What is holding back Industry 4.0 at the Macro level? (Can India leapfrog into Industry 4.0?- Part 6) While most countries are attempting to give a major push to Industry 4.0 initiatives, the economic situation and compulsions are vastly different. Let us look at the...
How redundant IT professionals can fuel Industry 4.0? (Can India leapfrog into Industry 4.0?- Part 5) When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others windmills !!!! -Chinese proverb Our last blog generated enough debate and we found an increased...
Why Manufacturing is not an attractive option for employees in India? (Can India leapfrog into Industry 4.0?- Part 4) Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink……… Where have all the skilled workers gone? On a recent domestic flight in India, I sat next to an...
Industry 4.0 – Hype? Slow evolution? Revolution?(Can India leapfrog into Industry 4.0? – Part 3) Technology is a word that describes something that does not work yet….. ― Douglas Adams After returning from Hannover Messe 2016, which was abuzz with...
China regained its Manufacturing eminence; Can India do the same? Co-Authored by B.S.Krishna Global economy always shows striking shifts, which keep redrawing the economic map of the world. India and China who were once the leading economies in the world, lost their...
“With its ranking going up by three places, India has now been ranked sixth among the world’s 10 largest manufacturing countries” – International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2016- published by UNIDO. Co-Authored by B.S.Krishna The role of...
Why Manufacturing is not an attractive option for employees in India? (Can India leapfrog into Industry 4.0?- Part 4) Recently, I met the CEO of a mid-sized corporation and while discussing the impact of Digital technologies, he mentioned that the IT team was not...
A couple of weeks back while travelling on a flight from Munich- Mumbai, I struck up a conversation with the youngster sitting next to me. After exchanging pleasantries, I looked at the book he had in his hand. It was a book about impact of Industrial Revolution and I...
