Niranjan Deodhar

Founder and director

Niranjan Deodhar is the founder of Open Orbit, developer of a SaaS platform (also called Open Orbit) for the lean Six Sigma professional. Deodhar is a lean Six Sigma practitioner with extensive experience in senior roles across companies like Genpact, IBM, PwC Consulting, and Siemens. He has worked on building new business, creating consulting capabilities, and implementing change programs in a variety of cultural and geographic contexts in Australia, India, and the Silicon Valley in Northern California. Open Orbit is based in Sydney, Australia.

Wed, 04/06/2016 - 15:12
Speed, Reuse, and Sustainability in Process Improvement Projects A standardized framework for defining and diagnosing problems
Wed, 04/06/2016 - 15:12
Previously in this series, we looked at applying the principles of process improvement (PI) to itself. We identified metrics that help define effective and efficient PI, and then analyzed some work practices that help drive these metrics. Here, we…
Driving Effectiveness and Efficiency Work practices for better, faster, cheaper projects
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 12:29
In the first article of this series, we explored what a process improvement (PI) function would look like if it could apply the principles of reducing waste and variation to its own processes. Here, we build on that analysis to identify the work…
Process Improvement on Process Improvement Driving waste out of our own activities
Thu, 01/21/2016 - 14:51
As process improvement practitioners, we get hired to drive waste and variation out of our clients’ businesses. But what if we hired ourselves, provided frank advice, and then listened to it to drive waste out of our own business or process? Could…