Indian Chemical News (ICN), the most credible online media platform for the Chemicals, Petrochemicals, and Energy sector, along with Aveva is organizing a full day Seminar on Industry 4.0 & Digitalization in Chemicals on March 13, 2024 at Hotel Hyatt Place, Bharuch.

The seminar will have a panel discussion on "Driving Agile and Resilient Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations through Digital Transformation". The speakers for the panel discussion are: Sanath Kumar Muppirala, Executive President & Whole Time Director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.; Dhananjay Ranade, Executive Vice President, Aarti Industries Ltd.; Pravindan Gadhavi, Unit Head - UPL Unit 5, UPL Ltd.; Ajay Kumar Porwal, Director, AVEVA MES Services, India; and Abhinandan Harishchandra, Manufacturing Digital Champion, BASF India Ltd. The session is moderated by Pravin Prashant, Executive Editor, Indian Chemical News.

The Indian chemicals industry is expected to triple its global market share by 2040 but that does not make it immune to the widespread pressures of increased competition, changes in demand, safety concerns, and sustainability initiatives. Overcoming these challenges is a complex task which requires plants to optimize assets and processes, maximize production, reduce unplanned downtime, and ensure safe & predictable operations that meet overarching business goals.

By digitally transforming chemical plant operations, companies can maximize safety, sustainability, and efficiency – from concept to production. The one-day summit explores these pressures and how AVEVA’s connected industrial ecosystem will help to solve these challenges through Industry 4.0 and digitalization by providing efficient project management, automated configuration with predictive maintenance, optimizing planning and scheduling, maximizing supply chain, sustainable manufacturing, and immersive training experiences to succeed in the digital age.

Moreover, chemical companies can improve their operational efficiency, reduce labor costs, and increase output by integrating automation and robotics into their manufacturing processes. However, it is not going to be an easy task for chemical companies to adopt digitalization. These companies need to have a clear roadmap to establish an accommodating culture that promotes flexibility and learning. There is a need to develop a complete ecosystem for the adoption of digitalization.

Topics to be covered during the panel discussion are: Overcoming challenges of industrial environment; Collecting real time data, monitoring, reporting, and analysis; Smart manufacturing through digital transformation; End to end material traceability; Optimizing supply chain and manufacturing operations; Operations performance visibility; Providing business agility and resilience; Impact of supply chain disruptions, Shifting demand, fluctuating costs, and sustainability targets; and Maximizing profitability, flexibility, quality, and compliance.