Operations Club Round Table

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OPERATIONS CLUB ROUND TABLE CONDUCTED ON 15 TH OCTOBER 2019

Sigmato – the Operations Club at WeSchool Bengaluru organized a round table on the topic “Industry 4.0 – Digital Transformation and Creating Smart Factories” on 15th October, 2019. The guest speakers were :

• Mr. Prasanna : Director, Nextgen 3d Printing • Mr. Sanjay Sharma: Director, Digital Tarnsformation Start-up • Mr. Dinesh, Director-manufacturing, Volvo Construction Ltd • Mr. Seenivasan, R & D – Head, Titan Industries • Mr. Venkatesh, Director – Cogolutions: Consulting Firm In Technology/digital Transformation In Supply Chain Management Dr. Dakshina Murthy welcomed the Guests and highlighted the importance of this exciting phase -Industry 4.0 transformation in which factories are embracing digital transformation through application of Internet of Things, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

Mr. Prasanna highlighted the use of 3 D printing for rapid prototyping and creation of smart products with embedment of gadgets/technologies.

Mr. Seenivasan gave pointers towards creating smart watches and creation of smart assembly lines in their factory at Titan.

Mr. Dinesh talked about smart assembly line for Volvo products and creation of driverless Volvo construction equipment in their Sweden plant.

Mr. Sanjay talked about application of Blockchain application in the supply chain and creation of smart contracts getting embedded in the Blockchain.

Mr. Venkatesh spoke about the creation of small and smart factories catering to local supplies in order to develop local self-sufficiency and big opportunity for SME sector.