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Presenting ARC's Ninth India Forum

Achieving Operational Excellence through IT and Automation Solutions

August 2-3, 2011 - Pune, India

Testimonials from Recent ARC India ForumsOperational excellence is an ongoing process even in the best of times and in today’s integrated and turbulent world, the need for companies to pursue continuous improvements is even greater.  How companies design, engineer, source, make, and distribute products, and manage their assets, ultimately determines their success.  Playing a crucial role are the people and processes, well supported by enabling technologies.

India’s automotive, auto components, and machinery industries, which are poised to post robust growths in the years to come, have opportunities to emerge as best-in-class.  While domestic demand drives industries’ growth, their challenge is protecting their margins and gaining global competitiveness.  The entire Design-Operate-Maintain cycle will need to be continuously addressed to discover newer ways to delight consumers and gain competitiveness.  There is a constant need to channel investments into systems and solutions and adopt best global industry practices in order that greater operational performance levels are achieved.

Shortening design and engineering cycle times is critical to reducing manufacturing costs, which essentially means reduced iterative actions necessary to design, manufacture, and deliver products to consumers.  Manufacturers will need to invest in technologies and solutions leveraging digital manufacturing, third-party product engineering services, and collaborative production management (CPM/MES) systems, backed up by state-of-the-art factory automation, and supply chain and product lifecycle management systems.  OEMs must have state-of-the-art plant-floor automation systems and integrate them with enterprise and other decision support systems.

This two-day India Forum focuses on helping manufacturers gain operational excellence and efficiency.  Industry thought leaders will share their experiences and strategies for achieving operational excellence.  The Forum brings together key decision makers and thought leaders from automotive, auto components, and machinery industries, along with suppliers of automation systems, enterprise solutions, and manufacturing IT solutions, to discuss the latest trends, case studies, and best practices relating to success in a global marketplace. The knowledge transfer will come from case study presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and peer-to-peer networking.

 

Executive Speakers

The following executives are among those who will speak at the forum.  Click on the speaker name to view a brief bio and picture. 

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Bazmi HusainCountry Manager and Managing DirectorABB, India
Rajabahadur V Arcot Vice President & General ManagerARC Advisory Group
Greg GorbachVice President, MES and Digital ManufacturingARC Advisory Group
Piyush DewanganAnalystARC Advisory Group
Naresh Kumar SurepellyAnalystARC Advisory Group
Kishore KarandikarAssociate ConsultantARC Advisory Group
Ninad Deshpande Application EngineerB&R Industrial Automation
Elmar Zimmerling Global Account Management-AutomotiveB&R Industrial Automation
Sivaram PVManaging DirectorB&R Industrial Automation
Mukund V MavalankarDirector TechnicalBharat Forge
Naomi NakamuraDirectorCC-Link Partner Association 
Subu D SubramanianMD and CEODefiance Technologies
Krishna ChilukuriHead Digital ManufacturingDefiance Technologies
Dr Arun JauraVP Technology and Head India Engineering CenterEaton Corporation
Dr V SumantranExecutive Vice Chairman, Hinduja Automotive & Chairman of Defiance Technologies Hinduja Automotive
Dileep MiskinDirector, UL Group of companies; Secretary, ISA Section, Pune; and Secretary Indian Profibus and Profinet AssociationIndian Profibus and Profinet Association
Arun PrasadIndian Profibus and Profinet Association
S. S. IyerJoint General Manager for Heavy EngineeringLarsen & Toubro
Francis Cheng General Manager, Automation & Motion Control Systems, Factory Automation & Industrial DivisionMitsubishi Electric Asia
Hideaki MoritaSenior Manager​, FA System DepartmentMitsubishi Electric Corporation
Madhan Thiruvenkatachalam Manager - Technical Sales PTC
Sujeet ChandSr. Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerRockwell Automation
V. V. ParanjapeDirector, Member Managing Board & President AIASiemens
Kumar BataladaBusiness consultant, SPLMSiemens
Shankar NarayanManager, DT-MCSiemens
Milind Kulkarni Sr. Manager-Marketing, IASiemens
Sunil DalalMDSoftcell Technologies
P N RaoSenior Chief Engineer & Product ManagerTAFE
Regu Ayyaswamy Vice President & Global Head EIS Tata Consultancy Services
Milind LakkadVice President, Manufacturing Industry Solution UnitTata Consultancy Services
Deepak Krishnan SEngineerVestas Technology R&D

Agenda

Following is the schedule for the Forum. Times and sessions are subject to change.

Tuesday, August 2

8:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
10:00 AM​ Welcome Address​
10:15 AM

Inauguration and Address by Chief Guest
The Roadmap for India’s Automotive Industry to Emerge the Best-in-Class
Dr V Sumantran, Executive Vice Chairman, Hinduja Automotive & Chairman, Defiance Technologies

11:00 AM​

ARC Forum Theme Address
Collaborate, Innovate, and Prosper - How Manufacturers can Succeed by Harnessing Technology and Trends
Greg Gorbach, Vice President, ARC Advisory Group​

11:15 AM​

Keynote Address
Gaining Sustainable Competitiveness and Achieving Operational Excellence
V V Paranjape, Director, Member Managing Board, Siemens and President, AIA​

11:35 AM​

Keynote Address
Gaining Sustainable Competitiveness and Achieving Operational Excellence
Regu Ayyaswamy, Vice President & Global Head EIS, TCS​

11:55 AM​ Keynote Address
Gaining Sustainable Competitiveness and Achieving Operational Excellence
Bazmi Husain, Country Manager & Managing Director, ABB India
12:15 PM

Factory of the Future / Smart Manufacturing - The Roadmap for India

Factory of the Future / Smart Manufacturing - The Roadmap for India
Sujeet Chand, Sr. Vice President & CTO, Rockwell Automation

Panel Discussion (Panel Members & Panel Speakers)
Factory of the Future / Smart Manufacturing - The Roadmap for India
Bazmi Husain, Country Manager & Managing Director, ABB India
Greg Gorbach, Vice President, ARC Advisory Group
Regu Ayyaswamy, Vice President & Global Head EIS, TCS
Sujeet Chand, Sr. Vice President & CTO, Rockwell Automation
V V Paranjape, Director, Member Managing Board, Siemens and President, AIA
Rajabahadur V Arcot, Vice President & GM, ARC Advisory Group

Moderator: Kishore Karandikar, Associate Consultant, ARC Advisory Group

1:15 PM Lunch
​2:00 PM

Session 1
Emerging Countries and Manufacturing IT Solutions Will Shape the Automotive Industry Landscape

Rajabahadur V Arcot, Vice President & GM, ARC Advisory Group​

2:30 PM​

ARC-Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Cobranded Session

Introduction 

Optimizing the Total Factory through ​Integrated Automation Solutions

Hideaki Morita, Senior Manager​, FA System Department, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Application Example for Mitsubishi Integrated Automation Solution 
Francis Cheng, General Manager, Automation & Motion Control Systems, Factory Automation & Industrial Division, Mitsubishi Electric Asia

Overview of the CC-Link Partner Association 

Naomi Nakamura, Director, CC-Link Partner Association

4:00 PM​ Tea/Coffee Break​
4:30 PM​

Session 2

ARC-TCS Cobranded Session

Operations Excellence across Manufacturing Value Chain
Milind Lakkad, Vice President, Manufacturing Industry Solution Unit, TCS

5:30 PM​ Imperatives of Technology Audit and Assessing the Adequacy of Technology Investments
Piyush Dewangan, Analyst, ARC Advisory Group​
7:00 PM

Dinner and Cocktails

Wednesday, August 3

8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM​
Session 3
PLM Trends and Opportunities in India
Naresh Surepelly, Analyst, ARC Advisory Group​
9:15 AM​
PLM Implementation in L&T Heavy Engineering
SS Iyer, Joint General Manager Heavy Engineering, L&T
​9:45 AM

Impact of Integrated Safety on Future Machine and Plant Concepts
Ninad Deshpande, Application Engineer, B & R Industrial Automation​

10:15 AM​

Latest Trends in Automation for Automotive Industry - Case Study Presentation
Elmar Zimmerling, Global Account Management-Automotive, B & R Industrial Automation

10:45 AM Tea/Coffee Break
​11:00 AM

Session 4
Achieving Excellence through IT and Automation: A Bharat Forge Experience
Mukund V Mavalankar, Director Technical, Bharat Forge

11:30 AM​

Digital Factory-Automotive Assembly Planning & Validation
Kumar Batalada, Business Consultant, SPLM
, Siemens​

11:50 AM​ Virtual Machining
K Shankar Narayanan, Manager, DT-MC, Siemens ​
12:10 PM​

TIA Portal
Milind Kulkarni, Sr Manager-Marketing, IA​, Siemens

12:30 PM​ Achieving Organizational Transformation Through PLM
P N Rao, Senior Chief Engineer & Product Manager, TAFE ​
1:00 PM Lunch
1:45 PM​

Session 5

Making India a Global Automotive Center of Excellence and Innovation Hub
Subu D Subramanian, MD & CEO, Defiance Technologies

Dr.Arun Jaura, VP Technology and Head India Engineering Center, Eaton Corporation

Panel Discussion (Panel Members & Panel Speakers) 
Making India a Global Automotive Center of Excellence and Innovation Hub
Subu D Subramanian, MD & CEO, Defiance Technologies
Dr.Arun Jaura, VP Technology and Head India Engineering Center, Eaton Corporation
Deepak Krishnan S, Engineer, Vestas Technology​ R & D
Mukund V Mavalankar, Director Technical, Bharat Forge
PV Sivaram, Managing Director, B & R Industrial Automation
P N Rao, Senior Chief Engineer & Product Manager, TAFE  
Sunil Dalal, MD, Softcell Technologies
Rajabahadur V Arcot, Vice President & GM, ARC Advisory Group

Moderator: Kishore Karandikar, Associate Consultant, ARC Advisory Group

Blend of Innovation with Maturity
Deepak Krishnan S, Engineer, Vestas Technology​ R & D

3:00 PM​ Introduction
Sunil Dalal, MD, Softcell Technologies

Realizing Business Value with a PLM Roadmap
Madhan Thiruvenkatachalam, Manager-Technical Sales, PTC
3:30 PM​ Presentation on MES
Greg Gorbach, Vice President, ARC Advisory Group​
4:00 PM​ Tea/Coffee Break​
4:15 PM​

Session 6
Design to Build: A Case Study
Krishna Chilukuri, Digital Manufacturing, Defiance Technologies

4:45 PM​

IPA Introduction
Dileep Miskin, Director, UL Group of Companies; Secretary, ISA Section, Pune; & Secretary, Indian Profibus and Profinet Association

Factory Automation-Profinet Standards
Dileep Miskin, Director, UL Group of Companies; Secretary, ISA Section, Pune; & Secretary, Indian Profibus and Profinet Association

Factory Automation Solutions with TIA
Milind Kulkarni, Sr Manager-Marketing, IA​, Siemens and Indian Profibus and Profinet Association

User Perspective on the Profinet, Pofibus Technology
Arun Prasad, Indian Profibus and Profinet Association

5:30 PM​ Award Ceremony​
5:45 PM​ Vote of Thanks​
6:00 PM​ Conclusion of Forum​

Hyatt Regency PuneLocation

The Forum is located at the Hyatt Regency Pune.

Hyatt Regency Pune
Weikfeld IT Park
Nagar Road
Pune, India 411014
Tel:  +91 20 6645 1234
Fax:  +91 20 6645 1235
Email:  pune.regency@hyatt.com
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Previous Attendees

The following companies were among those attending recent India Forums:

ABB
Abhijeet Industries
Acalmar Oils & Fats
ACC
Accenture India
Aditya Birla
Air Liquide Engineering
Aker Kvaerner Powergas
Andhra Pradesh Power
AP Gas Power

APERC
APGENCO
APTRANSCO
Aquatherm Engineering
Aspentech India
Associated Capsules
AstraZeneca
Aurobindo Pharma
Automation Industry Assoc.
Avant-Garde
Axcend Automation
Bajaj Hindustan
Ballarpur Industries
Bayer CropScience
Bayer Material Science
BDMA
Beijing Hollysys
Bharat Aluminium
BHEL
Bhilai Steel Plant
Bhushan Strips and Steels
Binani Industries
Biocon
Bongaigaon Refinery
Bharat Petroleum Corp
Kochin Refineries
Cadbury India
Cadila Health Care
Cement Manufacturers' Ass
Chemical Industry Digest
Center for Cellular & Molecular Biology
Central Electricity Authority
Chennai Petroleum
Chettinad Cement Corp.
Chitale Dairy
Cisco India
Continental Energy Services
Central Power Research Inst.
Creative Power Engineers
Danfoss
Deepak Fertilisers
Deepak Nitrite
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
Director General of Hydrocarbons
Doosan HF Controls
Dow Corning
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
DRDL
DuPont Engineering
ECIL Electronics Corp.
EID Parry India
El Forge
Electrical and Electronics
Emerson
Endress and Hauser
Engineers India
Enzen Global Solutions
Essar Chemical
Essar Constructions
Essar Oil Ltd
Excel Consultancy
FLSmidth
GE Energy

Genting Lanco Power
German Technical Cooperation GTZ
Gland Pharma
GNFC
Godrej & Boyce
Grasim Nagda
Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals
Haldia Petro Chemicals
Heidelberg Cements
Hi Rel
Hindustan Lever
Honeywell
Honeywell Process Solutions
Hindustan Petroleum 
IBM
ICB Technimont
IIIT-Bangalore
Indian Cane Power
Industry 2.0
Invensys
Indian Oil Corp Mathura
Indian Oil Corp Panipat
Indian Oil Corp Barauni
Indian Oil Corp Baroda
Ispat Industries
ITC Bhadrachalam
Jacobs
Jasubhai Digital Media
Jindal Stainless
Jindal Steel and Power
Jubilant Organosys
Kartapur Cold Storage
Kemotheraptik Drugs
Keshav Power
KM Sugar Mills
Karnataka Power Corporation
Kribhco, Surat
Krishak Bharati Cooperative
L & T
L & T - Heavy Engineering
L & T - S&L
L & T - Valdel
LANCO Infratech
LMW
M K Raju Consultants
M R F
M.N. Dastur & Company
Mahagenco – Chandrapur
MALCO
Masibus Automation & Instrumentation
Mecgale Pneumatics
MECON
Metso Automation
Mishra Dhatu Nigam
Mitcon
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals
My Home Cement
MY HOME POWER
Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals
Natco Pharma
National Aluminium Company
Nava Bharat Ventures
Ncon Turbo Tech
Nestlé India
NMCC
National Thermal Power Corp
Nutech Engineers
Oil India
ONGC
Oracle
Orient Cement

Paradeep Phosphates
Pfizer
Pidilite Industries
Piramal Enterprises
Ponni Sugars
Praj Industries
Raptron Semiconductors
RCF
Reliance Energy
Reliance Gas Transportation
Reliance Industries
Reliance Info Solution
Rockwell Automation
Rolta India Limited
Rourkela Steel Plant
Steel Authority of India
Saipem India Project Svcs
Salem Steel
Sampoorna
Sandoz
Sanghi Sez
SAP Labs India
Sarla Technologies
Satyam Computer Services
Schenectady Herdillia
Schneider Electric
SEARCH
Servilion Systems
Seshasayee Paper & Boards
Shri Chamundeswari Sugars
Shriram Fertilisers & Chemical
Siemens
Sierra Controls and Instrumentation
Siemens Information Systems
SMS Pharma
SPB Consultants
Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies and Allied Chemicals
Sunvik Steels
Supcon
Synchrono
Syspro
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consulting Engineers
Tata Motors
Tata Power
Tata Projects
Tata Steel
Tata Technologies
TB Woods
TechNova Imaging Systems
Torrent Power AEC
Ugar Sugars
UGS India
United Phosphorous
US Pharmacopia
Usha Martin
Vacon
Vasavdatta Cement
Vir Rubber Products
Vishay Components
Vizag Steel Plant
Volvo
VPS
VVF
Wintech
Yantra Automation
Yokogawa

 

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