Masala chai, anyone? By Prasad April 26, 2024 Since the pandemic struck, it has been my morning routine to brew a pot of…
My first ALL ChatGPT blog: Ashwatthama the Human and the Elephant: A Lesson on Truth and Honesty By Prasad April 22, 2023 Prasad’s introductory note: This blog was created by ChatGPT, errors and all. The process that…
Ekalavya’s right thumb and the importance of opposable thumbs By Prasad April 17, 2023 This weekend, I accidentally cut my left thumb. As I fumbled around, two trains of…
Will 2022 herald the end of pilot purgatory for AI and IoT? By Prasad December 15, 2021 (Originally posted on Dec 15, 2021 on the Drishti blog) 2022 is…
The BIG gap in digital twin technology: Assembly operations By Prasad December 8, 2021 (Originally posted on Dec 8, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Digital twins…
Lean and data: Two journeys on the path to lean leadership By Prasad October 19, 2021 (Originally posted on Oct 19, 2021 on the Drishti blog) It’s not…
Assembly’s future: Reducing the cost of quality even as we improve quality By Prasad September 22, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 22, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Defect rate…
Introducing the “right to affordable repair” By Prasad September 15, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 15, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Right to…
Humans or automation: For now, it’s both By Prasad September 2, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 2, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Since the…
Problem definition on the path to lean maturity (webinar recap part 3) By Prasad February 15, 2022 (Originally posted on Feb 15, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Recently, we hosted a webinar…
Part 2: Changes to manufacturing in the U.S. By Prasad January 22, 2021 (Originally posted on Jan 22, 2021 on the Drishti blog) I recently reflected on what 2020…
Goodbye, 2020: A series of year-end predictions By Prasad December 16, 2020 (Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) One of the most bizarre…
Diwali: How far America & India have come…. By Prasad October 24, 2022 Today is Diwali, or Deepavali as we called it in Southern India where I grew…
The brilliance of single-piece flow: The allegory of the cakes By Prasad October 11, 2022 (Originally published on Oct 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) This past weekend, I had…
Getting workers to collaborate in problem solving the right way vs the fast way By Prasad September 12, 2022 (Originally published on Sep 12, 2022 on the Drishti blog) For a large manufacturer, everything…
Privacy and your social graph — Lesson from the early and pioneering days of Social Networks @ Spoke Software By Prasad July 10, 2010