Effortless Operational Excellence

Lean, Six Sigma and design excellence for engineering, design, GCC and operations teams, built so your own people can sustain it

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Results from improvement projects

Impact in Action

  • 22% to <1%Billing errorsGCC finance unit
  • 40%Shorter hiring lead timeLean HR Kaizen
  • >35%Shorter test cycle timeElectronics validation, simulation and DOE
  • 12 hrs/weekManual reporting effort removedMissed escalations down 85%
  • 17 to 6 daysEngineering change approvalPDSA and visual problem solving
  • 9 monthsDecision time savedThree future-state org structures simulated

How we work

We build your capability. We do not rent out ours.

SahajOps began with a frustration: a unit that could not get timely help to apply Lean and Six Sigma, and had to build the skill itself. That is still the aim on every engagement. Success is not only the improvement delivered, it is whether your own people can run the next one without us.

  1. Deliver a visible winStart with a real problem and show a result early, so the method earns its place.
  2. Transfer the methodYour people do the work alongside us and learn the tools on their own parts and processes.
  3. Step backAs the engagement matures we reduce our role, and your team leads the next project.

About SahajOps

What We Solve

  • Chronic firefighting, rework and recurring issues
  • Delays and inefficiency across engineering, design, operations and support functions
  • Poor handoffs and unclear ownership between teams
  • Improvement efforts that fade once the expert leaves
  • AI implemented but efficiency has not improved, or processes that are not yet AI-ready

How We Solve

  • Lean thinking, systems thinking and PDSA coaching routines
  • Six Sigma methods, backed by data
  • Simulation to test ideas before committing to them
  • Process redesign and transformation
  • Capability transfer, so your team runs the next project

Signature Offerings

  • Training programmes
  • Lean Six Sigma, Green Belt and Black BeltPDSA and critical thinking based training, built around live projects from your own business.
  • Kaizen and problem-solving workshops7 QC tools, A3, 8D, 5 Why, PDSA and 5S, practised on real issues.
  • Value stream mappingMap the current state, find the waste, design the future state.
  • Design for manufacturabilityDFM and DFA for product design and development teams.
  • Reliability and warrantyMethods to cut field failures and warranty cost.
  • Quality systemsQuality fundamentals and tools for plant and engineering teams.
  • Consulting engagements
  • CI strategy and deploymentStructure, governance and routines for a lasting improvement programme.
  • Process redesign and transformationRework how a process flows end to end, and make the change last.
  • Process intelligence and AIFind where work really stalls, then apply Lean and AI where they pay back.
  • Simulation think sessionsVirtual experimentation for product and process problems, including CAE and FEA.

Founder

Aritra Thakur

Founder and Principal · Operational Excellence Master Black Belt

  • 20 yearsin manufacturing, product development, simulation and business transformation
  • 300+Green Belts trained, along with 50 Black Belts
  • 19engineers led in a global manufacturing simulation team

Aritra is a polymer engineer who spent more than 18 years with a leading global home appliances manufacturer, moving from plastic part design to leading its manufacturing simulation team, and then serving as the Master Black Belt for a site of more than 900 people.

There he ran the Lean Six Sigma programme and continuous improvement strategy across engineering and support functions, and built the design for manufacturability capability for more than 300 product development engineers. He began his career designing and manufacturing plastic parts for an automotive components manufacturer.

B.E. Polymer Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra · Senior Management Programme, IIM Ahmedabad (in progress)

Our Verticals

Specialised practices under the SahajOps umbrella, each focused on a distinct niche, united by the same operational excellence DNA.

Part of SahajOps

SahajOps Consulting

Lean · Six Sigma · Kaizen · Simulation

Our core practice: coaching teams to build durable operational excellence through Lean Thinking, Systems Thinking, PDSA, Six Sigma tools, and structured problem solving.

  • GB/BB training with live projects
  • CI strategy & transformation
  • Simulation think sessions
See offerings
AI Solutions Vertical · Part of SahajOps

Bandhaniya AI

AI Agents · Intelligent Automation · Decision Systems

The AI solutions vertical of SahajOps. Bandhaniya AI extends our Lean and Kaizen heritage with modern AI, helping teams see more, decide faster, and act smarter.

  • AI-driven process insights
  • Custom AI agents for operations
  • Intelligent automation & decision support
Explore Bandhaniya AI →

Feedback from Client Teams

Indicative comments, shared anonymously and in participants' own words, from workshop feedback forms. Scores are averages from post-session surveys.

9.2/10Content relevanceQuality workshop, 64 responses
9.3/10Trainer subject knowledgeQuality workshop, 64 responses
8.3/10Content relevanceValue stream mapping, 36 responses
8.2/10Trainer subject knowledgeValue stream mapping, 36 responses
4.6/5Overall ratingKaizen workshop, 26 participants
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Incorporating DFM effectively.

Most useful takeaway · DFM Workshop · Global kitchen and bath products manufacturer
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Importance of DFM/DFA and DFMEA.

Most useful takeaway · DFM Workshop · Global kitchen and bath products manufacturer
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The trainer is a master of first principles and breaks the problem down into fundamental pieces, making it easier to understand step by step.

Quality Workshop · Leading Indian electrical equipment manufacturer
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Instructor is well versed in his domain and makes strong connections between points spread throughout the session.

Quality Workshop · Leading Indian electrical equipment manufacturer
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It is based on real plant issues that we are going to face regularly, and the session gives insights into how to tackle them.

Quality Workshop · Leading Indian electrical equipment manufacturer
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Good experience with live example of IQC process.

Value Stream Mapping · Indian air conditioning and cooling manufacturer
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Overall it was knowledge sharing and learning new things from another perspective.

Value Stream Mapping · Indian air conditioning and cooling manufacturer
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PDCA and 5 Why techniques were explained clearly and were very helpful.

Kaizen Workshop · Global home appliances manufacturer
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I will start implementing PDCA cycle immediately.

Kaizen Workshop · Global home appliances manufacturer

Participant feedback

What they asked for next.

The critical comments get read as closely as the kind ones. Here is what participants want more of.

More hands-on practice.

“Need more practical training.”Value stream mapping

“Arrange VSM as an event, same as a Kaizen event, so it benefits everyone.”Value stream mapping

Tools, shown live.

“DFM software and tool demonstrations.”DFM workshop

Examples from their own industry.

“More examples of existing DFM from similar industries.”DFM workshop

More time to go deeper.

“One more hour required for in-depth understanding.”Value stream mapping

“Timing could have been managed better.”Quality workshop

Sourcing in the room.

“Sourcing should also be part of this training.”DFM workshop

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SahajOps

D P Road, Tulaja Bhawani Nagar,
Kharadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Mobile: +91-72198 34219
Email: aritra.t@sahajops.com

Hours

Monday to Friday9:00 am to 5:00 pm IST