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The Indian rules the American Spelling Bee

May 29, 2025 8 Mins Read

Faizan Zaki, today, was crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion in Maryland. I found…

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Marketing teams can learn a thing or two from RobMars Management

By Prasad October 8, 2023

I was excited to learn today that I, apparently, had Polish relatives—including a business magnate…

Life is a safari*

By Prasad September 28, 2023

June 2024 update: The Information publicly revealed that Drishti was acquired by Apple. ——- Earlier…

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…

Why data drives the next industrial revolution and how it impacts the design process

By Prasad August 18, 2021

(Originally posted on Aug 18, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Each industrial…

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…

Here’s how to avoid DRIP environments with leadership buy-in (webinar recap part 2)

January 26, 2022

Challenges in using data in the manufacturing environment (webinar recap part 1)

January 11, 2022

Meet the humble tea cosy

December 17, 2021

Will 2022 herald the end of pilot purgatory for AI and IoT?

December 15, 2021

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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…

Part 1: Regionalization and manufacturing neighborhoods

By Prasad December 16, 2020

(Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) I recently reflected on what 2020…

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The genius of the Kinder Egg

November 13, 2022 3 Mins Read

I first chanced upon a Kinder Egg (“kinder überraschung”) when in Germany in the fall…

Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor

By Prasad October 31, 2022

(Originally posted on Oct 31, 2022 on the Drishti blog) A significant amount of time…

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…

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The Indian rules the American Spelling Bee

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News & Trends

Marketing teams can learn a thing or two from RobMars Management

Life is a safari*

The BIG gap in digital twin technology: Assembly operations

Lean and data: Two journeys on the path to lean leadership

Assembly’s future: Reducing the cost of quality even as we improve quality

Introducing the “right to affordable repair”

Humans or automation: For now, it’s both

Why data drives the next industrial revolution and how it impacts the design process

Problem definition on the path to lean maturity (webinar recap part 3)

Here’s how to avoid DRIP environments with leadership buy-in (webinar recap part 2)

Challenges in using data in the manufacturing environment (webinar recap part 1)

Meet the humble tea cosy

Will 2022 herald the end of pilot purgatory for AI and IoT?

Business

Goodbye, 2020: A series of year-end predictions

Part 1: Regionalization and manufacturing neighborhoods

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The genius of the Kinder Egg

Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor

Diwali: How far America & India have come….

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Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao

Marketing teams can learn a thing or two from RobMars Management

Demand generation — science or art?

Prasad’s “24 hour” migration rule