Helping SME Businesses Unlock Revenue, Efficiency, and Growth.
Management Consulting for Business Services, Education & Manufacturing | Rs.200+ Crores in Measurable Impact | 150+ Transformation Projects
Our Story
APKA Industries was born from a simple conviction: Indian SME businesses deserve the same calibre of strategic consulting that Fortune 500 companies take for granted.
Our journey began in 1991 in Kerala, where we built our first business rooted in quality, trust, and ethical practice. Over three decades, we expanded into IT consulting, business strategy, and operational management — working across the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, and India.
By 2020, we brought all of this experience under one roof. APKA Industries was launched as a management consulting firm with a clear mission — to help SME business owners in the Rs.5–250 Crore range unlock trapped revenue, eliminate operational waste, and build systems that scale.
In 2025, we launched the 100 Crore Project — our flagship initiative aimed at delivering Rs.100 Crore in cumulative, measurable client value. Not through theory or presentations, but through hands-on transformation that shows up in the P&L.
Today, APKA Industries operates at the intersection of international consulting frameworks and Indian business realities. We work with three core sectors — Business Services, Education, and Manufacturing — because that is where our experience runs deepest and our impact is most immediate.
We are not a large consulting firm. We are a focused, execution-driven practice built for business owners who are ready to stop firefighting and start scaling.
What We Do
We help CEOs and Founders of SME businesses achieve 3–10X ROI through operational excellence, revenue recovery, and strategic clarity.
Our work is built on a 5-lever diagnostic methodology developed through 150+ transformation projects:
1. Revenue Leakage Audit
We identify the gap between what was commercially agreed and what is actually being billed and collected. Most SMEs lose 3–7% of their earned revenue to pricing-billing disconnects, unenforced escalations, and expired discounts that nobody tracks. We find it, quantify it, and fix it.
2. Operational Efficiency & Capacity Unlock
We measure the real performance of your operations — not what gets reported, but what actually happens on the ground. From OEE measurement on the shop floor to delivery cycle analysis in services firms, we uncover hidden capacity that can be unlocked without capital expenditure.
3. Working Capital & Inventory Optimisation
Cash trapped in slow-moving inventory, unoptimized reorder points, and fear-based purchasing decisions is cash not working for your growth. We diagnose inventory health and release working capital back into the business.
4. Process Redesign & Waste Elimination
Over the years, businesses accumulate process steps that no longer add value. We map your critical processes end-to-end, classify every step, and eliminate the 30–40% that typically adds cost without adding value.
5. Workforce Productivity Transformation
Most SME teams spend 50–60% of their time firefighting instead of doing planned, value-adding work. We trace the root causes, fix the systems that create waste, and shift your workforce from reactive to productive.
Our Ecosystem
APKA Industries operates as a focused consulting group with purpose-driven platforms:
Skill Station — Learning & Development
A mentoring, coaching, and skills platform for young entrepreneurs, professionals, and business owners. Skill Station offers courses, workshops, and development programs designed to build real-world capability — not just certificates. For Education institutions, Skill Station also serves as a consulting and content partner for NEP alignment and professional management.
The Hindu Heritage Online — Culture & Community
Our YouTube channel dedicated to preserving and sharing Hindu spiritual heritage, traditions, and cultural knowledge with a global audience.
Krishna Hridhay Foundation — Social Impact
Our CSR initiative promoting education, healthcare, and community welfare. Because business success means little if it does not create value for the society it serves.
Message from the Founder
When I started my career in 1996, I had no idea I would spend the next three decades helping businesses transform. But that is exactly what happened — across the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, and India, across IT services, manufacturing, healthcare, and education.
What I have learned in 27+ years and 150+ projects can be distilled into one insight:
Most SME businesses do not have a revenue problem. They have a leakage problem.
Revenue is being earned but not fully billed. Capacity exists but is not fully utilised. Working capital is available but trapped in the wrong places. Teams are capable but stuck in firefighting mode. Processes exist but half of them add no value.
I have seen this pattern in a Rs.45 Cr. IT services company in Chennai, in a coaching institute chain struggling with retention, and on the shop floor of an auto component manufacturer in Coimbatore. The sectors are different. The symptoms are different. But the root causes are remarkably similar — and fixable.
The gap between where an SME is and where it could be is not about working harder. It is about working on the right things, with the right systems, in the right sequence. That is what APKA Industries does.
We are not the cheapest consultants in the market. We are not the largest either. But we are deeply committed to one thing — measurable outcomes for business owners who are serious about transformation.
If that resonates with you, I would welcome a conversation.
Sincerely,
Anup Kumar
Founder & CEO, APKA Industries
Founder, Skill Station
Former Chairman, JCOM Karur, JCI India
Email: info@apkaindustries.com
Phone: (+91) 87788 24884