India is becoming a major hub and an attractive destination for investment owing to its fastest-growing manufacturing sector. Infrastructural development in the country and the introduction of Government initiatives like 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' are responsible for the industry's growth. Manufacturing consulting is essential to product development, making the overall process competent and costeffective. Established in 2016, Smart Act is a Kolkata-based firm engaged in Consultancy, Recruitment, and Training. In today's competitive era, one of the major challenges faced by the various industries is delivering a quality product on time with minimal cost of production and maximum profit.
Major expectations of the customers from Manufacturing Consultancy services include training the workforce, creating a safe workplace, and building a culture of ongoing improvement in safety, quality, delivery, productivity & cost (SQDPC). Smart Act provides an in-depth assessment of business/manufacturing processes to identify the scope of improvement, develops a plan of action, and helps in execution and sustenance of the same.
Over the past six years, the company has extended its services to the Mechanical engineering industry, Automotive industry, Footwear industry, and FMCG industry and has increased its client base from one to sixteen.
"At present, the world is not just competitive but also complicated more than ever before. The need of the hour is to be systematic, flexible, and resilient to cope with various challenges presented", speaks Rajat Roy, Operating Officer. Smart Act provides an in-depth assessment of business/manufacturing processes to identify the scope of improvement, develops a plan of action, & extends hand-holding support in executing & sustaining the same
Adept in Loss Identification & Mitigation
Smart Act, through its consulting vertical, helps develop systems such as Production Planning and Control, Resource Planning, and SOPs. It also conducts Quality system audits to meet business goals and undertakes constructive short-term projects to improve quality, delivery (OTIF), productivity/ OEE, cost, & inventory. Besides, Smart Act assists clients in recruiting the right people and developing them continuously to get extremely rewarding results. The company offers training and implementation of lean manufacturing tools such as 5S, 8 Waste/Kaizen, OEE, SMED, Poka-Yoke, and a few more. "Our services are not just limited to advisory, we are here to extend hand-holding support to help our clients achieve ongoing and sustainable business improvements", speaks Rajat.
Smart Act has a team of knowledgeable, experienced, and skilled technical personnel who focus on identifying and eliminating losses from the processes to make them highly productive. The company offers competency in developing systems through workplace visits for detailed problem assessment and establishing the scope of work for projects. It also offers training to educate white and blue-collar employees and assists the organizations in shaping up/enhancing their employees' skill sets for creating a continuous improvement culture. "Through our training vertical, we strive to explore the training needs of outgoing graduates and impart industryoriented training to make them employable.
We also upskill employees to make them adept with best industry practices", adds Rajat. The company holds the expertise to identify the losses and minimize them, if not eliminate, with no or minimal investment, which improves the company's bottom-line. Smart Act aspires to be in a leadership position in India by offering high-quality, low-cost, sustainable solutions and focusing on mechanical engineering, automotive, footwear, FMCG, garment, and pharmaceutical industries. Soon, the company strives to collaborate with Top Manufacturing Consultancy firms and thus reach out to Indian conglomerates.
