CII-Naoroji Godrej Centre of Manufacturing Excellence
■ Vision
The CII-Naoroji Godrej Centre
of Manufacturing Excellence
(CII‑CME) endeavours to be an
international Centre of Excellence
fostering pre-eminence and
competitiveness to create a global
manufacturing hub in India.
■ Mission
The Centre recognising the
national importance of India’s
manufacturing sector to be a
vibrant, growing and sustainable
economy, conceives and
implements initiatives that:
• Incentivise manufacturing jobs
• Enhance competitiveness
• Forge alliances with Academia,
R&D establishments,
Government and Industry
• Help build a well trained
`smart force’
• Create globally relevant
manufacturing leaders
• Create and foster narrative on
`Indian’ manufacturing
■ Services Portfolio
• Training and capacity building
• In-company training: C I I -
CME specialises in conducting
short duration training
programmes for the middle and
Participants of the Advanced Manufacturing Programme in Warwick with Late Prof
Lord Bhattacharyya, Chairman, WMG, The University of Warwick, USA
10
senior management executives of
Indian industry on a wide range
of topics that include:
a.
Soft skills and leadership
development
b.
Finance, Taxation, Risk
Management
c. Marketing and Sales
d. Operations Management
e. Supply Chain
f. Industrial Safety
g. Welding
h. Analytics
i. Industry 4.0
j. Advanced Manufacturing
• Developing manufacturing
managers & manufacturing
leaders: Through its 3-tier
intensive programme on
Manufacturing Excellence, the
Centre creates a culture of
collaborative excellence and also
develops a bank of manufacturing
managers and leaders who will
understand the importance
of manufacturing strategy to
business critical success factors.
These champions would
understand the integration of
operational excellence initiatives
into manufacturing strategy and
also the impact of manufacturing
strategy on sustained profitability
of the enterprise. Regular
assignments and project work
ensure application of learnings
to their area of work. Modules
on Advanced Manufacturing
are conducted in association
with WMG The University of
Warwick.
a.
Manufacturing Quiz: The
basic objective behind
organizing this Quiz is to
create a link between the
Indian manufacturing sector
and the young generation; to
evince an interest in the sector
and to project Manufacturing
as a career option.
b. Manufacturing Awards: The
CII Naoroji Godrej Centre
of Excellence has instituted
the CII Pinnacle Awards for
Excellence in Manufacturing
to recognize and reward
manufacturing in India.
■ Sectoral Interventions
• Welding industr y : A Core
Group on Welding Technology
functions under the auspices
of the CoE to address specific
issues and make a positive
contribution to the welding
industry in India. The Core
team deliberates and decides on
some crucial initiatives, which
translates into the focus for the
year. The team also attempts
to involve key stakeholders,
including individuals, organi­
zations, research bodies and the
Government, working in unison
towards this common objective.
• Fluid Power Technology Industry:
In association with Fluid Power
Society of India (FPSI), a Core
Group on Business Excellence
in Fluid Power Technology has
been formed to consider and
discuss the latest advancements
in the fields of hydraulics and
pneumatics. Manufacturers
and users of modern industrial
equipment, across sectors such as
machine tools, hydraulic presses,
plastic machinery, die casting,
foundries, steel mills and others
 have been involved to promote
and facilitate manufacturing
and business excellence in this
segment.
• Promoting a Culture of Safety:
Through its Task Force on
Industrial Safety, CII-CME
provides a platform to build
and strengthen a culture of safety
and promote safety excellence in
companies operating in India. A
number of initiatives, including
the sharing of best practices,
are organized to promote safety
consciousness and to make safety
a way of life.
Winners from Hero Motocorp in the 2nd edition of Anvesh – CII’s Manufacturing
• Programme for the Visionary Quiz, in Mumbai
Corporate Leaders in
Manufacturing (VLFM): VLFM
is a national programme to
develop leaders in manufacturing
under the Indo-Japan Technical
Cooperation Agreement 2006.
CII is implementing the
programme with the support
from Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA)
and DPIIT.
• VSME: Since 2013, the Visionary
SME Programme under the
VLFM umbrella has been driving Participants at the Additive Manufacturing Workshop in Mumbai
the transformation from the final
assembly line of an OEM (large
company) or a Tier 1 company, and CII team. The camp is and technologies and showcase
encouraging suppliers to the exclusively designed for Japanese manufacturing companies in
final assembly line to follow participants and is guided by India that have excelled by
later by synchronizing their VLFM faculty and graduates adopting new processes and
production to the final assembly drawn from industry. Focus was technologies as well as best shop
line. The programme has shown on teaching methodologies to floor practices.
significant tangible and intangible create a new product concept/
results and has helped transform service with insights gained
the manufacturing paradigm of while collecting real time data
through field visits in the local CII-Naoroji Godrej
more than 200 manufacturing
companies, both customers markets in Mumbai. Centre of Manufacturing
(typically large companies) and Excellence
their suppliers (largely SMEs). ■ Publications Godrej Station-side Colony
• Emerging India Camp: CII in The Centre of Manufacturing Opposite Railway Station,
partnership with JICA, has Excellence publishes a quarterly Vikhroli (East)
initiated the Emerging India newsletter – Manufacturing Pulse. Mumbai - 400 079
The objective of this newsletter T: 91-22-25745146 / 5148
Camp in 2018 under the aegis
E: ciicme@cii.in
of the VLFM programme. Key is to communicate about latest
W: www.manufacturingchampions.in
faculty were drawn from Godrej global manufacturing trends

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