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	Dabbawala - the large food & drink encyclopedia
		A dabbawala, sometimes spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, is a person in Mumbai (Bombay), India, whose job is preparing lunch for, and then carrying and delivering the lunch boxes to office workers.
		The dabbawala originated when India was under British rule: many British people who came to the colony didn't like the local food, so a service was set up to bring lunch to these people in their workplace straight from their home.
		The BBC has produced a documentary on Dabbawalas, and Prince Charles, during his visit to India, made a point to visit them (he had to fit in with their schedule, since their timing was too precise to permit any flexibility).
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	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Dabbawala
		Dabbawalas collecting the lunch boxes and loading them in trolleys.
		A dabbawala, sometimes spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, is a person in Mumbai (Bombay), India, whose job is carrying and delivering freshly made food from home in lunch boxes to office workers.
		Tiffin is an old-fashioned English word for a light lunch, and sometimes for the box it is carried in.
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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Dabbawala (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A dabbawala (one who carries the box, see Etymology), sometimes spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, is a person in the Indian city of Mumbai whose job is to carry and deliver freshly made food from home in lunch boxes to office workers.
		The dabbawala originated when India was under British rule: many British people who came to the colony disliked the local food, so a service was set up to bring lunch to them in their workplace straight from their home.
		The BBC has produced a documentary on dabbawalas, and Prince Charles, during his visit to India, visited them (he had to fit in with their schedule, since their timing was too precise to permit any flexibility).
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Dabbawala (847 words)

	Dabbawala - Food & Drink - Recipes24 Net - recipes, cooking, cookbooks and more
		A dabbawala, sometimes spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, is a person in Mumbai (Bombay), India, whose job is preparing lunch for, and then carrying and delivering the lunch boxes to office workers.
		The word "Dabbawala" is literally translated as "one who carries a box"; "Dabba" means a box (usually an cylindrical aluminium container), while "wala" is a term of reference to the preceding word (literally translated, the closest meaning would be "tiffin-man".
		The dabbawala then takes them to a designated sorting place, where he and other collecting dabbawalas sort (and sometimes bundle) the lunch boxes into groups.
	www.recipes24.net /encyclopedia/d/dabbawala.html (764 words)

	India's Best-known and Most Efficient Networking - the Mumbai's Dabbawala System ::Official Website Of Dabbawala :: ...
		However, the dabbawala is the only person whom my mom was punctual towards, or would reports to on time, rather.
		Although it was being delivered to his office hot at lunchtime by the dabbawala, he had spoken to the dabbawalas just at one instance, that too, when he had enrolled himself on their list.
		Moreover, words of the dabbawalas are regarded as arrows sent through the bows, which cannot be taken back.
	www.mydabbawala.com /presentation/themfactor.htm (0 words)

	NRIndian
		During the journey, these 80 dabbawalas regroup according to the number of tiffins to be delivered in a particular area, and not according to the groups they actually belong to.
		Dabbawalas are divided into sub-groups of fifteen to 25, each supervised by four mukadams.
		Addresses are passed on to the dabbawala operating in the specific area, who then visits the customer to finalize arrangements.
	nrindian.rediffblogs.com /2005_06_11_nrindian_archive.html (4338 words)

	Mumbai's amazing dabbawalas
		During the journey, these 80 dabbawalas regroup according to the number of tiffins to be delivered in a particular area, and not according to the groups they actually belong to.
		Dabbawalas are divided into sub-groups of fifteen to 25, each supervised by four mukadams.
		Addresses are passed on to the dabbawala operating in the specific area, who then visits the customer to finalize arrangements.
	specials.rediff.com /money/2005/nov/11spec.htm (0 words)

	The Hindu : Food for a city
		The dabbawala service is 113 years old and operates with an efficiency and punctuality, hard to beat.
		Today, the 5,000-strong dabbawala force (there are a handful of women too) uses handcarts, fast and slow local trains and strong wooden racks to carry the dabbas.
		A new dabbawala is initiated into his work by a couple of his seniors who take him along on his routes and explain the codes.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mag/2004/02/22/stories/2004022200350500.htm (849 words)

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	rantlust » Blog Archive » A (Near) Perfect Supply Chain
		Run by groups of dabbawalas (dabba being the metal lunch container and wala referring to a person associated with a trade), these people run an incredibly efficient logistics model that has been the subject of a quite a few industrial and academic case studies.
		At a specific time every morning, a dabbawala arrives to pick up the tiffin box and from there, it goes on an amazing journey where it is changes hands, passed on from one dabbawala to another, all working together to ensure that the tiffin box arrives at the man’s office on time for lunch.
		A Forbes study in the late 1990s designated the dabbawala system with an amazing six sigma rating, which indicates an extremely efficient process where the errors occurring were so minimal that the process could be said to be practically error-free.
	www.rantlust.com /john/2006/03/17/a-near-perfect-supply-chain (935 words)

	BUSINESS TODAY
		Mumbai's amazing dabbawala lunch delivery network proves a simple thing: Indians can be super-efficient when they set themselves to it.
		But to be called the "soul of Mumbaikers", as Mumbai's dabbawala system was called by the late columnist Behram Contractor (to add to all the other honours), you would have to be more than just a logistical success of clockwork efficiency.
		Work starts in the morning, with dabbawalas going door-to-door in the suburbs, collecting the lunch packs, grouping them in stages and strapping them into crates to be handcarted to the local station.
	www.india-today.com /btoday/20030119/india14.html (766 words)

	Dabbawala \| Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Yuva Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You leave a note to your spouse saying they should call Dabbawala and pay them to bring you a warm tiffin.
		Dabbawala is an organization that distributes hot tiffins to people who work in Mumbai.
		The literal translation of "Dabbawala" is tiffin-man. The organization was made by the British because they didnt like the local food.
	www.hinduyuva.org /node/67 (381 words)

	D A I J I W O R L D
		However, the dabbawala is the only person whom my mom was punctual towards, or would reports to on time, rather.
		Although it was being delivered to his office hot at lunchtime by the dabbawala, he had spoken to the dabbawalas just at one instance, that too, when he had enrolled himself on their list.
		Moreover, words of the dabbawalas are regarded as arrows sent through the bows, which cannot be taken back.
	www.daijiworld.com /chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=132 (828 words)

	b00005387
		Dabbawala is a person in India whose job is to deliver lunch boxes from homes to offices, and return them back again.
		Answers.com says that “The dabbawala originated when India was under British rule: many British people who came to the colony didn't like the local food, so a service was set up to bring lunch to these people in their workplace straight from their home.
		On the right is a picture of working dabbawalas taken during a working day.
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	Dabbawala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are no elaborate layers of management either — just three layers.
		Blue Peter episode on Monday, 27 September 2004 (summer expedition report)
		This page was last modified 07:16, 10 November 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dabbawala (837 words)

	Mandira to play 'Deal Ya No Deal' with dabbawalas
		Sudhir Dabbawala will play the game and his 22 colleagues will enjoy the fun and thrills as part of the audience at 9 p.m.
		The dabbawalas are members of the labour-intensive firm called Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association.
		The dabbawalas even impressed Prince Charles with their innocence and commitment to work.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?it=5851 (216 words)

	Health Communication Partnership Press Release
		The lunches, known as “dabbas,” will be delivered by about 5,000 “Dabbawalas,” who are members of a daily delivery network throughout Mumbai that uses a highly efficient and effective relay system.
		The Dabbawala program is part of the Work Place Intervention (WPI), a key activity being implemented by HCP in collaboration with AVERT Society in Maharashtra and supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
		The Dabbawala system is a century-old practice, perhaps with no parallel in the world.
	www.hcpartnership.org /Press/press2005-12-01.php (850 words)

	Mumbai's amazing dabbawalas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		our thousand five hundred semi-literate dabbawalas collect and deliver 175,000 packages within hours.
		These 3,200 tiffins are collected by 9.00 am, reach the station and are sorted according to their destinations by 10.00 am when the 'Dabbawala Special' train arrives.
		Dabbawalas have proved simple techniques can offer the best of timely services and that too in a crowded city like...
	us.rediff.com /money/2005/nov/11spec.htm?q=tp&file=.htm (1831 words)

	mydabbawala.com is online - NIMC Forums
		Their structure is studied at many B-schools, organizations and I am proud to introduce their online version to all of you.
		Dabbawala's are loosing their online virginity with http://mydabbawala.com/.
		Wishing all the very best to Dabbawala's and let's comment under this and I will send this thread to their site admin Shri.
	www.idealwebtools.com /nimc/forum/index.php?showtopic=590 (335 words)

	Dabbawalas just a click away now- The Economic Times (Site not responding. Last check: )
		MUMBAI: The ubiquitous Dabbawala who forms an integral part of Mumbai’s landscape is morphing into a techno savvy businessman, using modern mediums such as mobiles and the internet to market the hugely successful business.
		When asked whether the Dabbawalas were heading towards adopting a more technological frame of business, Medge said “Our logistics system, where we deliver dabbas all over Mumbai, still functions without any technological help, but we feel that we have to use technology to market our business and reach as many people as possible.”
		Even Prince Charles made it a point to invite them to his second wedding after meeting them in the city in ‘03 during a visit.
	economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1679189.cms (321 words)

	Now, Dabbawalas a click away-India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When asked whether the dabbawalas were heading towards a more technological bent to their business, Medge said "Our logistics system, where we deliver dabbas all over Mumbai, still functions without any technological help, but we feel that we have to use technology to market our business and reach it to as many people as possible."
		The dabbawalas' accurate and precise system of delivering hot home-cooked meals to more than 2 lakh office goers in Mumbai has drawn praise from all over the world, including from business schools who want to study their system.
		Even Prince Charles made it a point to invite them to his second wedding after meeting them in the city in 2003 during a visit.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1678598.cms (307 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Dabbawala model — a unique Mumbai phenemenon
		The more-than-a-century-old Mumbai dabbawala is a phenomenon that can work only in Mumbai and this service could not be duplicated anywhere else in the country, according to leaders of the dabbawalas.
		Mr Manish Tripathi said though nearly 85 per cent of the dabbawalas were illiterate, their work has attracted worldwide attention and they have now become subject of study by even business schools.
		He said the dabbawala system was the most democratic system in the world in that every one was paid the same amount after deducting expenses like train tickets.
	www.blonnet.com /2006/08/23/stories/2006082302451900.htm (675 words)

	Bombay Dabbawalas go hightech
		For over 115 years these lunch deliverymen who were subsequently started to be called Dabbawalas have been collecting lunch packed in three or two-tier metal boxes (called dabbas) from subscribers' homes and delivering them to their workplaces.
		From there each of the boxes that is coded according to the station of origin, the Dabbawala team at the collection and delivery point, and the destination, are sorted out and taken to the next intermediary stations, where they are sorted out again for area-wise distribution and delivery.
		For instance the Berkeley University in California teaches the logistic system of Dabbawalas as a case study in one of their business management programs and many Indian business schools and industry associations have the Dabbawala logistics system in their case-study agenda.
	www.physorg.com /news70641995.html (1251 words)

	MyDabbaWala.com :: The Official website of Dabbawalla's , Dabbawala's Mumbai India
		5000 semi-literate Dabbawalas transport 1,75,000-boxes in a 3-hours period, through a 25-Km of public transportation involving multiple transfer points at six sigma level of quality!!!
		You surly will be surprise because the company involved is a labour intensive company called Nutan more...
		Welcome to the homepage of MyDabbaWala.Com, the official Website of Dabbawala's also known as Dabbawalla,Dabbawalas, Dabbawallah, Dabbawallahs and tiffinwala - the most famous, hard working and news worthy people from Mumbai (Formerly Bombay) - India delivering your home made food to office.
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	Wikipedia
		At 19,373 persons per km², Mumbai is India's most densely populated city with a huge flow of traffic.
		Regardless of what function a dabbawala, everyone gets paid about 4,000 rupees (which equals around 50 British pounds), not a lot of money when one considers that they also return the lunch boxes to the homes.
		Therefore, people developed special cooking tips to make their boxed lunch tasty after reheat.
	www-personal.umd.umich.edu /~drossin/Modules/Art03.htm (985 words)

	Features for kids
		How on earth the dabbawala manages to differentiate one dabba from the other seems a mystery at first thought.
		For a small fee the dabbawala picks up the freshly packed lunch from his house and delivers it to his/her office hot at lunchtime.
		Along the route, at intermediate stations the boxes are off-loaded or loaded in for final delivery by a second set of dabbawalas.
	www.pitara.com /magazine/features/online.asp?story=91 (367 words)

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