Autocar Professional's February 15 issue: A Summary
Nearly 1,500 component suppliers participated at the 15th Auto Expo 2020 – Components in New Delhi in the four day trade show. Not only the domestic component manufacturers but the global ones too participated showing strength with individual pavilions housing several companies withstanding the slowdown and lower demand due to the outbreak of COVID -19 (Coronavirus) in China.
MasahiOshita, Vice-Chairman and Executive Director of the Japan Auto Parts Association (JAPIA) says “the Indian market is not an easy one – it is cost conscious and sees heavy competition.” Meanwhile his UK counterpart, Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) sees “opportunity for serious business deals between India and the UK,” and Jonathon Azzopardi, President and CEO, of Laval International and past president of the Canadian Association of Moldmakers (CAMM), vouches for the country’s expertise, saying “Canada is the perfect partner for India” to take business forward.
The Andhra Pradesh government who has seen Kia Motors gain success of its Anantapur project is progressively working towards becoming a major automotive hub. SubramanyamJavvadi, CEO of Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board said that Andhra Pradesh should be a preferred manufacturing destination for India and Global Auto Inc.
The Motor Show had its fair share of excitement in the form of new metal. The Volkswagen Group took the covers off the first two concept cars of its India 2.0 revival strategy – the Skoda Vision IN and the Volkswagen Taigun which constitutes the first new moves in quest of its aim to increase the passenger vehicle market share in India by 5%.
IBQMI TQM Trainer: new and updated certification program for TQM
“Become an IBQMI TQM TRAINER” is the name of the
recently launched certification program by the international business and
quality management institute LLC (IBQMI). The program is considered to be patented,
unique and a corporate senior management training program. A holistic approach
is adapted to provide guidance and leadership within a particular TQM
framework. The IBQMI provides a wide array of online training programs for
professionals worldwide.
Most professionals today lack an appropriate training,
or are unable to attend the workplace.IBQMI TQM helps professionals to
implement and execute effective corporate standards by providing training to
the employees on-site. Apart from providing leadership and strategies to help
implement improvements, the program also aims to make advances in Customer
satisfaction, organizational development and process improvement. Based on the
populations served by their products and services the trainers of IBQMI TQM
focus on improvement of organizational and company policy. A lot of customer
feedback and multiple streams of research data trainers plan total quality
policies, programs and initiatives to develop the company.
An international, independent institute, IBQMI is
involved in the development and use of globally accepted and industry-leading knowledge
and practices for information and management systems. The institute is an
official member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and is also a U.S. Government
contractor and develops global standards used by industries all over the world.
The board responsible for everything related to food
in India, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will now
raise the ‘healthiness’ bar for the packaged food industry by laying out
certain parameters for the packaged sweets (mithai) and namkeen market. The
move is expected to reduce the usage of salt, sugar and also ensure better use
of raw materials in their products.
A threshold is planned to be set for branded and
packaged food items particularly for those that qualify as high in fat, sugar,
and salts. The aim is to push forward or promote those healthier variants of
different brands of sweets and namkeens, which have low sugar, salt, and fat.
Other factors include the usage of better quality cooking oil,
preservative-free, and the quality of raw materials such as khoya and milk. The
food manufacturers will work together with the food regulator to accomplish the
thresholds of developing the products. A “Same Taste, Better Health” logo will
be put up by the manufacturers on their products to communicate these
differentiated food items. The logo is optional, not mandatory. This will help
create a common identity among the Indian traditional sweets, and namkeens.
Indian snacks are usually considered unhealthy and fatty, and this move will
help manufacturers to compete with multinational companies. A large majority of
India’s snacking market is occupied by homegrown players that sell traditional
sweets and namkeens.
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