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- 1. Ins ghtSPS Newsletter August 2016 Unit-wise representatives of Insight � K. Hemalatha (Unit 1, 1213) � N. Kannan (Unit 2, 2450) � R. Giri (Unit 3, 3210) � M. Malini (Unit 4, 4224) � N. Subramanian (Trichy, 5520) � C. Kiroubakaran (Trichy, 5503) � S. Krishna Sarma (Unit 6, 6740) � N. Kalyani (Unit 6, 6059) � Dr R. Saktheeswari (Unit 7) �Vijayalakshmi Manoharan (Unit 7, 7317) � Lncs_Bflow (Unit 6) ATribute to Mr. Sivamani Dr. Kasturi recalls with all sadness her last conversation with Sivamani: “In fact, I spoke to him last on Tuesday evening when I simply called him and which I will re- member forever.He told me that he had planned to meet me on Wednesday morning and would be coming to Unit 4. He expressed to me a wish that I should get him masala tea, for which I promised him delicious dinner in RajPark”. Gone from our sight, but never from our hearts. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs Mr. Sivamani was a testimonial to this phrase. He was a valuable part of SPS for four years, moulding and nurturing every task, with his own unique finesse, a lesson to each of us today. ‘Very straight forward. I could directly go up to him for every solution.” - Mrs. Bhavani, AMCE, Language editing “He had an amazing sense of confidence something I had always looked up to. Apart from the professional ties, he would look to me as his younger brother,guiding and correct- ing my every step.Truly missed! - Mr. Thivahar, TL. He had (Sivamani sir) his own unique sense of style. He was known for his commanding and perfectionist personality.- a main driving force to the employees - Mr. Sudhakar, Production Editor “Sivamani sir was a great initiator in every aspect. He would always be my guiding light, as he was my main source of confidence”. Mrs. Isarani, TL. “Sivamani or Siva as he was known was a classmate of mine at college and also happened to be my roommate during the last semester in Engineering at Pune. He was a nice guy to everyone and extremely helpful when it comes to financial assistance. He always used to be cheerful and enthusiastic in everything that he pursues.There are plenty of memories of our college days right from our self cooking adventures to late night parties. One thing that I admired in him was his fearlessness in the sense that he will challenge anybody for something which he thought was right. From those days, he was a leader material and it was evident in many occa- sions. I wouldn’t say he was sentimental but he certainly had a sentimental side which he would reveal at times.You will be missed by one and all Siva and we will cherish your memories for a long time”. - Mr.Sanjeevi, Deputy General Manager, Wiley Journals “You carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you. - Springer BooksTeam Six months ago, we left freezing Europe with the only cer- tainty of Chennai being hot. The rest would be a profes- sional, social, cultural and personal experiment we just had to experience as we went. Experience we did.We were all put in different departments of the book production so we still had plenty to tell each other once we got to our apartment in the evening.Jana and Tabea from North Germany supported the German book production from Springer with their language skills in copy editing; Kristin from Berlin (the German capital) assisted the AC team while Mirela (Munich) and Steffi (Hamburg) supervised the workflow in their role as project managers. The Dutch book production team (Bohn Stafleu van Lo- ghum) has been backed up by Frans (Gouda) who became production editor.The peculiar Dutch language issues were explained and fixed by Esther (Rotterdam) and Laura (Am- sterdam).It took us several weeks to get adjusted to the In- dian office, but now we would not have wanted to miss this trial as five of us are about to return to our native homes again. In the beginning we were a bit clueless considering the culture and professional requirements of SPS, but the patience and positivism of our Indian colleagues eased us into the water. As expected: Chennai is almost too hot for us and the food too spicy. However, we did not expect the intensity of friendships found here and that this could boost our per- sonal growth to such an extent, that we will never forget these months. Interns @ Springer Books Cross Cultural Internship between Germany, the Netherlands and India Six SigmaTraining Programme When you touch people’s interest, people’s process – you touch their hearts. This is very much true. It was a fantastic 25 hours (spanning 3 days) of learning various Six Sigma tools. Mr. Harikrishnan, Consultant, Qualimations took us through the vari- ous concepts with full interaction and examples.A presentation by Mr Ramanujam gave deep insights into the possible results of application of Six Sigma concepts. So glued we all were, only at the end of the 3-day session did we realize that all good things must come to an end. Here is a Summary of our learning; Six Sigma is a problem solving methodology and we discussed how the DMAIC (Define,Measure,Analyze,Improve,Control) aligns very closely to the SPS business and im- proves market share. Six Sigma inte- grates the goals of the organization as a whole into the improvement effort. Sure, quality is good, but not independent of other business goals. Deriving the Critical quality charac- teristics that affects business and using the Quality tools was the key when we mapped the value stream and benchmarked using QFD (Quality function deployment).The Cost of Quality,failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA),correlation,regression analysis,and process capability indices contributed significantly to revenue gain by allowing us to go deep into our process and understanding the root cause for concerns or opportunity. The lean part of Six Sigma extends the use of the improvement tools to cost, control- ling wastes, cycle time and other business issues as well. Six Sigma strives for world- class performance.The Six Sigma standard is 3.4 failures per million opportunities, but it goes beyond errors.The best of the Six Sigma organizations try to meet or exceed their customer's expectations by creating an infrastructure of change agents. These people work full- and part-time on projects in their areas or in other areas.These proj- ects are the units of revenue generation and where the change agents work on with a single goal in mind: making the businesses as successful as possible. The management deserves all praise for arranging this training programme with a good mix of people right from finance to managers on the shop floor to managers of the CQF team. S. Krishna Sarma India in Olympics The expectation of just one or two medals in Olympics continued in the just-concluded 2016 Olympics too. Unless there is a change in the mindset of the officials part of the Indian Olympics Association, this trend will continue in the next couple of Olympics.The reason being participants should enjoy while playing. But instead they are feeling luxurious. Abinav Bindra said that England is spending Rs 47 crores to win one medal. He specified that much amount of money has become necessary to win a medal. He should be aware that Kenya, Ethiopia, Jamaica are winning medals without proper infrastructure. How is it possible for them? Leander Paes, Karnam Malleswari, Mary Kom,Vijendar Singh, Sushil Kumar,Yogeshwar Dutt,Abinav Bindra – all won a medal in their respective Olympics, but could not win in the subsequent Olympics.The reason may be that after win- ning a medal, they thought they have achieved something huge in Olympics. Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa and Jitu Rai were awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. I think it is too early to give this award to them.They have a long way to go. PV Sindhu won a silver medal in RIO Olympics.That’s it.After that she is raining in crores of rupees, Government job, land to build a house, etc.What is the need for all this? The player is sent to a major event only to win. It is their profession, their duty.They have to win. I don’t know whether any other country is providing this kind of facilities to the players. Instead government, officials, and sponsors may fund to improve sports and they can show interest in improving the infrastructure for specific sports. L. Karthik, Hardware Engineer 4.0 3.6 3.0 4.9 3.6 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 Whether ObjecƟves Met AboutInternship Schedule/Format Yourself Before Internship Yourself AŌer Internship How About SuggesƟng SPS to Others?