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EVENT SNAPSHOT: NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY SUMMIT 2022

ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS

Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) organized the
16 edition of National Productivity Summit 2022, on November 18-19, 2022,
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at BIEC, Bangalore. The event showcased best practices in manufacturing

through enriching keynotes, live case study presentations, and plant tours.

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anufacturing compa- mal manufacturing processes Components, Indo-MIM, and
M nies are constantly on through informative keynotes, Tractor and Farm Equipment

the lookout for prac-
live case study presentations,
(TAFE), which provided a unique
tices and processes that can help and plant visits. opportunity to witness some of
them reduce operational costs, the best productivity improve-
upgrade the quality of their prod- Enriching experiences ment projects being translated
ucts, and increase productivity. The latest edition witnessed the into action.
IMTMA has made its mission to participation of over 275 dele- Addressing the audience during
advocate for the cause of produc- gates from 95 companies across the inaugural session of the Sum-
tivity in the Indian Manufactur- a diverse cross-section of the mit, Ravi Raghavan, President,
ing industry and provide it with a Manufacturing industry. The IMTMA, said that NPS brings
platform where the stakeholders participants included CEOs, top out why companies should em-
can come together and learn from management executives, senior brace integrated approaches to
the companies that have de- executives, and practicing en- increase manufacturing produc-
ployed breakthrough practices gineers from diverse industries tivity and how to prepare people,
that have resulted in significant such as Automotive, Auto Com- processes, and technology as part
POONAM PEDNEKAR improvements in productivity ponents, Die & Mould, Consum- of the journey toward produc-
Chief Copy Editor
Magic Wand Media Inc and competitiveness. er Durables, Machine Tool, Tool tivity excellence. He elaborat-
poonam.pednekar@ National Productivity Sum- Rooms, Aerospace, General Engi- ed, “Many of our shopfloors are
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mit, organized annually, brings neering, and other discrete Man- evolving at an exponential rate
together industry experts, ufacturing industries. across the entire value chain,
decision-makers, researchers, Pre-summit plant visits were or- from machine tool manufactur-
academia, customers, and sup- ganized to Ashok Leyland, TVS ers to organizations that employ
pliers of production equipment. Motor Company, SEG Automo- machine tools and other man-
The program highlights opti- tive, Continental Automotive ufacturing processes. In most

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