Area of Expertise: Operations & Supply Chain
Operational Excellence & Lean Transformation Leader
Jayanth Murthy is a leading expert in Operational Excellence, Kaizen, and Lean Transformation, with over 27 years of experience in driving performance improvement and building cultures of continuous improvement. As Joint Managing Director of Kaizen Institute for India, South Asia and Africa, he works with organizations across industries and geographies to translate strategy into effective execution through robust operational systems.
His approach focuses on understanding an organization’s current state, defining its desired future state, and identifying the changes required to achieve sustainable growth, efficiency, and profitability. He emphasizes eliminating waste and variability while developing people-driven cultures of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Areas of Expertise
- Operational Excellence & Business Excellence
- Kaizen & Lean Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Performance Improvement
- Process Improvement & Waste Elimination
- Continuous Improvement & Change Management
- TPM, TOC & Six Sigma
- Strategy Execution & Operational Transformation
- Organizational Culture & People-Driven Improvement
Career & Professional Highlights
- Joint Managing Director, Kaizen Institute – India, South Asia & Africa, with more than 25 years associated with Kaizen Institute South Asia.
- Has supported 300+ clients in India and 115+ organizations in Africa in Performance Improvement and Operational Excellence.
- Specializes in Operational Excellence for Business Excellence, helping organizations apply Kaizen, Lean and related approaches to improve performance and sustain results.
- Advocates the Kaizen Business Model (KBS) and Kaizen Change Model (KCM) as frameworks for performance improvement and organizational transformation.
- His work emphasizes improving operational flow, reducing defects and variation, eliminating waste (Muda), and creating a culture of continuous improvement.
- Has held leadership and entrepreneurial roles as Partner & Director and Founding Partner & Director, alongside his Kaizen Institute leadership responsibilities.
- Served as Co-Convenor, CII Gujarat Manufacturing Panel and National Events Chair, CEO Clubs India in 2025; he has also served as Past President of CEO Clubs Ahmedabad and Past Chairman of Social Venture Partners Ahmedabad.
- Fulbright Fellow, with a course at Carnegie Mellon Business School, USA, focused on Leadership in Management; holds a E. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Mysore.
- Received the Japanese AOTS/HIDA Scholarship for Quality Management training in Japan and was conferred the MonozukuriJinzai Ambassador citation by HIDA of Japan in 2017.