Date: 15th November 2024
Venue: Hotel The Lalit, Mumbai
Theme: Automation and Robotics in the Textile & Apparel Industry
Scope: International Conference.
Organized by: The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit
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Important Takeaways:
Advancing Automation: The conference brought to the fore highlighting practical applications and multiple use cases of automation and robotics to streamline/dovetail operations, enhance productivity, minimize costs, and raise product quality.
Quite logically, the integration of AI and advanced robotics emerged as a critical piece in the meeting on the back of the rising demand for speed to market, standardization, accuracy/precision, and customization/theme of personalization in the space of manufacturing.
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The critical role of MSMEs: The underlying theme of recognizing the upcoming challenges of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and allied opportunities it throws underpinning the need for accessible, scalable, and cost-effective automation solutions to make the best of it making every moment count to stay competitive.
Collaboration...collaboration...collaboration: Emphasizing categorically the need to bring the right partners on the board and harmonizing the resources to align with the goals the business has set before it, here the role of AI & Robots of the world cannot be underrated/underestimated in driving innovations.
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Global village: We are living in an interconnected world that was well supported by international participation only to reinforce the thesis that 'technological advancements' in one region can be adapted and implemented worldwide by harnessing pooled knowledge on a shared value basis.
R.U.N.: Reskill, Unskill, and Re-Skill were well orchestrated to leave back the message at a time when we are on the cusp of a seamless transition to an automated and robotic future.
Unpacking: As opportunities keep coming
This conference, in some sense, has positioned the textile and apparel industry (T&A) at the center of tech advancement, underpinning the short message that by embracing/harvesting automation and robotics, the event did its job of nudging the industry to unlock emerging opportunities to enhance competitiveness to drive sustainable growth.