Havells India

It is always heartening to see Indian-bred companies adopting new technologies in an effort to stay competitive. Some of the new technologies Havells India adopted in 2016 are sales force automation, distribution management system & product tracking system.

Their new IoT-based products are supported by a central platform that will give consumers access to information coming from the data and also enable them to control their devices like temperature setting and enable switching the device on/off from anywhere. The company has built a mobile app that will support this feature. In addition, they have also built a central warehouse with dashboards. Today, all their machines are SCADA-based, affording real-time monitoring of the machine and the process as well. They are receiving information from the machines with the help of PLC, and using a computer to analyse it and create dashboards to help with quality monitoring.

“The biggest area businesses should be mindful of is the quality in production. Businesses should also be mindful of security viz. organisational, infrastructure, application, internal & outside threat and IT-related. Organisations should also be vigilant about embracing technologies like cloud technology, while also remaining agile to the consumer’s needs and demands. Security is a major and growing concern and new-age threats like ransom ware pose a threat to privacy and data of companies as well as individuals,” warns Gupta of the future.