Hindustan Unilever Limited, Amli

I am back after many days to Hindustan Unilever, Amli plant.

People are happy. The sachet machine which I redesigned for 80 sachets/min has been manufactured and put on trial. And it worked very well. It gave 80 sachets per minute and it was smooth. No loss, no rat tailing.

I could see the glow of confidence in the faces of the people. They now have a new found confidence on Design Thinking and Innovation. It has sunk in them that with small design innovations that does not cost much, miracles can be achieved. And they have now a belief that if design innovations can be done then their life would be easier and simpler. So, they are now hungry for more innovations.

Today, they also realized that with the new maintenance plan, where CBM is the cornerstone, their real work actually comes down by as much as 75%. And work becomes easier.

They also understood that to have a good CBM plan we need not have very sophisticated instruments. Simple instruments do the job quite well. It helps in implementation.

On last Sat I gave a lecture on Design Innovation to Vikrant Forging at Dankuni. It was lovely, easy, smooth and simple. I discussed their problem of shank crack of teh forging machines. I have ultimately become simple enough.

On last Wed to Friday I did a public seminar on 'Solving the PM Puzzle' at Park Hotel, Kolkata. It went off very well. We solved 7 problems that the participants posed. It was great for the participants. They enjoyed and felt the difference.

I asked them to keep journals and work with a mentor to improve their inherent skills.

The Hindustan Unilever assignment would be over by Saturday. Then we would go over to Phase II. One more plant would be added. That is the Dhapara plant.

Dibyendu De