Indian Machine Tools Award

Article Type: News From: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 60, Issue 2

The Indian Machine Tools Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) recently organised a two-day Productivity Summit which included a productivity award process.

A total of 327 companies sent entries in the form of case studies for the award, of which 15 were finally short-listed to make presentations in five categories:

• 1.

  productivity improvement in SME sector;

• 2.

  optimising metalworks processing;

• 3.

  productivity through quality improvement;

• 4.

  better asset utilisation; and

• 5.

  manufacturing system redesign.

Lokeswara Rao, president, IMTMA said:

This is the first summit that we have held in Pune and considering that the city has emerged as a major auto hub, we are hoping it will contribute positively towards the industry here. This year we have introduced a productivity award as we thought that recognising the contributions of individual firms towards improving the quality of the industry would provide a boost towards improving the best practices being followed.