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The pandemic has brought forth considerable changes in the human behavior that are here to stay and get stronger, affecting us all personally and professionally. Organizations need to quickly understand and adapt to them in order to survive, let alone grow and thrive.

Until a few months ago, the term 'Global Pandemic' was perceived as a futuristic sci-fi movie concept. Then the Covid-19 crisis hit that changed businesses and the way of working across the world, leaving us with no choice but to adapt to the 'New Normal

Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) is happy to bring to you the July-August edition of its Modern Manufacturing India (MMI) magazine. We thank you for your continued interest in our endeavor

The world economy, including that of India, has been deeply impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. Nevertheless, we must pick ourselves up and continue with our endeavor to steer past this to safer shores. In its efforts to help industries override the economic slowdown, the Union Government has announced the ambitious 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' campaign to provide the Indian manufacturing industry a platform to become self-reliant and develop indigenous products.

These are tough times to be a person working in the field of sales or service. There are way too many pressures one has to handle from customers, business and family. The already difficult mix of target achievement, cost control, and customer satisfaction has gotten even more complex with the addition of hygiene maintenance, health precautions, and safe distancing.

To curb the spread of Covid-19, governments across the world have enforced regulations that were beyond imagination before the outbreak of this pandemic. It has compelled us to change our ways of working, communicating and socializing by setting new patterns. The 'New Normal Norms' have already percolated in our lives, reshaping the future.

The industry needs to move ahead with motivation, innovation, courage, confidence and determination to write a glorious chapter. Leadership will play a vital role in ushering changes on shopfloors and steering the industry in the right direction.

Industries have restarted their operations in a calibrated way with scaled-down staff to ensure business continuity while taking into consideration their health and safety against Covid-19. Over the centuries, human race has survived wars, pandemics, natural disasters, etc. and have emerged stronger. It, therefore, would not spring any surprise if it overcomes the current pandemic with the same resilience.

With automation being the need of the hour, VDMA India, in association with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), recently organized an online interactive panel discussion on the 'Role of Automation in Manufacturing - Impact of Covid-19'.

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