Hon'ble Minister of State Ministry of Steel
Ministers of State & Minister for Energy; Industries; Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Home, Govt. of Odisha
Hon’ble Minister of State, MNRE GOI
Hon'ble Minister Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Govt. of India
The global pandemic has come across as a blow exposing the vulnerabilities and risks lurking supply chains. While it has presented several challenges, it has accelerated a rapid move to a digital world, opening up new opportunities for innovation and growth, all aimed at increasing supply chain resiliency and transparency. The fourth Industrial Revolution is emerging and evolving at an exponential rather than a linear pace and disrupting almost every industry in every country. The global smart manufacturing market size is projected to reach USD 220.4 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 4.0%. This session will help to make sense of the evolving industry 4.0 trends, optimise processes in manufacturing through smart manufacturing and the agenda to deliver the next generation of manufacturing.
Hon’ble Minister of Heavy and Medium Industry Government of Karnataka
Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizer Govt. of India
For Chemical & Petrochemical service companies and suppliers, while revenues recovered, profit margins still have not recovered to pre-2015 crash levels. Since the downturn of last few years, industry has not fully recovered financially, COVID pandemic has accelerated the pace of change. For the industry to thrive, it requires a different level of collaboration, squeezing the cost out supply chain is not sufficient, operator and suppliers need to enhance the value and drive mutual benefits in supply chain. It requires different ways of working and moving beyond traditional commercial arrangements. Organizations should be proactive in developing robust supply chain resilience and have adequate supply chain risk intelligence.
Additional Secretary (Defence Production), Ministry of Defence, Government of India
One of the key objectives of the Make in India initiative of the Government of India is to bring Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises into the defence supply chain and thereby boost the self-reliance of the country in defence, and also contribute towards the burgeoning defence exports market. There are ample opportunities for MSMEs to establish a pivotal role in a global value chain for multilateral and regional free trade agreements, policy liberalization in the areas of trade, investment, technological innovation in transportation, information, communication, new management principles such as JIT and ERP and supply chain management.
India as a destination offers high productivity and quality goods and services at competitive prices. However, MSMEs can further play much significant role in defence sector which will bring several benefits to the nation. Therefore, with a view discussing various aspects of SMEs in Defence.
Joint Secretary - SME, Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
Hon’ble Minister of State for Industries, Government of Maharashtra
Hon'ble Dy. Chief Minister of Bihar
Hon’ble Minister, Dept of Industry, Commerce & Enterprises and IT & Electronics, Government of West Bengal
Hon’ble Cabinet Minister Department of Industrial Development, Govt. of UP
Hon’ble Minister, Industry Policy and Investment Promotion, Government of Madhya Pradesh
Hon’ble Minister Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs Govt. of India
The highly cyclical nature of the Oil and Gas industry creates the conflicting challenges of capacity constraints in upturns and extreme cost pressures in downturns, energy companies need to go beyond “sharing the pain” by asking suppliers for discounts and implement cost-reduction solutions that quickly, methodically, and sustainably improve supply efficiency with all of their largest business partners. Collaborative Supplier Continuous Improvement goes beyond traditional approaches with suppliers by very rapidly engaging them in joint process improvement that can reduce cost/risk and enhance capacity planning farther up and down the supply chain and help companies to permanently drive costs out of their supply chain, achieve more timely and consistent supply, and realign their own operations to take broad advantage of all supplier innovations.
Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India (Tentatively Confirmed)
Hon’ble Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
