India-based Team

Krishna Mani

In his 43-year career, Mani has worked as a VP or President for major Indian Auto component groups such as Victor Gaskets, Bharat Gears, Gabriel Engine bearings, and Perfect Circle Piston rings. His last assignment was as President of Sundram Fasteners, a sole source supplier to GM in the USA and winner of GM - USA supplier of the year award five times in a row.

Mani has wide experience in the key elements of manufacturing outsourcing:

• Licensing of New technology: Managed technical collaborations with respective global leaders in component technology: Federal Mogul (Engine Bearings) and Dana corporation (Piston Rings)
  
  
• Joint ventures: Managed Perfect Circle India, a JV between Dana Corporation of the US (a Top 5 Auto components group) and Indian partners the Anand Group.
  
  
• Greenfield Sites: Built and subsequently managed Greenfield facilities for Gabriel India (Engine Bearings), Perfect Circle (Piston Rings) and KAR Valves (engine Valves)
  
  
• Export contracts: Won and successfully managed long-term contracts from GM, Delphi, Cummins, ZF and MTU.
  

Ram Mohan

Ram is a leading Lean Manufacturing consultant in India having spent ten years advising a range of Indian engineering companies on improving manufacturing performance.

Ram was trained in Toyota Japan, the birthplace of the 'Lean' movement and subsequently worked in a Toyota JV in India, manufacturing Buses and Trucks. Here he had a number of roles including: Chief of Design and Quality and Project Head for TQM implementation; Team leader responsible for setting up CKD assembly unit in Bangladesh; Plant Production Control and Administration based on the Toyota Production System and Establishment of a number of manufacturing lines based on JIT production.

Ram is employed by the Confederation of Indian Industry to provide consultancy and training on "Developing manufacturing Excellence through TQM and lean management" which he has delivered to more than 19 leading Auto component companies.