PRODUCTIVITY WEEK THEME – 2016 : “EASE OF DOING BUSINESS FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.”

http://www.npcindia.gov.in/itf_event/productivity-week-theme-2016-ease-of-doing-business-for-higher-productivity-and-sustainable-growth/

Sustainable growth will require a vibrant SME sector, and this means improving the ease of doing business on the ground and not just the legislative framework.

To develop a vibrant SME sector, deliberate policies must be aimed at reducing red tape and also providing a friendly legislative framework and customer service approach to facilitate the business environment.

One of the very important things is a predictable environment for doing business. So even though many legislative improvements have been made, business people still have to consider that next year the finance minister could go to Parliament and impose a new tax, which is an additional cost to doing business. Or a bureaucrat could destroy their business by targeting them for audits or causing unnecessary costs from bureaucratic processes without any accountability.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Requirements-for-sustainable-growth_19240749




A good business environment encourages investment – both foreign and domestic – creating employment and boosting economic growth. It also supports the development of the formal economy and middle class consumers tend to work in the formal economy.

It takes just 6 days to start a business in Mexico, compared to 29 days in India. The Mexican government is doing  reforms aimed at improving the business environment, encouraging investment and placing the economy on a sound footing for sustainable growth.

http://blog.euromonitor.com/2015/11/driving-middle-class-growth-in-emerging-markets.html

ANALYSING POLICIES TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH,
SUSTAINABLY: REVISED FRAMEWORK
OECD 2015
http://www.oecd.org/tad/agricultural-policies/Analysing-policies-improve-agricultural-productivity-growth-sustainably-december-2014.pdf

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Ease of Doing Business in India

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

http://www.makeinindia.com/eodb/central-government-initiatives

MAKE IN INDIA - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

24 Jan 2016
President Pranab Mukherjee urged Tax authorities to help in increasing Ease of Doing Business in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/president-pranab-mukherjee-calls-for-innovation-to-deal-with-rising-tax-cases/articleshow/50706068.cms


ARCHIVES

ACTIONS COMPLETED
Unified online portal (Shram Suvidha) for:
Registration of Labour Identification Number (LIN)
Submission of returns
Grievance redressal
Combined returns under 8 labour laws
Online portals for Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) for:
Real-time registration
Payments through 56 accredited banks
Online application process for environmental and forest clearances
14 government services delivered via eBiz, a single-window online portal
Investor Facilitation Cell established
Dedicated Japan+ Cell established
Consent to Establish/NOC no longer required for new electricity connections
Documents reduced from 7 to 3 for exports and imports
Option to obtain company name and DIN at the time of incorporation
Simplified forms for:
Industrial Licence
Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum
Many defence sector dual-use products no longer require licences
Validity of security clearance from Ministry of Home Affairs extended to 3 years
Extended validity for implementing industrial licences
No distinction between partial and full commencement of production for all products
Colour-coded maps for locations requiring NOC from the Airports Authority of India hosted online


MEASURES UNDERWAY
Eliminate requirement of minimum paid-up capital and common seal
Integrate processes for obtaining PAN, TAN, ESIC and EPFO registration with incorporation of company
Single-window clearance for import and export

STATE GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

http://www.makeinindia.com/eodb/state-government-initiatives

MAKE IN INDIA - STATE GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES



ACTIONS COMPLETED
Online consent system for Pollution Control Board (Gujarat)
GIS-based land identification system (Gujarat)
Online consent system for environmental clearances (Chhattisgarh)
Extended validity of consent under environmental provisions (Chhattisgarh)
Unified process with single ID for VAT and Professional Tax registration (Maharashtra)
Number of procedures and time for getting an electricity connection reduced (Maharashtra)
Commercial benches established in Mumbai High Court (Maharashtra)
Creation of Invest Punjab, as a one-stop clearance system for investment projects (Punjab)
131 industries exempted from consent requirement by Pollution Control Board (Punjab)
Real-time allotment of TIN - Taxpayer Identification Number (Delhi)
Online application portal for residential and industrial building permits (Delhi)
Commercial benches established in High Court (Delhi)
Online portal for construction permits for institutional and commercial buildings (Delhi)
Static check posts replaced by mobile squads (Uttarakhand)
Green industries exempted from inspection by Pollution Control Committee (Puducherry)
Checklist for 86 government services and delivery timelines across 23 departments/organizations made available on Karnataka Udyog Mitra, an online portal (Karnataka)


MEASURES UNDERWAY
Online portal for the grant of construction permits (Mumbai)
Joint inspection by all departments to grant NOCs for construction permits (Mumbai and Delhi)
Simplified procedure to install electricity connection in 15 days (Delhi)


http://dipp.nic.in/English/Investor/easeDoingBusiness.aspx



Chapter 5 The ease of doing business of the following report  by PWC has interesting information on ease of doing business improvement in India.

https://www.pwc.in/assets/pdfs/future-of-india/future-of-india-the-winning-leap.pdf


Sustainable Manufacturing: Shaping Global Value Creation - Prof Günther Seliger, TU Berlin
2015

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'Sustainability'....Does it have a future in manufacturing?
Presentation by Steve Hope, General Manager Environmental Affairs and Corporate Citizenship at Toyota Motor Europe, at the Fourth Annual Conference of the EPSRC Centre for Industrial Sustainability 6-7 July 2015, Cambridge.

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Going Green Can Be Good for the Bottom Line

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Updated 24 Jan 2016, 14 Jan 2016

Prof Uday Amonkar Memorial Lecture - Make in India - Role of Industrial Engineering by Prof. Narayana Rao

3rd May 2015 at 10.00 am
Goa Engineering College
Ponda, Goa,


All are invited
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2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering ICIE 2013, NIT Surat, 20-22, November, 2013 - Interesting Papers

Identification and Shifting of Bottlenecks in A Radiator Fabrication Line of Transformer Manufacturing Industry Using Theory of Constraints (TOC) Approach: A Case Study.

"AHP-QFD Integrated Approach for Process Selection: Make or Buy"

Top Companies of India - Productivity and Industrial Engineering Initiatives and Achievements

20 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
3   Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
12 Bharti Airtel Ltd.


25 Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
9   Coal India Ltd.

10 Essar Oil Ltd.

19 GAIL (India) Ltd.

24 HDFC Bank Ltd.
11 Hindalco Industries Ltd.
4 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.


14 ICICI Bank Ltd.
1 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

13 Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

16 Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
17 Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd.
23 Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

15. NTPC Ltd.

7 Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.

21 Punjab National Bank

22 Reliance Industries Ltd

5   State Bank of India
22 Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd.

18 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
6   Tata Motors Ltd.
8   Tata Steel Ltd.

NTPC Ltd. - Productivity and Industrial Engineering Initiatives and Achievements

NTPC looks forward to boost manpower productivity
Sep 23, 2012


The company has a workforce of about 25, 511 people and an installed power generation capacity of 39,174 MW.

The company is aiming to bring down the Man-to- MW (megawatt) ratio -its workforce productivity -- to as low as 0.3 or 0.4 in the coming years.

In 2011-12, NTPC's overall Man-to-MW ratio, excluding JV/subsidiary capacity, stood at 0.74.

In 2006-07 fiscal -- it stood at 0.91 per cent. The ratio was brought down to  0.87 in the next financial year, followed by 0.85 in 2008-09. Further, it fell to 0.82 in 2009-10 and then to 0.77 in 2010-11.

Reflecting the same, the generation of electricity per employee has been on the rise. The figure touched 9.25 million units in the last financial year as compared to 7.99 million units in 2006-07.

The power generator's employee strength, including those at subsidiaries and joint ventures, stood at 25,511 people at the end of March 31, 2012.


NTPC expects to add 14,038 MW in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17).

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-23/news/34040569_1_generation-capacity-ntpc-attrition-rate

International Simulation Conference of India 2015 - Pune

http://indiasim.org/

The International Simulation Conference of India (ISCI) 2015 is the fourth edition of the very successful premier international forum in India for sharing and spreading recent developments in the field of system simulation. This initiative has been taken by Production Modeling India (PMI).
ISCI aims to provide a meeting place for simulation engineers, practitioners, researchers, and vendors working in the area of system simulation across disciplines in industry, service, government, and academia. The conference will provide a forum to discuss research ideas, exchange knowledge and practice, and review advancements in related topics.  The last three editions of ISCI together had over 300 attendees, 15 keynotes and 100+ world class presentations.

ISCI was  held on 10th January 2015.
Venue of ISCI 2015:
Hotel Le MERIDIEN,
RBM Road, Pune - 411001
Maharashtra [INDIA]

Conference Program Details

The conference consists of keynote presentations, special focused tracks and parallel sessions. The exhibition area includes some of the leading companies in simulation services and software industry.

Technical/research papers and industry case study presentations in  sessions in the area of simulation modeling and analysis of complex systems.

Topics Include

Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Agent based simulation
Discrete event and Continuous time simulation
Monte Carlo simulation
Stochastic simulations and approximations
System dynamics simulation
Web-based / Distributed / Grid simulation
Hybrid simulation methods
Simulation and decision making
Simulation and artificial intelligence
Human performance modeling
Random number and random variate generation
Modeling simulation inputs
Model verification and validation
Sensitivity analysis
Design of simulation experiments
Metamodeling and regression
Simulation optimization


Simulation in Practice

Simulation in Manufacturing
Simulation in Services
Simulation in Supply Chain
Simulation in Healthcare
Simulation in Finance
Simulation in Energy and Environment
Simulation of Social Systems
Other general applications of simulation


Location: ISCI 2015 will be held at Hotel Le MERIDIEN, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Le Meridien Pune is an exotic five-star property in which staying has been an experiencing in itself. It is strategically placed near to the commercial, residential and entertainment hubs of this wonderful city in Maharashtra. The hotel is blessed with extensive ambiance in which lots of modern amenities are obtainable for the guests such as world-class accommodation, scrumptious dining arrangements and more importantly, the warm presentation of traditional Indian hospitality.

Pune: Queen of the Deccan, Oxford of the East, and cultural capital of Maharashtra, Pune is a city with a future that promises to be as interesting as its history. Today, Pune is the centre of traditional Marathi culture, in which education, arts and crafts, and theatre are given pride of place. It has one of India's oldest universities and its numerous colleges attract both Indian and international students, which is probably why it is called the Oxford of the East. Pune is a cosmopolitan city and is now an important commercial centre.

 Pune has a temperate climate and is among the greenest urban areas in the country.

Pune is one of the premier industrial centers of India. It is home to one of the world's three largest two-wheeler manufacturers. Other global automobile companies (US & GERMAN) also have huge manufacturing facilities here. Apart from the auto giants, a large number of engineering, electronic and electrical industries have set up base in the large, medium and small scale sectors. The industrial township of Pimpri Chinchwad, adjacent to the main city, is dotted with over 4,000 manufacturing units. This vast and well established industrial base has imbibed the city with a 'professional' ethos and work culture.



Key Note Speaker Profiles
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Dr. Dhananjay Kumar - CEO & Head (Engineering, Global Project & Business Development)

KLT Automotive & Tubular Products Ltd.

Dhananjay Kumar, Ph.D. has over 29 years of professional experience and out of the same nearly 19 years as profit center head of medium to large corporate MNC across the globe. He has worked in highly diversified sector namely Defense & Aerospace where he was responsible for Advance Composite structural, new Gas turbine engine and also worked extensively in avionics, advance signaling and control system including counter warfare technique. Subsequently, he has lead one of the largest power electronic and joining technology company where he was also involved in diversification and strategy which has led to 100% growth consistently for 3 years. Also worked with infrastructure, process, energy, environment and Special Purpose Machine (SPM) manufacturing company and successfully lead it from front for multi fold growth across the globe.

For last 7 years, working with automotive giant where he has successfully developed the complete platform in MUV, LCV & HCV segment and set up the plant across the world which has consistently given 100% growth on Y2Y basis. For last 3 years, also working on EV program where 1st time 3D solar concept along with all-wheel drive & recycling the thrust using micro turbine is being used all at a time which has potential to bring complete revolution in Mobility solution.









Rajesh Deshpande - Head (Transmission Product Unit)

Escorts Ltd.

Mr. Rajesh Deshpande is presently working with Escorts, Agri Machinery Group, Faridabad and Haryana India as Associate Vice President (Transmission Product Unit). His 23 years of experience includes working in various other automotive industries like: Mahindra and Mahindra Farm Equipment sector, Siemens Ltd, JCB India Ltd. His Academic Qualification includes: M.E. PRODUCTION with Specialization in Industrial Engineering.

He is a Versatile professional having experience of key areas across functions viz. Projects, Strategy Development, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Process Engineering, Capital Equipment / Indirect Material Procurement, Human Resource, Performance Management, Tool room, Production Planning etc.

He is also certified as an "Applicator in Basic MOST" (Maynard Operation System Technique), certified by Maynard institute, USA and Assessor of “Lean Manufacturing practices”, certified by Frost & Sullivan He played a key role in Major capacity expansion project of one of the green field plant and Installation paint shop facility.







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Alvis Lazarus - Global Patron & Supply Chain Mentor at ISCEA

Alvis Lazarus is a Global supply chain consultant & speaker with more than a decade of Operations & Consulting Experience in Logistics, Supply chain and Process Excellence. Alvis has worked across multiple sectors - Ecommerce, Automotive, Mining, Retail, FMCG, Manufacturing, IT, and HealthCare. Alvis has managed multiple Supply Chain Programs across APAC, EMEA and Americas regions.

Alvis is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Champion and also a Certified Program Manager.









Dr. B. K. Mohanty - Professor (Decision Sciences)

IIM Lucknow.

Dr. B. K. Mohanty is a Professor in Decision Science Area at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India. He received his M.Sc. (Mathematics) from Berhampur University, India, and his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. India. He has more than 100 publications in various national / international journals and conferences. His research interest includes Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Problems, Electronic Business under Fuzzy Environment, Software Reliability, Fuzzy Logic in Data Mining and Business Intelligence.




Key Speech Topics

http://indiasim.org/QuickLinks/KeySpeachTopics.aspx


'Does Simulation Stimulate Supply Chain?'  – Mr. Alvis Lazarus

Supply chain model and structure, SC Models - Ecommerce, FMCG, Automotive etc. What makes Supply chain management challenging and exciting? What is the role of simulation in overcoming key challenges faced by supply chain professionals?




'Highly Automated Automotive Chassis Manufacturing line for A global vehicle platform' – Dr. Dhananjay Kumar

With increasing global competition, quality cost & delivery are three important consideration and highly automated, flexible, robust and accurate manufacturing process is the answer for large variation of models on the same platform. KLT being a world class Chassis manufacturing company and system supplier for many global OEMs, has developed one such manufacturing line in S Africa for Ford Ranger which has not only constantly produced high quality product with large variation consistently in last 3 years but our platform has been adjudged the best vehicle in this category the world over ranging from Asia-Pacific-S Africa to European Union & S America.

Making India Cost Competitive - Role of Industrial Engineering

"Make in India" campaign was announced by Prime Minister of India. Make in India to be successful needs market demand in India as well as abroad for Made in India products. Will there be sufficient demand? What parameters will determine demand. The performance of the product will determine demand. But demand is expressed as certain volume of products at a price specified by customers. Unless the manufacturers deliver or supply the product at that price, demand will not be there. To supply the product at a specified price, the cost of production has to be less than the price minus the marketing and distribution costs, and profit margin required.

Target costing is the approach now followed by manufacturing companies to design product as well as production system that supplies the product at the cost derived from the price giving adequate volume of demand.

Industrial engineering was described as profit engineering by Taichi Ohno, the developer of Toyota Production System.  Industrial engineers, analyze the resource used in the proposed or existing production systems, identify waste, remove it, make systems more efficient and thus contribute to reduction of cost. Recently an author recommended five iterations of cost reduction. Each cost reduction iteration has to be followed by a prototype whose technical feasibility is established and this exercise helps industrial engineering team as well as the original product and production system design teams to come out with new ideas for the next iteration of cost reduction ideas.

Industrial engineering departments of the companies, industrial engineering professional societies and academies, and individual industrial engineering faculty members have to focus on cost reduction intensely to make Make in India a great success.

The Institute of Cost Accountants of India is also making serious efforts to measure costs and compare them with various types of standards (some of them determined by industrial engineers) to point out areas of potential cost reduction. Industrial engineering profession has to collaborate with the ICMAI to facilitate proper cost measurement and reporting.

ICMAI is presently doing research on Power Sector, Health Care Sector, Higher Education Sector, MSMEs, Infrastructure, Government Services, Manufacturing Sector and Banking Sector to identify cost measurement issues and potential for cost reduction.