SIDBI appoints Cluster Pulse, an economic development agency, to help Jamnagar brass parts units
Updated: Jun 19, 2015 12:21:05pm
Ahmedabad, June 19 (KNN) Cluster Pulse, an Ahmedabad based economic development agency has been appointed by SIDBI to work in the Jamnagar brass parts cluster to help the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the region.
The prime objective of the project is to work towards addressing the financial and non-financial issues of Jamnagar brass parts cluster.
The benefits from this project to the SME clusters are setting up of inter-linkages with other buyer clusters; plugging the demand supply gap; means to an interactive buyer seller meet; development of trust and relationship in the long run; a platform for networking with cluster members; exposure to other benchmark cluster and motivation for non-member firms to obtain the affiliation.
To execute the project, Cluster Pulse has identified five gaps in Jamnagar cluster - skill development gap, infrastructure gap, knowledge gap, credit gap and policy advocacy gap.
The project will cover aspects like energy conservation in foundry and extrusion units; lean manufacturing; quality control and quality management system; six sigma; inventory control like just-in-time; customized ERP and HR measures to be adopted in Jamnagar brass parts cluster.
The project will also work on training in areas of export and international marketing access; ancillary supplier arrangement with large industries (national and global), availability of custom-built machines and technology and access to state-of-the-art energy conservation measures.
The project is expected to bring outcome such as improvement of quality; human resource improvement that would help the working environment for the employees; benefiting the organization; reducing number of rejects (increase quality) and saving the cost of material by adopting quality control measures; reducing waste and pollution by energy conservation and environmental practices and increasing employee productivity and efficiency. (KNN/ST)
The prime objective of the project is to work towards addressing the financial and non-financial issues of Jamnagar brass parts cluster.
The benefits from this project to the SME clusters are setting up of inter-linkages with other buyer clusters; plugging the demand supply gap; means to an interactive buyer seller meet; development of trust and relationship in the long run; a platform for networking with cluster members; exposure to other benchmark cluster and motivation for non-member firms to obtain the affiliation.
To execute the project, Cluster Pulse has identified five gaps in Jamnagar cluster - skill development gap, infrastructure gap, knowledge gap, credit gap and policy advocacy gap.
The project will cover aspects like energy conservation in foundry and extrusion units; lean manufacturing; quality control and quality management system; six sigma; inventory control like just-in-time; customized ERP and HR measures to be adopted in Jamnagar brass parts cluster.
The project will also work on training in areas of export and international marketing access; ancillary supplier arrangement with large industries (national and global), availability of custom-built machines and technology and access to state-of-the-art energy conservation measures.
The project is expected to bring outcome such as improvement of quality; human resource improvement that would help the working environment for the employees; benefiting the organization; reducing number of rejects (increase quality) and saving the cost of material by adopting quality control measures; reducing waste and pollution by energy conservation and environmental practices and increasing employee productivity and efficiency. (KNN/ST)
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