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Manufacturing Transformation | Execution-Focused Consulting

Transforming Manufacturing Performance Through Practical Leadership and Execution

Mirai Axis Consulting LLP partners with manufacturing organizations to strengthen performance, accelerate transformation, and build sustainable competitive advantage through strategic advisory, manufacturing expertise, and execution-focused consulting.

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About Mirai Axis

Our Story

Mirai Axis was founded on a belief shaped by three decades of leadership across manufacturing, business transformation, and greenfield projects: organizations must improve today while preparing for tomorrow.

We have witnessed manufacturing evolve from traditional operations to lean systems, automation, digitalization, and connected enterprises. Every phase of this journey reinforced one truth: success belongs to those who continuously reinvent themselves.

Today, the industry stands at a defining moment. The transformation achieved over the last thirty years will be small compared to the change required in the decades ahead. Artificial intelligence, advanced technologies, sustainability, and new business models are reshaping the future of manufacturing at an unprecedented pace.

Too often, companies focus either on today's challenges or tomorrow's opportunities. The most successful organizations do both. They strengthen execution while building the capability to adapt, innovate, and grow.

"Mirai" means future, and "Axis" represents the center of movement and progress. Together, they reflect our mission to help organizations navigate change with confidence while contributing, in our own way, to the vision of a stronger manufacturing sector and a Viksit Bharat.

Mirai Axis — Transforming Today, Shaping Tomorrow — Building Future Ready Manufacturing for Viksit Bharat
Strategy into Action  ·  Ambition into Results
Why We Exist

Manufacturing is entering a new era.

Technology is advancing rapidly. Markets are shifting. Customer expectations continue to rise. Yet many organizations remain caught between the pressures of today and the opportunities of tomorrow.

We believe businesses should not have to choose between operational excellence and future readiness. They need both.

Mirai Axis exists to help organizations improve performance, embrace change, and build the capabilities required for sustainable growth.

Our purpose is clear: to help businesses perform better today while building a stronger future for tomorrow.

The Mirai Axis DNA
Our Mission

To help manufacturing organisations unlock their full potential through practical, sustainable, and execution-driven transformation.

Our Vision

To become a trusted partner for manufacturing excellence and business transformation across India and international markets.

Our Approach

The Mirai Axis 5A™ FutureReady Framework™

A disciplined, five-stage path that carries a business from understanding its priorities all the way to embedding lasting change.

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Assess
Understand where the business stands today.
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Align
Align leadership around priorities and direction.
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Architect
Design the practical and achievable transformation roadmaps.
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Accelerate
Execute initiatives with discipline, governance & impact.
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Anchor
Embed systems, governance, and kaizen practices.
The Result
Navigating Today's Performance. Building Tomorrow's Advantage.
Leadership

The People Behind the Practice

Two principals. Decades of manufacturing and business leadership. Both have walked Gembas and sat in boardrooms — and understand what it takes to drive real change.

Praveen Paranjape
Co-Founder & Principal Advisor
Praveen Paranjape
Ex-Director & SVP · Honda Cars India · 38+ Years
Certified Independent Director — IICA
Nearly four decades at Honda Cars India as Director & Senior Vice President — shaping one of India's most respected automotive manufacturing organisations across plant operations, quality systems, supply chain, and large-scale leadership development. Deep expertise in Japanese manufacturing philosophy and multinational board governance.
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Rajesh K. Sharma
Co-Founder & Principal Advisor
Rajesh K. Sharma
Ex-CEO · Ex-Director Manufacturing Excellence · 30+ Years
Certified Independent Director — IICA
Former CEO of Global Appliances Ltd. Bangladesh (Whirlpool–Transcom JV) with over 30 years of leadership experience across the automotive and consumer durables sectors. Previously served as Director of Manufacturing Excellence at Whirlpool India, Head of Manufacturing Technology & ICT at Stellantis/FIAPL India (Fiat–Tata JV), and was part of the founding leadership team at Honda Cars India. Proven track record of leading large-scale business transformations, greenfield manufacturing projects, operational turnarounds, digitalization initiatives, and sustainable growth across multiple countries in Asia.
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What We Stand On

Our Values

Four things we hold ourselves to on every engagement, regardless of who's watching.

Integrity

We tell clients the truth, even when it's not what they want to hear.

Ownership

We stay until the outcome is real — not until the recommendation is delivered.

Practical Leadership

Every framework we use has been tested on a real shop floor first, not just in a slide deck.

Continuous Reinvention

We hold ourselves to the same standard we set for clients — never defending the past, always building for what's next.

Insights

Leadership & Strategy

Perspectives on manufacturing leadership, organisational change, and the strategic decisions that separate companies that scale from ones that stall — drawn from three decades on the shop floor and in the boardroom.

First articles publishing soon. Videos & Podcast, Speaking, and Newsletter sections are also in progress.

Results That Matter

Measurable Outcomes from Real Engagements

Real outcomes from manufacturing transformation programmes. Client names remain confidential, but every challenge, intervention, and result shown here reflects an actual engagement.

20–40%
Productivity Improvement
Manufacturing excellence deployment and process redesign delivering significant and sustained productivity gains across plant operations.
15–30%
Inventory Reduction
Planning optimisation and supply chain redesign improving inventory turns, reducing working capital, and strengthening customer fulfilment performance.
10–25%
Cost Reduction
Systematic cost reduction across manufacturing operations, supply chain, and overhead — with measurable EBITDA improvement as the primary metric.
Faster
Plant Ramp-Up & Stabilisation
Greenfield plants commissioned on schedule and within budget. New operations reaching stability and profitability in half the typical time.
Improved
Operational Visibility
Leadership teams gain clarity on where value is created and lost. Decisions get faster, sharper, and better connected to what's actually happening on the floor.
Stronger
EBITDA Performance
The bottom line is the ultimate measure. Every engagement is designed around a clear EBITDA impact — not activity metrics, not presentation outputs.
Case Study
Greenfield Manufacturing Setup · Consumer Durables
Strategic Plant Setup and Business Launch
Led the establishment of a greenfield manufacturing operation from concept to commercial production. Directed site selection, plant layout, manufacturing systems, team development, supplier ecosystem creation, and governance frameworks. Delivered the project within one year, on schedule and within budget.
18 mo
Concept to Ops
On budget
Zero Overrun
Yr 2
Profitable
Case Study
Productivity Improvement · Automotive Tier 2
Turnaround through allround excellence .
Led a WCM-driven transformation following an EBITDA decline from 11% to 7%, identifying six critical performance losses and implementing high-impact corrective actions. Improved productivity, quality, cost competitiveness, process stability, and customer service resulting in a strong recovery in operational performance.
↑18%
EBITDA
↓22%
Rejection Rate
14 mo
Timeline
Case Study
Supply Chain Transformation · Consumer Durables
Inventory build-up and service challenges.
Led a comprehensive diagnostic that identified planning process weaknesses and supplier lead-time variability as key root causes. Implemented structural improvements in demand planning, inventory management, and supplier coordination, delivering lower inventory levels while significantly improving customer fulfilment and service performance.
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Inventory Turns
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Customer Fulfilment
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Working Capital
Case Study
Product Industrialisation · Automotive OEM
Complex new product launch .
Led the successful introduction of two distinct India-focused vehicle models from a shared manufacturing platform through rigorous supplier development, disciplined APQP execution, cross-functional collaboration, and robust cost engineering, ensuring quality, competitiveness, and manufacturing readiness from day one.
70%+
Local Content
On time
Launch
On cost
Budget
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