Chennai: On Thursday, February 18, 2010, adding to the list of management schools in India, Hawk Business School (HBS) was launched in Chennai. It is established with the aim to offer industry specific programmes in lean management, an area which was significantly untouched or not explored by other business schools in India.
In a press conference HBS Vice-President S Sukumaran and Director D Srinivasan said that ''lean'' was nothing but a manufacturing philosophy based on Toyota Production Systems, to constantly strive to shorten the timeline between the customer order and shipment, by elimination of 'Muda,' the Japanese word for waste. The certificate from HBS would help students consistently gain a high level of competence in the use of the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR).
Further, they also added that HBS will offer an 18-month full time PG programme on Lean Supply Chain Management (LSCM) that brings together faculty renowned for expertise in SCM, a cutting-edge industry specific curriculum and active collaboration with industry leaders to give students the pro-edge in addressing current SCM issues and challenges like professionals. The 18-month programme includes two month international training in Singapore and onsite consultancy programme for four months.
Initially to begin with 35 UG students in Engineering, Commerce, Economics and Business Administration would be considered for admission after the entrance tests. Mr Srinivasan said that the Chennai campus would be ready by the end of this month, and by the end of this year, HBS would have its campus in Puducherry and Hyderabad, before adding a residential campus in Coimbatore by the end of next year. He also added that their aim is to have 15 campuses all over India by 2015.
