CII IQ MANUFACTURING MISSION TO GERMANY
HOW TO LEVERAGE MANUFACTURING BEST PRACTICES TO CREATE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
12-15 OCTOBER 2015
The Confederation of Indian Industry, CII IQ is organizing a Manufacturing Mission to Germany from the 12-15 October
2015. Manufacturing has evolved by embracing highly refined processes for planning and execution. This has helped many
manufacturers rapidly improve their operational effectiveness and productivity while removing waste from each and every
step of their production processes. The objective of the visit is to give Indian companies an opportunity to learn more about
approaches and techniques that cover important core areas in manufacturing such as reliability, variability management,
and quality, as well as on rapidly evolving current topics such as green manufacturing and IT-enabled operations
technological excellence through Innovation and Quality management. The delegation proposes to visit Knorr Bremse,
BMW AG, Audi AG at Munich and Mahle, Daimler, Robert Bosch, Ed. Zublin GmbH at Stuttgart. The tentative programme
is attached for your reference.
The focus of the Mission is to provide opportunities to learn and see :
 Latest Manufacturing Technologies
 Application of world-class manufacturing methods i.e., Kaizen, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Total Quality
Management (TQM), Just in Time (JIT), etc.
 Green Manufacturing Practices
 Lean Manufacturing, Robotics & Automation
 Best Practice in Core Manufacturing Areas including Tooling Management
The Mission members will be able to interact with several leading companies and learn Best Practices. The visit will begin
with an Introduction by the Mission Leader of the Delegation followed by a detailed presentation by the Host Company on
their Manufacturing Best Practices. This will be followed by a visit to the Company shop floor. The delegation will then regroup with the Host team to discuss the learning. Indian companies will also get a chance to share their best practices.
Participants will benefit by the Interaction with visiting companies to understand the factors behind developing and
maintaining mutually beneficial business relationships to enhance supplier quality, on-time delivery, costs
competitiveness, technological updates and continual improvement strategies .The Mission is targeted at CEOs, COO,
Heads of Manufacturing from manufacturing sectors like Automobile, Auto components, Construction, Packaging,
Machine Tools, Steel, Electrical and Electronics. To cover the administrative fees of organizing the mission, CII has
proposed nominal fees of Rs 57,000/- inclusive of tax per participant. (Air travel, stay at hotels and local transportation is
to be borne by the participant). All participants are requested to stay in the CII assigned hotel.
Since the number of participants is limited to 20, registrations will be accepted on first-come-first serve basis. Kindly send
your confirmations to block your seat before 4th September 2015. Request to send us the attached Registration Form
along with the delegate fee to the CII-IQ office on or before 1st September 2015.
For more details please contact Ms Jayashree Das at jayashree.das@cii.in or on +91 9901971214.
CII Institute of Quality
Confederation of Indian Industry
II Stage Bharat Nagar, Magadi Main Road, Vishwaneedam P.O. Bengaluru,-560091
Ph: 91-80-23289391 /23580638 | Fax: 91-80-23289388 /23580314
Website: www.cii-iq.in