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er through some of the best in- of the customer and the stock duce. We have also made our
dustry practices. We work with to sell,” he adds. equipment; the auto Electric
many OEMs on the Kanban sys- The team members are pro- Division that we have is of help
tem and do the same with our vided with some fundamental to us when we need to plan for
suppliers. Our wide range of training, after which they are any automation.”
dealer networks plays a vital consistently reviewed and up-
support system.” dated with the required skills. Tiding over challenges
The company has a planning Like all industry players, Ra-
system that helps it plan to SMEs and automation jamane Industries, too, had
manufacture products two SMEs in India are still reluc- to face tough times during
weeks in advance and for all its tant to embrace automation. COVID-19 lockdowns. Sharing
raw materials to come on time. Rajamane tells us how far the some of them, Rajamane says,
“Many of our customers are company has come in leverag- “The industry had never expe-
also on Kanban, which helps ing it for its growth, “SMEs are rienced a COVID-like situation
The com-
us manufacture products as per reluctant as the cost of auto- before. Hence, we were un- pany has a
the batch quantity required. mation needs to do justice with prepared and had to face chal- planning
Our foundry and machines the volume produced. We, at lenges, including managing our system that
work in tandem with the as- Rajamane, have gone with the people and finance. The issue helps it
plan to
sembly line. The material is low-cost automation required of our people took some time
manufacture
shifted as per the requirements for the scale at which we pro- to stabilize, and we, as an orga- products two
nization, had to keep inventing weeks in
newer methods to get people advance and
back to work.” for all its
raw materi-
“The Government is giving us
als to come
the opportunity to bring back on time.
our focus and growth. Many
of the schemes will take time
to be implemented. The indus-
try needs to focus on moving
in that direction, which will
to think
require us for the opportunities
differently
look
and
Source: Rajamane Industries Pvt Ltd “Collaboration and co-working
that lie ahead of us,” he adds.
crucial part in
this
will play a
will need
journey as
rap-
we
and
the
id
changes
to happen,
gle-handedly,” he concludes.
Shop floor of Dobbspet Facility same cannot be brought in sin-
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