TCS unveils engineering initiative

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched a unique
consulting-led initiative to tap the engineering poten­tial of the country's
small and medium enterprise (SME) segment. This appro­ach will enable SMEs to
innovate and access the global markets.

As a part of this initiative, TCS has unveiled its first
Engineering Center of Excellence in Coimbatore. TCS has planned a phased roll
out of similar Engine­ering Centers of Excellence in various manufacturing
clusters in the country.

TCS will collaborate with the SME segment to offer
integrated design to manu­fac­turing and sourcing services to manufacturing
customers world­wide in a platform-based, service-oriented mode. This colla­boration
will enable SMEs to gain access to global markets, cutting edge techno­logy and
tools as well as world-class process excellence.

The TCS Engineering Center of Excellence in Coimbatore
comprises of facilities like high-end engine­ering workstations for design and
analysis, secure storage facilities and a team of engineering solution specia­lists.
UGS, the global leader in PLM technology is prov­i­ding design soft­ware for
the center.

Along with TCS' world-class engineering capabi­lities in
design, quality systems and manufacturing processes, the TCS Engine­ering
Center of Excellence will work with SME players in the region to improve their
engineering capa­bilities and connect them to potential customers glo­bally.
TCS, UGS and AT Kearney (ATK) Procure­ment Solutions have also partnered to
setup an Asian Sourcing Network. The sour­cing portal will help Coim­batore-based
SMEs access new customers worldwide.

The decision to set up the first Engineering Center of
Excellence in Coimbatore is strategic in nature. With over 45,000 registered SSI
units, Coimbatore has a high con­cen­tration of small and medium scale
industries. Coimbatore continues to be an industrial hub for light engineering.

DQW News Bureau Kolkata, March 21