SOON after joining as the Head of operations of Snowline Chemicals, a specialty chemical company based in Mumbai, Mr. Girish Bhide was eager to improve the operational performance of the organization. Snowline's return on capital (ROC) was well below the industry average and the reduction of working capital was an urgent management priority. After four weeks of intense orientation, Girish, a Chemical Engineer with a management degree and having over two decades of experience in the operations management in the process industry understood the key business priorities and was keen to move ahead fast and decisively for reducing the working capital.
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