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Onus on manufacturers to control Corona spread
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SME Times News Bureau | 10 May, 2020
As consumer electronics and auto manufacturers open their factories with
limited operations in various parts of the country, there is great onus
on the management teams to keep their premises coronavirus free as one
positive case can shut the units once again.
In the US, there
have been several corona-positive cases at Amazon warehouses, including
four deaths owing to the deadly respiratory disease.
Alarmed at
this, Amazon has rolled out more changes at its facilities including
enforcing temperature checks and procedures to mandate social
distancing.
In India, companies have taken safety measures but
they need to be extra cautious as migrant workforce and contract
labourers have slowly started coming back, and stringent measures have
to be observed to keep the assembly lines and floor operations sanitized
and clean.
Samsung which opened its Noida 81 factory last week
with limited operations, says employee safety and well-being remain its
absolute priority and it has ensured that "all hygiene and social
distancing measures are maintained at the premises, as per government
guidelines".
In line with the directive issued by the
authorities, OPPO has started operations with 30 per cent of its
capacity and as the business gets back to usual in due course of time,
the production will be enhanced to full capacity.
"Keeping
the safety of its employees and consumers at the forefront, a host of
stringent measures have been put in place to practice hygiene and social
distancing, both at its manufacturing facility and retail outlets," the
company said in a statement.
Automobile factories and their suppliers have started some operations.
Maruti
Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Mercedes Benz India, TVS Motor and Isuzu Motors
have got the clearance from the state governments to resume limited
operations.
In a regulatory filing last week, Maruti Suzuki India
said that all operations at its Manesar plant would be carried out in
accordance with the government regulations from May 12.
"All
activities would be carried out strictly in accordance with the
government regulations and guidelines and observing the company's own
concern for the highest standards of safety," says the auto-maker.
Maruti Suzuki network comprises of 3,086 showrooms across 1,964 towns and cities in the country.
"All
of them will abide to the new safety protocols. The opening of
showrooms will depend on permission from local authorities," the company
adds.
Two and three-wheeler major TVS Motor Company has
commenced operations in India across all factories in Hosur (Tamil
Nadu), Mysuru (Karnataka) and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh).
"A
comprehensive preparedness manual has been designed for employees to
ensure complete adherence to necessary safety guidelines to help
minimise the spread of the virus," according to the company.
"At
all its manufacturing facilities, the company has undertaken exhaustive
measures to ensure safe workplace for employees with appropriate social
distancing and highest standards of hygiene," it states.
Once the
manufacturing resumes across the country, it will be challenging for
the consumer electronics and auto companies to steer clear of any
corona-positive case, and gradually strengthen their capacities.
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