With more than 70,000 positive cases for COVID 19 and more than a month of lockdown has deeply impacted everybody’s personal and professional lives. These are crucial moments for us as the economy of the country is at risk. This has deeply affected the manufacturing segment, plants have been shut down, production of non-essential items have been halted. This has created a cascading effect for all stake holders, organizations are evaluating their policies and new strategies are being implemented in order to create revenue.

How companies can work remotely, without having any difficulties. Who can ensure a smooth running of the plants and informs the issues before it even happens? These with some other questions which are being asked today and only solution to these questions are industry 4.0 technologies. Artificial intelligence and IOTs, robotics, automation, predictive maintenance is some of the technologies which can be useful under these circumstances.

All these technologies are directly or indirectly linked to asset management, which is an integral part of an organization. It is linked to the profitability & revenue generation, which means its management and maintenance plays an important role.

Points for discussion:

  • Achieving optimum lifecycle from an asset in order get maximum productivity
  • Predictive maintenance to root out malfunctions before it occurred
  • Asset maintenance through EAM

Speaker

Ramachandra Pandian

Vice President, Engineering & Maintenance, Pidilite Industries Limited

V. Bino George
Head of Business Consulting
Infor India

A Mechanical Engineer by education, having 31 years of experience in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. I am also a qualified Energy Auditor and certified Black Belt in Six Sigma Black belt. Recently completed my Post graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management from Warwick University, UK.

Worked with companies like Hoechst, Pfizer & Syngenta (MNCs), Gharda Chemicals, Dr.Reddys, Deccan Chemicals and now associated with Pidilite Industries

I have been doing Equipment sourcing, Installation, Commissioning and maintaining them till the end of their useful life. Maintenance strategy development and rollout to improve the safety and productivity of the plant and equipment have been my emphasis throughout my career. Have planned and executed many Greenfield and Brownfield project for chemical and pharma companies.

Key areas my work include increasing equipment uptime and safety  by ranking them and applying appropriate maintenance strategy on these equipment. Management of Safety Critical Equipment, Bad actor improvement, Skill building and training are few of my focus areas.

Training teams on Standards, Procedures and good engineering practices are my passion and I coach them on tools like RCFA, FMEA and CBM. This helps the team to identify the issues and resolve them proactively. The standards, rules and procedures help them to work in a systematic way.

Other pet topics which add value to work are Change Management, Energy Mapping and improvement, Compliance mapping and gap closure.

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Bino George leads the Business Consulting team at South Asia. As a Principal Consultant, Bino spearheads the solution catering to Manufacturing – Fashion, Automotive, Industrial Equipment, Food & Beverages.

Bino has over 25 years of experience focusing on Management Consulting and Business Application solutions for customers in India, Middle East and in the US. His experience with various industries and different sized companies gives Bino a strong business process understanding across various industries. Bino has helped many companies in comprehending their business pain points and using technology to solve them business issues at hand.

A Construction Engineering graduate from University of Mumbai, Bino holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Construction Management from National Institute of Construction Management and Research, NICMAR, Mumbai.

Over the past two decades, he has worked with diverse companies like Tata Consultancy Services, Baan India, Birla Technology Services, Commerce One India, Blue Star Infotech, Xoriant and a stint at being an entrepreneur for 2 years.

He is passionate about making newer technologies work for customers, thus realizing business benefits for them.

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