SMEs, MSMEs still to implement cutting-edge automation in their process

April 18, 2013 10:02 am

SMEs, MSMEs still to implement cutting-edge automation in their process
“Our role in the Indian market is to evolve and replicate successful solutions,” said Sajiv Nath, MD, Endress+Hauser India
While multinational companies and leading Indian companies are well aware of the benefits of automation and do not hesitate to implement it, SMEs and MSMEs are still hesitant and resistant to implement cutting-edge automation in their processes because they feel that the initial investments are too high while not realising that the ROIs are much faster. Sajiv Nath shares his views about the automation industry and its future.
Please update us on the status of manufacturing sector in India and the need for automation.The manufacturing sector in India has a clear advantage providing skilled workforce. Our demographics are an advantage. We need to capitalise the same. To compete globally, Indian manufacturers need to make use of best practices. The government policies favouring the manufacturing sector are going to be the key to ensure that we have a robust, sustainable growth. We can learn from the success of the service sector to replicate out-of-the-box thinking.
Where do you think the Indian manufacturing sector stands today in terms of leveraging cutting-edge automation technologies?The Indian manufacturing industry is at different stages of adapting automation. Multinationals and large Indian companies have adopted automation in a big way. MSMEs are evolving into automation. SMEs have some way to go to accepting automation. There are exceptions, but this is the general trend. The level of automation also depends on the capacities and the thrust given by entrepreneurs to their own organisations. Only those organisations that adapt and change in this scenario are able to survive and sustain in the long run.
Do you think the penetration of automation technology is way below the mark, especially in the industrial manufacturing?While multinational companies and leading Indian companies are well aware of the benefits of automation and do not hesitate to implement it, SMEs and MSMEs are still hesitant and resistant to implement cutting-edge automation in their process because they feel that the initial investments are too high while not realising that the ROIs are much faster. A compromise normally derails the returns.

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