Press Release: K. Girdharlal International Ltd., a De Beers Group sightholder and a leading diamond company, adopted lean manufacturing procedures, a Japanese technique for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing practices and operations.
The group employs more than 2,000 people at its factory in Surat, India. Over the past two decades, the group has been consistently innovating processes to manufacture high-quality diamonds. As part of it, the group has initiated to develop the culture of continual improvement across the organization through implementation of lean tools commensurate with the Toyota Production System (TPS) philosophy. This has been pursued through participation in the schemes sponsored by India under its guidance of RSM Astute Consulting (Astute) being an approved lean manufacturing consultant per the scheme.
The project began with setting milestones to derive tangible results in terms of improved productivity, reduced cycle time, consolidated processes through eliminating seven types of wastes -- namely transportation, motion, waiting, overproduction, inventory, defects and unused creativity of people.
During the first phase, benefits derived included reduction in process cycle time, increases in productivity of machines and people, increase in throughput, better workplace management and effective communications across the production shop floor. This has been pursued with the help of lean tools viz. “5S’ -- visual controls, kaizen, value stream mapping, standardized work practices and mistake proofing.
The process of lean implementation also encompasses culture of continuous improvement, awareness amongst the people to probe for the root causes of the problem areas with the help of problem solving tools and improved motivation and morale amongst team. The journey of lean transformation is still being pursued through active involvement.
“It’s our privilege to be on path of transforming organization to lean for sustainable growth and strengthen the bottom line. We are keen to take the process forward as part of continual improvement,” said Yogesh Shah, the director at K. Girdharlal.
About K.Girdharlal
K.Girdharlal, most commonly known as 'KG', is a vertically-integrated diamond company that was originally formed in Surat in India as a diamond trading company in the mid 1960s. Over the past four decades, KG has successfully established a presence throughout the diamond value chain: rough sourcing, cutting and polishing, polished trading and jewelry manufacturing.
About RSM Astute Consulting
RSM Astute Consulting Pvt. Ltd. offers a wide range of specialized, multi-disciplinary professional services that meet the immediate as well as the long-term business needs of clients. RSM Astute Consulting is the Indian member of RSM International. RSM International is the sixth largest network of independent accounting and consulting firms in the world, with gross billings of about $3.9 billion and having offices in over 83 countries.
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