Impact of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies on Productivity of Indian Small & Medium Manufacturing Enterprises

Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) is becoming a paronomasia in a scenario of today’s manufacturing striding towards Manufacturing 4.0 paradigm. While achieving such objectives, the initial impetus is to be given to reduce the waste arising out of motion and transportation using both hard and soft technologies by management. Right time delivery of product is also enhanced by these strategies, however the research is still lacking in such domains in local enterprises. To check the performance of various tools and strategies in manufacturing organizations, an investigative research was considered necessary using a two-step analysis viz. the organizational imperatives and the competency analysis of the tools deployed towards improvement of former. It was noted that Robotics and Computer-aided design/ computer-aided manufacturing are being fruitfully utilized in manufacturing industry of Punjab. The analysis deployed Reliability analysis including measuring of reliability coefficient, testing of mean difference using ANOVA, descriptive testing and student t-test for the analysis of filled questionnaires. From the investigation, it emerges out that clarity in goals of AMTs is essential for every employee in the organization.

Reliability Centred Planning, Mapping & Analysis of Electronics and Electrical Systems in Electric Mobility

Reliability of a product is very critical aspect for a new product to create a success story in present age. This paper is focused on automobile industry especially in electric mobility domain. IC engines are in this market from last 100+ years and too much improvement work has been done in IC engine domain. First car powered by IC engine was made in 1885 by Karl Benzand from 1885 to present the IC engine mobility have undergone numerous process improvements and established them as a reliable mode of mobility. There are many process models available online which can be used to improve the reliability of IC engine powered mobility. In case of electric mobility there is major integration of three different domains electrical, mechanical & electronics. Electrical mobility is just 2 decade old and major developments happened in this space in last one decade. The major challenge in electric mobility domain is the change content, in IC engine mobility the if we compare one car model to another car model the change content is <25% but in case of electric mobility vs IC engine mobility the change content is >75%. Now the challenge is to manage & effectively synchronize this high change content moreover to establish the product reliability as equal or better than existing IC engine powered mobility. There are various reliability improvement models are available in electrical, mechanical and electronics domain. There is a need to integrate the reliability improvement models of electrical and electronics domain with automobile (mechanical domain) keeping automobile reliability improvement models as masters of process so that to establish product reliability in electric mobility. The overall aim of this dissertation work is to develop a reliability engineering model to establish the reliability and dependability of electric mobility in future.

Modern Ethical and Societal Implications of Nanotechnology

Advancement in nanotechnology in multidisciplinary areas of health, cosmetics, automotive, electronics, food and agriculture is established. The researchers started to study and debate the social and ethical aspects in terms of benefits and risks. The study of nanotechnology starts with the proper definition of its purpose and its scope. Since nanotechnology is at an emerging stage, the study of ethics is needed and society revolving around this technology has to grow. This study will help the growth and future predictions about nanotechnology and its implications which can then be communicated to a wider audience which will build confidence and will give them the right to choose. Acceptance of advanced technology by society is the very first milestone for a longer run.