Tag: Manufacturing
How creativity is promoted in a manufacturing company
Manufacturing companies usually have a fixed way of doing things, and one wouldn’t expect them to come out with creative ideas every once in...
At Syrma Technology, women rule the shop floors!
From the beginning itself, the founders and chairman of Syrma Technology, which is an electronic manufacturing services company and part of the Tandon Group,...
Cyient staff can avail 12-week paid parental leave
Cyient, a global engineering, manufacturing, and technology solutions company, has announced a 12-week gender-neutral parental leave policy across its offices, globally. With immediate effect,...
Welspun India promotes innovation through inclusive employee programme
Welspun India, the global home textiles company, has launched an organisation-wide programme, Manthan, to nurture and promote an entrepreneurial work culture. Founded on the...
As the pandemic drama unfolds, the spotlight is on HR
The role of an HR professional has traditionally been a supportive one, like that of a personnel officer, handling administrative and backend activities. In...
Reliance Retail appoints Shathi Sharma as VP-HR
Shathi Sharma has joined Reliance Retail as the vice president – HR. Prior to this role, she was the CHRO at Dixcy Textiles, an...
Projects worth Rs 19,000 cr. to create 26K jobs in TN
Tamil Nadu government has inked 18 MoUs pertaining to projects worth Rs 19,955 crore, with several Indian and international companies. These projects have the...
Alstom India steps up diversity efforts
Alstom India has increased its efforts to hire more women across the organisation and on the shopfloor. A part of its global 2025 vision...
Why Godrej & Boyce is engaging more women in the workforce
It is not surprising that women are underrepresented in the manufacturing sector, and the argument to increase the industry’s fair share of female talent...
Tesla gets local support, to resume full production from next week
Soon after reopening its car plant on May 11, going against the rules of Alameda County, Tesla Inc. finally received approval from county officials...
Can automation help overcome the current business-continuity challenges in manufacturing?
Much before the lockdown started, one of the plants of the Aditya Birla Group went for the automation of a small function within the...
Apprenticeships – An opportunity for manufacturing companies
India is known for its robust workforce in IT and supports services across the world. Ours is a country of young population, where 50 percent of...
Hiring expats to become a challenge for India Inc. after proposed...
India Inc. will soon find it more challenging to hire foreign talent to fill senior positions, due to the latest tax on the super-rich.
The...
Informal employment in manufacturing on a rise in India: ILO
Despite the stable unemployment level, decent work deficits remain widespread, vulnerable employment is on the rise and the pace of working poverty reduction is slowing.
IT sector highest paid followed by BFSI; Manufacturing gets a raw...
Ironically, IT employees remain dissatisfied despite being the highest paid.
Small-town Indians more employable than those from the metros
The study forecasts an overall increase of 14.5 per cent in the hiring intent in 2016, as well.
Why a coaching culture and not any other culture?
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,”...
Poland gets new LTTS R&D centre, local engineering talent to be...
Larsen & Toubro Technology Services (LTTS), the global engineering services company, has launched its new engineering, research and development (ER&D) centre in Krakow, Poland....
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VFS Global links senior managers’ performance to sustainability goals
VFS Global, the outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions across the globe, is linking the performances of senior management for...
For the first time ever, Saudi airline operated by all-women crew
Flyadeal, a budget subsidiary of flag carrier Saudia, has become the first ever airline in the history of Saudi Arabian aviation to fly with...
Calcutta HC sacks education minister’s daughter, asks her to return salary
A petition was filed by a candidate, Babita Sarkar, at the Calcutta High Court, claiming that her candidature was set aside in favour of...
Snapchat to slow down hiring amidst surging inflation
It was only in April that Snapchat made some key hires for its India team. Gaurav Jain, the former head of India growth at...
DIALOGUE
“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton
Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...
“A CEO needs to acknowledge the silent majority who create the company’s fortunes” S...
Q. RPG is a diversified group with businesses spread across sectors and domains. however, its brands have a strong individual identity unlike other business...
“If CEO is the father of an organisation, CHRO is the mother,” Pankaj Lochan
Q. You have been shuttling between HR and manufacturing roles. Was it a well-thought out strategy or did you just go with the flow...
