Bosch Auto

“Since quality is decisive for our customers, multiple campaigns were launched to change the mindset to a ‘zero defect approach’ and customer orientation,” says Dr Wolf. “In India the perception needs to be changed from ‘best quality means high costs’ towards ‘poor quality means high costs’. Therefore we launched ‘Mindset Q’ campaigns in our manufacturing plants, including role plays, exhibitions and information meetings with all employees. The idea is that everyone in the organisation must be accountable for quality,” he adds.

Last year, Bosch India developed cost effective, simple ‘Indianised’ solutions addressing productivity, connectivity and innovation. One example is a spindle monitoring for a grinding machine by vibration sensor and software, allowing the machine to monitor the high speed spindle, forecast and plan the replacement on time without disturbance to the production flow, and to order the spare part when it is really necessary. It avoids cost and contributes to less inventories and better free cash flow. Furthermore, they enhanced their network within the Bosch Industry 4.0 community and launched, in line with their strategy, more than 90 projects. The next step will be the implementation of an Industry 4.0 academy, where they will train leaders as well as project engineers.

“In the ‘business unusual’ atmosphere, Industry 4.0 plays a major role, helping value streams become more agile. Copy, co-create and connect is the slogan, which we at Bosch use for implementation of Connected Industry. It expresses perfectly the approach for the future of manufacturing in India,” concludes Dr Wolf.