Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has inked a pact with auto component industry body ACMA, which represents over 850 domestic manufacturers, for sharing best practices. Through its training arm – Toyota Learning and Development India (TLDI), the carmaker will share its best practices like people development and lean management principles with the industry members of ACMA.
G Shankara, TKM Vice President (Human Resources and Services), in a statement said they are hopeful that our association with ACMA in facilitating skill-upgradation for the components manufacturers will go a long way in creating a sustainable, robust and future-ready automotive supply chain in the country.
ACMA Director General Vinnie Mehta noted that the MoU between ACMA and TKM is TKM is a step in the right direction to prepare human resources for the future. “It will not only benefit ACMA member companies but will also help India to become a world-class automotive manufacturing hub through the development of efficient, agile and best-in-class practices,” he added
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TKM will conduct 131 training programmes focusing on principles of lean manufacturing, automobile and electrified vehicle technologies, industrial safety, environmental management systems, quality and supply chain management and trades such as automobile welding, car painting, mechatronics, automation and robotics.
It will be conducted either at the TKM manufacturing plant or at the premises of the ACMA member companies. TKM will deploy trainers for the initiative who are certified by the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Japan and Toyota’s Asia Pacific Global Production Centre (AP-GPC), Thailand.
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