Indian Machine Tools Award

Citation

(2011), "Indian Machine Tools Award", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 60 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2011.07960bab.007

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. 1.

   productivity improvement in SME sector;

2. 2.

   optimising metalworks processing;

3. 3.

   productivity through quality improvement;

4. 4.

   better asset utilisation; and

5. 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.