NASSCOM - Gandhinagar establishes Smart Manufacturing Forum to help MSMEs with annual turnover of less than Rs 1,000 cr

New Delhi, Feb 24 (KNN) The NASSCOM Centre of Excellence (CoE), Gandhinagar, has set up the Smart Manufacturing Forum to help manufacturing MSMEs with an annual turnover of less than Rs 1,000 crore adopt 'Industry 4.0' solutions.

The forum will start, scale, and sustain the adoption of Industry 4.0 solutions.

Support will be provided by the forum in three segments such as skills & capability building, handholding for the digital journey, and branding & market reach.

To help improve efficiency, productivity, and safety in plants by experiencing end-to-end smart manufacturing solutions, a 24x7 access to a smart manufacturing competency centre will be provided to the manufacturers.

Speaking on its launch Amit Saluja, Senior Director & Centre Head – NASSCOM CoE, Gandhinagar said, “The Smart Manufacturing Forum has been launched with an aim to enable MSMEs to kickstart their digital journey and become future-ready. The forum will be a closed group of 100-150 forward-looking manufacturing enterprises working with us to build digital talent and implement low-cost and easy-to-deploy solutions from start-ups. Our focus will be on helping MSMEs enhance productivity, boost efficiency, and become globally competitive.”

The forum was launched at the third edition of UDYAM 4.0 Nayi Disha (Digital Innovation Solutions Helping Atmanirbharta). (KNN Bureau)