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Goa
Shipyard: full steam ahead
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), a public sector unit in the business
of shipbuilding, was facing rough weather that had nothing
to do with turbulence on the high seas. While GSL had the
requisite IT infrastructure in place, its IT systems existed
as islands with no bridges to connect, exchange and analyse
data.
Emerging
from a giant’s shadow
Indian software companies started riding the software services
boom in the late 1990s. Major industrial houses such as Mahindra,
Godrej, Larsen & Toubro and Blue Star began eyeing the
software market since it was growing faster than any other
sector.
Kaizen
in computer programming
‘Kaizen’ is a Japanese word meaning small, continuous
improvements in the workplace, be it in manufacturing or services.
This improvement is measured in terms of various metrics such
as tonnes per day, percentage of samples passing quality parameters,
average time taken to process a vendor’s bill, and so
on.
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