financial Year
For many Indian manufacturers, what happens between January and March often decides whether your audit is smooth or painful when the financial year closes on March 31. Hence January doesn’t feel like a fresh start. It feels like the beginning...