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Manufacturing Strategy

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Ms. Gloria Rose Raibin: ms-exed@iima.ac.in | +91 63579 94542 (Office hours Mon to Fri, 9:00 AM to 5:45 PM)

It is now widely recognised that organisational competitiveness can be enhanced or developed based on an effective manufacturing strategy of an organisation and its implementation. In the Indian context, this may be a means by which the global presence of Indian companies can be improved. Enhancing manufacturing competitiveness would help Indian companies to respond appropriately to the challenges of multinationals in India. The purpose of this programme is to provide an in-depth understanding of the strategic importance of manufacturing function in the context of the organisation and to illustrate how the manufacturing function can be leveraged to improve the overall competitiveness of the organisation.

  • Business strategy and manufacturing strategy linkages 
  • Dimensions of manufacturing strategy – quality, cost, flexibility, and response time 
  • Manufacturing Operations 
  • Process Analysis 
  • Hybrid Strategies 
  • Lean Manufacturing 
  • Sustainable Value Chain management 
  • Diversification Strategies 
  • Enabling role of human resources, management systems, and information technology


Senior managers in the manufacturing function like presidents, vice presidents, general managers, strategic business unit (SBU) heads in charge of manufacturing, and owner managers of medium-sized organsations.

Faculty Chair(s)
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Prof. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami

Promotion Coordinators
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Gloria Rose Raibin

Programme Coordinator Promotion

iima-exed02@iima.ac.in
Introduction

It is now widely recognised that organisational competitiveness can be enhanced or developed based on an effective manufacturing strategy of an organisation and its implementation. In the Indian context, this may be a means by which the global presence of Indian companies can be improved. Enhancing manufacturing competitiveness would help Indian companies to respond appropriately to the challenges of multinationals in India. The purpose of this programme is to provide an in-depth understanding of the strategic importance of manufacturing function in the context of the organisation and to illustrate how the manufacturing function can be leveraged to improve the overall competitiveness of the organisation.

Programme Highlights
  • Business strategy and manufacturing strategy linkages 
  • Dimensions of manufacturing strategy – quality, cost, flexibility, and response time 
  • Manufacturing Operations 
  • Process Analysis 
  • Hybrid Strategies 
  • Lean Manufacturing 
  • Sustainable Value Chain management 
  • Diversification Strategies 
  • Enabling role of human resources, management systems, and information technology


For Whom

Senior managers in the manufacturing function like presidents, vice presidents, general managers, strategic business unit (SBU) heads in charge of manufacturing, and owner managers of medium-sized organsations.

Faculty Chair
India Gold Policy center (IGPC), at IIM Ahmedabad.

Dr Sundaravalli’ s teaching interests are in Transportation Studies (Urban, Intelligent Systems, Heavy and Light rails, Transport Infrastructure), Operations Research in public systems, Operations Management, Artificial Intelligence and Government Systems and Policies. Most of her research in the past and present are in transportation operations and knowledge management that involve applications of ICT and OR tools in real-life problems of large impact. Her most recent book is “Intelligent Transportation Systems: Concepts and Cases”, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.

Dr Sundaravalli started her career in IT services marketing, and she soon moved to a production profile in an electronics equipment manufacturing industry. Her academic career began later, and she has taught at various programs in Mumbai University and at Institutes under the UAE Federal education ministry in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She has also taught in many Executive development programs while in the UAE. She has authored three books on transportation systems. She also publishes and reviews regularly for scholarly editorials and presents her research findings among peers, both in India and abroad.

Dr Sundaravalli holds several professional affiliations. She was awarded the Fellow of the British Computer Society in 2008. She had served as the Youth Professional Group representative of the entire Middle East region for the British Computer Society. She is the honored recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award for the year 2018 from the International Society of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), received in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dr Sundaravalli has extensive consultancy experience, mainly with Government organizations in policy decisions related to transportation, technology management, anti-corruption, good governance and policy administration.

A complete profile of her is available at http://www.iima.ac.in/~sundaravallin and she can be reached at sundaravallin@iima.ac.in

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Prof. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami

Dates

12 Aug 2026

to

14 Aug 2026

Duration

3 Days

Programme
Fees

INR 1,20,000

Plus 18% GST

Application Deadline

29 Jul 2026

Early Bird
Fees

INR 1,11,600

Plus 18% GST

Early Bird Deadline

22 Jul 2026

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