evolving strategies footwear and capacitites

1. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
Coordinators:
• Dr Ashok Kumar Das
• Sanjeev Kelkar

2. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• 3000 km X 2800 km
• 500 districts, ~ 1 million pop, 10 tehsils, Tehsil to
HQ distance 10 to 15 km minimum
• Law of Inverse Care – Care parameters diminish
as distance between the care center and the
consumer grows
• Variable Geography, hills, deserts, flood prone,
seasonal problems – ice, heat
• Networking – the solution

3. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
The process of capacity availability
• Capacity built in to the Instrumental user, by training or
exposure, is aware of his own built in capacity, or his level
of awareness,
• Leads to the Diagnosis and Specifying the need for the
consumer examined
• Exactitude of the product specification the first step
• Information Transfer, say the kind of shoe required,
necessary
• Guides production, may answer specification
• End user and
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4. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
The process of capacity availability
• End user agrees to get the special capacity
bought and applied to his problem – say
footwear to be shoed on his feet
• Ready to or is able to pay for it
• ready to undergo the long process of
adjustment

5. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• Trial of the product
• Manufacturing the same
• Finalization
• Supply
• Modification or repairs sos, sending it back,
• Costs
• Technology involved
• Availability of the same across the distance

6. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• Technology is involved at each stage of this
process beginning with the instrumental
consumer applying his knowledge to the
problems of the end user,
• There should be base minimum of the
technology that should be available across
the distance

7. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• Distance is a major issue
• IT technology comes helpful
• Large number of populace still not savvy
• Image transfers etc for foot wear not easily
grasped
• Knowledge about what is available still
meagre
• Means to get what you want limited

8. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• On developing and reaching the product to the
Instrumental consumer and end user –
• There is usage and feedback
• Modification or repairs sos, sending it back,
• Costs are involved in it
• Ease of the entire operation is a concern
• Bridging the gap –
Awareness of Facility to the instrumental user, end user
Awareness of the instrumental user, end user to the Facility
Relationship across time and space for commerce

9. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
The gap – The people and places where capacity is built for
say footwear and the HCPs who have the knowledge to
know the solution they want
• Neither knows the other
• Bridging the gap – necessary
Awareness at the Facility end of the instrumental user,
Awareness at the instrumental user end of the Facility
• Relationship across time and space for commerce should
get established between the two

10. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
Awareness of each other
• How do we facilitate the same
• How do we establish and assure access
• Build simultaneous consumer level awareness
• Send the product at the door step of the HCP
• Reaching a level of general public knowledge
within a disease segment or more generally

11. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
•Our job will then
be complete –
for the time being

12. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• Do we need to know more about our HCPs? Yes
• Capacities – HCP profiles on training, Dx
instruments from simple to complex built in,
recording capabilities, future actions planned by
them, their on going needs etc,
• Capacities – Infrastructure – Footwear, Profiles by
rigorous questionnaires, Expert inspections,
quality checks, recommendations

13. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• Do we need to know more about our what
capacities have been built in the country? Yes!
• Infrastructure Capacities –– say Footwear,
pressure scans availability, training capabilities of
various types, levels, duration, library support etc
• These profiles to be outlined by rigorous
questionnaires, expert inspections, quality checks,
recommendations

14. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
• Compilation of the profiles – Directory, registry,
• Common place of accessing various information,
• A forum for new ideas
• A forum to guide outcome analysis
• Stimulating action / outcome research and
continued improvements in capacities,
• Newer longer term courses, raft of ideas for each
level, according to the resources available, leave,
previous expertise,

15. Evolving strategies for Capacity Availability
•Our job will then
begin –
for the time to come