Life@IIMK

The deadlines for PGP10 over the past 2 weeks and the next: taken from my friend Rahul Gaitonde's "deadlines.txt" file! :-) For those unfamiliar :

OM: Operations mgmt
OR: Operations research
OB: Org. Behaviour
MA/Manac: Management Accounting
BE: Business Ethics
FM: Fin Mgmt.

Week 1 (Nov27 - Dec3)
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* monday FM quiz
* monday FM lockheed tristar caselet
* monday OB voluntary presentation report

* tuesday OB voluntary presentation
* tuesday OR quiz

* wednesday Manac quiz
* wednesday OR ILP assignment submission
* Wednesday read up for ME lecture

* thursday OM presentation
* thursday FM mini-case from Chapter 5

* saturday BE assignment submission

Week 2 (Dec4 - Dec10)
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* monday OM book review
* monday OB final report submisson
* monday FM The Super Project
* monday OM final report submission
* monday FM Test

* tuesday OR project management assignment
* tuesday FM Super project submission

* thursday OM McDonald case

* friday MA Quiz

* saturday BE presentation
* saturday ME presentation

Week 3 (Dec11 - Dec15)
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monday FM Ameritrade case submission
monday OM book review and case presentation

tuesday MA pre-end term

wednesday OB End Term
wednesday MA End Term

thursday BE End Term
thursday OM End Term

friday ME Report due
friday ME End Term
friday OR End Term

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IIM Kozhikode presents Backwaters 2007: Stride of Champions

"Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character" - T Alan Armstrong

Champions are set apart by the desire that rages within them, the dream that drives them and the vision that calls to them incessantly. We have seen the preparation that goes into the making of a champion. Ten years of unstinting excellence, ten years of settling for nothing but the best. We at IIM Kozhikode are proud to present to you the victorious celebration that marks the end of this phenomenal decade and the beginning of a glorious new era:

Backwaters 2007

Stride of Champions

Jan 12th - 14th 2007

And we call all Champions to celebrate with us, to match wits with the best and to prove your mettle.

Welcome to Backwaters 2007

Backwaters 2007 coming at you 12th-14th January 2007.

Visit www.iimkbackwaters.com for updates.

Walk Tall. Be a Champion.

The Backwaters 2007 Team

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World's best Supply Chain

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•Started in 1890

Registered in 1956

Total area coverage : 60 Kms to 70 Kms

Employee Strength : 5000

Size of busines : 2,00,000 units or
i.e 4,00,000 transactions every day.

Time taken : 3 hrs

Error Rate : 1 in 16 million transactions

Six Sigma performance (99.999999)

Technological Backup : Nil.

Standard price for all (Weight, Distance, Space)

Rs. 18 Cr. Turnover approx.

“No strike” record as each one a share holder


No we not talking abt a Fed ex or Dell or the Indian Post for that matter.

Its the
Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association

or the dabba wallahs .. as we commonly know them !!!

Omega the Operations & Statistics Interest group at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, through OPUS 2006 played host to Mr. Raghunath Megde (President) and Mr. Gangaram Talekar (Secretary) and Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association (The Mumbai Dabbawallahs).

Read on ...

Delivering meals might not sound so cutting edge, but the runners, officially called "dabbawallahs," are somewhat of a phenomenon among management gurus in the know. Using a hugely complicated combination of color and symbol coding -- most of the runners are illterate -- and precision timing, around 5,000 dabbawallahs pick up more than 170,000 lunches from the suburbs every working day and deliver them to offices, as well as schools and colleges.

This is still more amazing given that lunches can changes hands three or four times over the course of each journey. They are collected from homes in the early morning and taken onto the suburban rail system, where they are sorted out for delivery using a system of colours, dashes and crosses on the lid to denote suburb, street, building and floor.

For the efficiency of their supply chain it has been claimed that this virtually achieves a Six Sigma performance rating, (i.e. 99.9999% of deliveries are made without error). Though the work sounds simple, it is actually a highly specialized trade that is over a century old and which has become integral to Mumbai's culture.

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A true David in a land of Goliaths !! Chirkut badshaah !!

Jali ko aag kehte hain
bujhi ko raakh kehte hain ...
jis aag se friends network bane ..
usse Gajodhar Pandey kehte hain !!

http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=14964196551662699536

with over 8000 scraps and almost a 1000 friends .. this is a story of a common rikshawwala making it big !!!

must see ..!!!

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d .. d .. don Vs DON

Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahin, namumkin hai – this dialogue in Amitabh Bachchan’s deep baritone still resounds fresh in the memories of his fans. (apunkachoice.com)

Size does matter in life. "Bada Hai to behtar hai" (The bigger .....the better)

Standing at 6 ft tall .. the original Vijay does beat the stammering v v vijay !! The new don .. no where stands in front of the old one, except may be the climax !

having said that, The big B starrer, was not a very well made movie .. the plot was strong, but the production was very raw ........ and it was Big B himself who came to the rescue.

The new .. does have the orignal plot.. taking away some of the freshness that the old one enjoyed, it is far superior as far as production goes ... but but .... SRK in don .. no way !!

High points of the new one ...

Kareena in yeh mera dil , and boman iraani as wardhaan. The title song is also pretty decent !

Lows

Arjun Rampaal as praan, and SRK as don !! Also .. we cud have seen more of Priyanka !!

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IIMK Summers

Go thru these links.... to get an idea !

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-497938,curpg-2.cms

http://www.iimk.ac.in/summers2007.htm

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Game play Quotes

A few very good quotes from the movie revolver .. although cudnt make much sense out of the movie .. but some take away is better than none .... specially after 6 full hours of torture ( yes . I watched the movie 3 times) !!

• You Can Only Get Smarter By Playing A Smarter Opponent
  
• There is no such thing as an external enemy
  
• The more sophisticate the game, the more sophisticate the enemey.
  
• The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you will look.
  
• There is no avoiding war, it could only be postponed to your enemy's advantange.
  
• First rule of business, protect your investment.

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