CII-backed conference on smart manufacturing held in Coimbatore

Coimbatore, Feb 25 (KNN) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Friday organised a conference on ‘Smart Manufacturing: Navigation the Automation Frontier’ in Coimbatore.

The conference was organised in collaboration with Software Technology Park of India.

Speaking at the occasion, R. Saravanan, Managing Director of Sandfits Foundries, outlined the significance of smart manufacturing and pointed out how automation delivered consistent product quality and minimised expenses.

He outlined strategies such as deploying QR codes and manufacturing robots and discussed cutting-edge tools such as smart dashboards, which can be accessed from any location and seen on any device to monitor management reports.

Prashanth Subramanian, chairman of CII Coimbatore, spoke about how every industry was being transformed by smart manufacturing.

Arjun Prakash, Whole Time Director of Effica Automation,  highlighted the need to create a company that focused on the needs of the consumer by using smart strategies to deliver greater value at a lower price.

Senthil Ganesh, vice-chairman of CII Coimbatore, emphasised the significance of several CII programmes, including Digital NXT, which helps businesses execute digital strategy.

The conference had key resource speakers from Siemens Industry Software India, Dell Technologies, Amazon Web services, KPMG India, Anthem Biosciences, etc.  (KNN Bureau)