Jalandhar, Feb 15 (KNN) Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) in association with National Productivity Council and MSME-DI has organised workshop on “Productivity improvement through Lean Manufacturing and Smart Manufacturing (Industry 4.0)”.

National Productivity Council (NPC) (Under Ministry of Commerce and Industry) is celebrating National Productivity week during February, 12th to 18th.

S P Singh Deputy Director, NPC Chandigarh heighted the importance of productivity enhancement for the growth of Industry while S B Singh a lean Manufacturing Consultant and Joint Secretary CICU explained about Lean Manufacturing Concepts and their implementation in the units, which participated in Lean Manufacturing Clusters formed by CICU.

Sidhant Sroop, Director, Marshall Machines gave a presentation about Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 and Deepak Chechi, Assistant Director MSME-DI, Ludhiana explained about the Schemes of MSME Department like MSECDP, Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme, Marketing Development Assistance etc.

Meanwhile, Rakesh Pathak from DIC Ludhiana explained about the Delayed Payment Act and the services being provided by DIC for claim of delayed/denied payment to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

Eventually, Upkar Singh Ahuja, President, CICU thanked NPC, DIC and MSME-DI officials and for conducting this very useful program and asked the participants to get maximum benefit of MSMEs schemes, especially Cluster Development programs.

Smart Manufacturing are systems that are “fully-integrated, collaborative manufacturing systems that respond in real time to meet changing demands and conditions in the factory, in the supply network, and in customer needs.  Lean Manufacturing is optimising processes and eliminating wastes which help in cutting costs while still delivering high-quality product customers want and are willing to pay for.

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