ATDC has collaborated with NPC to promote the 'Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme' of MSME in various apparel clusters across India. They have made a beginning in Gurgaon to reach and benefit member exporters in particular. A seminar at Apparel House, Gurgaon was presided by Virender Uppal, Chairman, AEPC, ATDC & IAM and Harbhajan Singh, DG, NPC, who inaugurated the seminar.
The awareness program was divided in two sessions. The ‘inaugural session’ was addressed by Virender Uppal, Harbhajan Singh, Hari Kapoor, Vice Chairman, ATDC, H K L Magu, Chairman F&B-AEPC, Darlie Koshy, DG & CEO, ATDC & IAM and Anil Peshawari, VP, NAEC along with other speakers shared the benefits of adopting lean management and its benefits.
Talking on the occasion, Uppal said, “The ever changing technologies and the pressing need for increasing competitiveness in apparel industry are necessitating the need for trained workforce and introduction of new approaches. Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC) addresses the trained manpower needs of apparel industry specifically technical personnel in different tiers of manufacturing, from shopfloor to supervisory levels. ATDC has made rapid progress under the Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) of Ministry of Textiles (MOT), Govt. of India (GOI) as a nodal agency by setting up about 200 centres on a pan-India basis covering 22 states, 3 ATDC SMART Training of Trainers (TOT) Academies.”
Harbhajan Singh gave a perspective of the lean manufacturing scheme especially its relevance in context of the global competiveness. He also mentioned that 350 clusters wasn’t a limit and more number of clusters could be formed if required. He brought forth that during the implementation of the scheme, other areas would also be addressed and facilities may be provided.
Following the inaugural session, the 'technical session' saw participation of key speakers, M L Suryaprakash, Director, NIMU, who shared details on lean manufacturing competitiveness scheme and its benefits to manufacturing units. Pooja Makhija, lean manufacturing consultant explained the role of lean manufacturing in apparel sector, along with case studies from the Pilot Phase clusters & Bangladesh. Nimesh Dave, lean manufacturing consultant, Gurgaon, presented various case studies showcasing how the companies have been helped and achieved target just by adoption of simple lean manufacturing techniques.
