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study presentation on ‘MTTPM
reduction through Digitalization
of PM activities in ASRS system
by implementing IOT-based CBM
monitoring system’.
Mekhos Technologies, Bangalore,
was conferred with the SME Pro-
ductivity Championship Award
2022 for their case study presen-
tation on ‘Productivity Improve-
ment in Cabin Latch Unit Assem-
bly & Testing Line’.
Source: IMTMA The Jury Commendation Award
(Special Award) was given to Ma-
hindra & Mahindra, Kandivali Bharat Elec-
– Large & Medium Category, for tronics Ltd,
plant with space optimization Acknowledging talent their case study presentation on Bangalore;
and adopted an innovative ap- This edition’s winners of the ‘The Key to Boosting Efficiency Bosch, Ban-
proach in merging testing lines. IMTMA-ACE Micromatic Pro- – ‘Single piece flow’, a lean manu- galore; Hero
The company, while manufac- ductivity Championship Awards facturing method to improve effi- MotorCorp,
turing its Bolero vehicle, uses the 2022 were chosen by the es- ciency by increasing productivity, Harid-
time-tested concept of lean and teemed jury, which comprised reducing waste, and enhancing war; Hero
rearranges the standard practic- Dr N Ravichandran, Chief Men- quality, and to Associated Plasma- MotorCorp,
es for productivity improvement. tor, UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd; MC tron, Thane, for their case study Alwar; Hita-
Tata Motors, Pune, leveraged the Ramakrishnan; and CV Subrah- presentation on ‘To enhance chi Astemo,
Bangalore;
market opportunity by scaling manyam. The Guest of Honor for productivity and reduce mate- Kasturi
up the Nexon EV production. The the Award Function was Tabrez rial consumption during HVOF Foundry,
evolution from a proto-shop to a Ahmed, General Manager, TKAP, (High Velocity Oxy-Fuel) coating Kolhapur;
mass production environment who conferred awards to the of small parts with the help of a Kirloskar Oil
using conventional approaches winners at the Awards Presenta- multi-spindle rotator system’. Engines Ltd,
has resulted in capturing huge tion ceremony. Speaking of the summit, Prem Ku- Kolhapur;
market share and achieving During an ongoing session, Rav- mar, Senior Deputy General Man- Larsen &
breakthrough benefits. ichandran emphasized the fol- ager, Bharat Electronics Ltd, said, Toubro, Kan-
J.P.F. Metacast, Belgavi, present- lowing Cs: One must know one’s “It is a very good platform for ex- chipuram;
ed an insight into productivity Country, know their Customers changing ideas, networking with Mahindra &
enhancement through machin- and Competitors, be ready for people, and showcasing our capa- Mahindra,
Kandivali;
ing 28 families of parts involving Challenges, Change, take Charge, bility. This kind of productivity and Tata Mo-
the foundry and machining pro- Conceptualize the change, most summit is a must. The knowledge tors, Pune
cess in a short time span. importantly Communicate, Car- sessions make for terrific learning.” presented
Mekhos Technology Services, ry out the change, Coordinate, Sharing his experience at NPS their case
Bangalore, explained how they and Control. All this will even- 2022 as excellent, Rajeev Saxena, studies in
enabled a global OEM to cut tually lead to Cost reduction and General Manager, Hero MotoCorp, the summit.
down complexity and costs, and Customer satisfaction. Alwar, stated, “We went through
set up change times in manu- Bharat Electronics Ltd bagged various presentations and inputs
facturing cabin latch assembly the first prize of `3,00,000 for given by Dr N Ravichandran,
of vehicles through the innova- their case study presentation on which was really great. Now we
tive design of fixtures, resulting ‘Manufacturing of 30,000 ICU have a lot of ideas regarding the
in breakthrough productivity at Ventilators in 90 days’. Tata Mo- improvements that can be done
the customer’s facility. tors, Pune, stood second for their on the shop floors. The main
Associated Plasmatron, Thane, case study presentation on ‘Pro- takeaway from this event is that
enhanced productivity and re- gressive increase of EV capacity we generally talk about the pro-
duced material consumption through Productivity Improve- ductivity of the operators. Now
during HVOF (High Velocity ment and Innovation’ and won a we are working towards the pro-
Oxy-Fuel) coating of small parts cash prize of `2,00,000. The third ductivity of the staff, which will
with the help of a multi-spindle prize of `1,00,000 went to Hero really enhance the value of our
rotator system. Motocor, Alwar, for their case entire ecosystem.”

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