1. Excellence in Automation
ACMA Awards
Year of Inception: 1966
Excellence in Automation
Company Name :
Plant Location :
Award Category
Tick mark in appropriate box as per your ‘Company Group Turnover for ’.
Medium > INR 30 to 100 Cr
Large > INR 100 to 500 Cr
Very Large > INR 500 Cr
Tick mark in appropriate box:
ACMA Member
All Past & Present ACT Cluster/ ACMA UNIDO Cluster Companies are eligible without becoming ACMA member for all categories as per Turnover criteria

2. ACMA Centre for Technology (ACT)
For Technical Queries:
Mr. Uday Harite –
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Mr. Atul Gupta –
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Mr. Vishal Saxena –
Mobile –
Ms. Ekta Agrawal -
Mobile
For Administrative Queries:
Mr. Rupesh Somania –
Mobile –
Ms. Sakshi Karkamkar –
Mobile –
Mr. Binny Tomy -
Mobile
Ms. Smita Kulkarni –
Mobile –
ACMA Centre for Technology (ACT)
Godrej Eternia-C, ‘B’ Wing, '10th Floor, Office No.- C, Old Mumbai Pune Highway Wakdewadi, Shivaji Nagar , Pune – , India, Desk phone – ,

3. Company History with ACMA Awards (last 3 years)
Letter for Submission of Award application
Company letterhead details ( Logo , Address )
To ,
The Secretariat ( ACMA Awards ) ,
ACMA Centre for Technology
Godrej Eternia, ”B” Wing , 10th Floor, Office No. C,
Old Mumbai –Pune Highway, Wakdewadi ,
Shivaji Nagar Pune – , India
We are pleased to submit the application for ACMA Award for Excellence in Automation in Medium / Large / Very Large category.
All data submitted is duly verified and true to the best of our knowledge .
With regards
( Name & Designation of the Plant CEO )
Company History with ACMA Awards (last 3 years)
Sr. No.
Financial Year (April to March)
ACMA Awards Category-
Applied
Award / Certificate Won  1    2    3  
Note –
1) If you have applied & won multiple awards in one year, please mention accordingly.

4. CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT
Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India
6th  Floor, The Capital Court
Olof Palme Marg, Munirka
New Delhi ,  India
To,
Applicant Company
CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT
As a part of the ACMA Awards Process, applicant companies provide business, market, technical, financial information/documents and top customers details in the application. Such information could also be related to intellectual property i.e., patents, product development etc.
ACMA take reasonable care to keep the above information confidential and shall not divulge it to third party and/or not use it for their own purpose, any part of this information in the course of assessment and thereafter.
I agree .
On behalf of ACMA
 Sd/-
Director General

5. Company’s Details
Name of the corporate group (if company is part of a corporate group): -
( Underline the plant for which application is sent )
Plant Address :
Chief Executive (Site) details :
Name : Designation :
Mobile :
Website:
4. Plant Head ( Next to Chief Executive (Site)) details :
Name : Designation :
5. HR Head details :
6. Training Head details :
(If Sr. No. 3 & 4 are same , then provide next level person details at Sr. No. 4 )

6. Company’s Details
7. Company Group Annual Sales Turnover (in INR Cr.) for Year :
8. Plant (for which application is submitted) turnover ( in INR Cr.) for Year :
9. Year of Establishment : Company _______ , Plant ___________
10. Total Employees : Company ___________ , Plant _____________
11. Do you have a Joint Venture : ( If Yes , Mention the partner name )
12. Company’s Key products :
13. Plant’s Key products :
14. Plant’s key manufacturing processes :
15. Plant’s Key competitors :
16. Plant’s Major Certifications :

7. Company / Plant Information
Use this slide to brief about your company / Plant.
It includes Product names / photos, Plant facility photographs.

8. Route Map to reach your plant
Provide here route map to your company for site diagnosis ( Site diagnosis is carried out if your application is shortlisted )
Contact Person Information: ( Need to contact thru out the process of ACMA Award )
Name :
Designation :
Mobile :
Contact Person Information: ( Need to Contact if above person is not available)

9. Mandatory requirement
Customer Details
Mandatory requirement
As a part of ACMA Award process, feedback from your major Customers to be obtained by Applicant companies & to be send by your customer directly to as per format. This feedback will be shared to Juries directly & the same will be provided to you as a part of feedback report.
When you register online, you will receive Customer Feedback format. Kindly send to your top 3 Business Customers & ensure that we receive this before you submit the application online. ( Your application will not be processed without this feedback)
Kindly furnish your top 3 Business customer details from whom you will be obtaining feedback.
S. No.
Customer
% Business share (From the plant)
Customer key persons name
Mobile Number &  1
Manufacturing Head
Incoming Quality Head  2  3
Note- In addition to application & your site diagnosis , Supplier feedback scores will be also considered for final scores.

10. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
KPI Sheet for Excellence in Automation
S. No.
KPI
UoM
Actual Value
Target Value for
Remarks 1
% of Machines automated % 2
Number of pick and place devices
Nos 3
Number of Robos ( Cobos ) 4
% of inspection points automated 5
% of Manpower saved due to automation 6
% of saved manpower re-deployed 7
WIP in days
days 8
Number of patents applied for automation 9
No. of patents Awarded for automation 10
Customer Complaints 11
Customer Returns
PPM 12
In house rejection 13
Machine Breakdowns 14
Sales Turnover
INR CR 15
Export Sales Turnover 16
ROI of automation ( Number of years )
Years 17
Productivity Trend - No. of Products/ Man/ Year 18
Number of accidents per year 19
Employee Absenteeism ( Total ) 20
Employee Satisfaction Score 21
Customer Satisfaction Score 22
Delivery Performance 23
Supplier Rejection 24
Number of Experts developed for automation 25
Awards won for Automation case studies

11. Executive Summary
A. Synopsis of Application- (write here Specific Achievements (Qualitative & Quantitative) for all 5 areas of application which will support to understand how your company deserves to be a winner)
Area 1-Business Strategy
Area 2-Automation Process
Area 3-Automation Results
Area 4 –Stakeholders Delight
Area 5- Nation delight
B. Key differentiator (Mention here few points which makes you to stand as a winner )
C. How you are a better employer compared to others ? ( Mention in brief )

12. (Not applicable- for 1st time applicants)’
Status of  actions  taken by your company based   on previous ACMA Awards feedback report.
(Mention top 5 only) 
(Not applicable- for 1st time applicants)’
S.N.
Area of Improvement
Action taken
Result / Outcome

13. Sharing of Best Practices of your company
Best Practices along with photos shown here will be compiled and shared by ACMA to all applicants / members / non-members for learning purpose. (This is OPTIONAL and there are no marks for this)
By tick mark hereby I agree to allow ACMA to use this information for sharing with others (from above topic only)
Please mention your best practices here
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo

14. Actual Marks ( for Office Use only )
Company performance at a glance
( Following radar chart shows the scores for each main area as per questionnaire, scores are converted to % )
RADAR Chart
S. N.
Section
Total Marks
Actual Marks ( for Office Use only ) % 1
Business Strategy
150 2
Automation Process
250 3
Automation results
300 4
Stakeholders delight
200 5
Nation delight
100
Total
1000

15. ( For office use only ) Section 1 Business Strategy Total Marks = 150
S.N.
Sub topic
Total Marks
Actual Marks ( for office use ) %
1.A
Automation Vision 30
1.B
Automation Road map
1.C
Automation teams
1.D
ROI of Automation
1.E
Automation Capability development
TOTAL
150

16. Please enclose your Automation Objectives ( 10 )
Business Strategy
(1.A) Automation Vision Total = 30
Please enclose your Automation Objectives ( 10 )
How automation objectives are inline with your company vision ? (10 )
How you arrive at automation Objectives ? (5 )
Is your automation drive is customer driven? (3)
Is automation drive is JV Driven ? Mention NA if your do not have JV driven activity .(2)

17. How automation road map is derived ? Mention its process (10 )
Business Strategy
(1.B) Automation Roadmap Total = 30
Do have road map for automation ? If Yes , kindly attach as photo. If there is no Road map , then share your other document for finalizing automation ? ( 10 )
How automation road map is derived ? Mention its process (10 )
How often you revise Automation road map ? Provide few recent examples of such revisions (10 )

18. Is this teams work full time / Part time on Automation (5)
Business Strategy
(1.C) Automation Teams Total = 30
Do you have separate teams for Automation ? If yes , Mention in short , roles of each person . ( 10)
Is this teams work full time / Part time on Automation (5)
What kind of qualification your teams have ? ( e.g. Automation Degree , Certifications etc. ) (10 )
What is the motivation Management provides for these team members ? ( 5 )

19. How do you calculate ROI of Automation. ( 10)
Business Strategy
(1.D) ROI of Automation Total = 30
How do you calculate ROI of Automation. ( 10)
How much years do you consider OK for ROI (5 )
When ROI is beyond your policy , do you still automate ? If Yes , then what parameters are considered for this type of automation ( e.g. Safety , Quality or you may add --- Provide few examples (5 )
Share 2 glaring examples where you have done automation beyond ROI within your targets ( 10 )

20. How do you certify capability of these people ? (5 )
Business Strategy
(1.E) Automation capability Development Total = 30
How do you develop capability for Automation ( e.g by training people / sending them for OJT outside / ? ) ( 10)
How do you certify capability of these people ? (5 )
Did you set up Automation Lab inside your company or any other location ? If yes , what facilities are installed ? , If NO , then do you have any ties ups with some service providers ? (5 )
How much content of automation is from inhouse talent and how much is outsourced ? ( 10 )

21. ( For office use only ) Section 2 Automation Process Total Marks = 250
S.N.
Sub topic
Total Marks
Actual Marks ( for office use ) %
2.A
Need for automation 50
2.B
Steps of automation
2.C
Concept designs
2.D
Proving of Concept designs
2. E
Success / Failures of concepts
TOTAL
250

22. 2. Automation Process
(2.A) Need for automation Total = 50
How do you decide need for automation ? Mention your present process to arrive for automation with few examples ( 20)
Do you use benchmarking process with other companies / competitors for automation ? If yes , then share some areas used for benchmarking , If NO , then how do you decide that this automation is the best ? Share your views (15 )
What are the important advantages you look for due to automation ? (5 )
Do you have a structured document for finalizing automation ? IF yes , Share its image (Data is optional) ( 10 )

23. ADD 20 ROWS 2. Automation Process
(2.B) Steps for Automation Total = 50
What are the steps you follow for automation ? Share steps and training topics/ techniques for each step considered for training teams ( 25)
How do you ensure completion of each step ? Do you use any process to validate each step , if yes , Mention 5 glaring examples. (25 )
S.N.
Steps for automation
Support training topics / techniques 1 2 3
ADD 20 ROWS

24. (i) How do you generate ideas for automation ? ( 10)
2. Automation Process
(2.C) Concept Designs Total = 50
(i) How do you generate ideas for automation ? ( 10)
How do you validate these ideas ? ( e.g By Computer simulation / prototype ) (10 )
Which software do you have for computer simulation and how much is the variance for Computer simulation with actual is accepted ? ( 10 )
How many iterations are normally made to finalize the concept and why ? Give few examples ( 5 )
Are you doing risks analysis of automation ? Explain with few examples of analysis ( e.g. Risk of line stoppage , Risk of breakdowns ) ( 15 )

25. 2. Automation Process
(2.D) Concept Proving Total = 50
How much is the lead time from concept generation to concept proving ? ( 10 )
What efforts you have taken to reduce lead time and how much you were able to achieve ? Mention with 2 examples (20 )
(iii) How many levels do you use to prove the concept before handing over to production ? Mention in details various observation and actions taken . ( e.g. Automation team / Production Supervisor / Operator ) ( 20 )

26. What % of concepts are successful compared to actual (10)
2. Automation Process
(2.E) Success / failures of Concepts Total = 50
What % of concepts are successful compared to actual (10)
Do you have any major failures in this stage and if yes , why this has happened ? ( Wrong designs / Wrong simulation / any other ). Are you updating FMEA after automation ( 10 )
(iii) How do you ensure that these failures are not repeating in future ? Mention 2 examples ( 20 )
(iv) Do you maintain a failure directory for this ? Share one sample (10 )

27. ( For office use only ) Section 3 Automation Results Total Marks = 300
S.N.
Sub topic
Total Marks
Actual Marks ( for office use ) %
3.A
Automation areas 80
3.B
Safety results 40
3.C
Quality results 50
3.D
Productivity Results
3.E
Business growth
TOTAL
300

28. You may add more areas 3. Automation Results
(3.A) Automation Areas Total = 80
Mention % of automation as per following table you have implemented and its benefit ( 60 )
S.N.
Automation Area
Total Opportunities
Opportunities completed
% automated
Benefits 1
Loading 20 10
50 %
Manpower saving 2
Unloading
100 % 3
Auto transfer 4
Auto input checking 5
Auto output checking 6
Clamping 7
Unclamping 8
Cleaning 9
Data recording
Tool life monitoring
Total
You may add more areas

29. 3. Automation Results
(3.A) Automation Areas Total = 80
(ii) Share 2 examples for each automation area with before after photos ( 20 )

30. Before Automation / year = After automation / Year =
3. Automation Results
(3.B) Safety results Total = 40
What issues were there before automation related to safety and how you have improved ? Mention in brief and share 2 to 3 photos ( 20 )
Number of accidents before and after automation ? And how safety is ensured for automation ? Mention with 2 examples ( 20 )
Before Automation / year =
After automation / Year =

31. Share rework & rejection data for before and after automation ? ( 30 )
3. Automation Results
(3.C) Quality results Total = 50
What issues were there before automation related to Quality and how you have improved ? Mention in brief and share 2 to 3 photos ( 20 )
Share rework & rejection data for before and after automation ? ( 30 )
Rework Before Automation / year = PPM
Rework After automation / Year = PPM
Rejection Before Automation / year = PPM
Rejection After automation / Year = PPM

32. Share Productivity / per man data ? ( 20 )
3. Automation Results
(3.D) Productivity results Total = 50
What issues were there before automation related to Productivity and how you have improved ? Mention in brief and share 2 to 3 photos ( 20 )
Share Productivity / per man data ? ( 20 )
No. of Components Before Automation / day = Nos
No. of Components After automation / day = Nos
Share 2 best examples of cycle time reduction (10 )

33. % of additional Sales turnover due to automation ? (20)
3. Automation Results
(3.E) Business Growth Total = 50
Mention in brief , how automation has helped for Business Growth ( 20 )
% of additional Sales turnover due to automation ? (20)
(iii ) Total sales turnover before and after automation ( 10 )

34. ( For office use only ) Section 4 Stakeholders Delight
Total Marks = 200
S.N.
Sub topic
Total Marks
Actual Marks ( for office use ) %
4.A
Manpower Utilization 50
4.B
Employee satisfaction
4.C
Customer satisfaction
4.D
Plant upkeep
TOTAL
200

35. As a result of automation what % of manpower is saved ( 20 )
4. Stakeholders delight
(4.A ) Manpower utilization Total = 50
As a result of automation what % of manpower is saved ( 20 )
How much % of saved manpower is re-deployed ? (10 )
How this change is accepted by employees and are there any obstacles you faced and how you handle this ? Mention in Brief ? (10 )
(iv) Do you plan is advance for saving of manpower re-deployment prior to automation or after automation ? ( 10 )

36. Share 5 feedbacks from employees regarding automation (10 )
4. Stakeholders delight
(4.B ) Employee Satisfaction Total = 50
Do you measure employee satisfaction for Automation ? If yes , mention satisfaction levels , If No , then how you ensure that automation is helping employees ? ( 10 )
Share feedbacks from employees regarding automation (10 )
What % of ideas employees have given for automation and what % you have implemented ? ( 10 )
Share top 2 employee ideas for automation (10 )
What recognition you have for employees contributing to automation (10 )

37. Share 5 feedbacks from Customers regarding automation (10 )
4. Stakeholders delight
(4.C ) Customer Satisfaction Total = 50
Do you measure Customer satisfaction for Automation ? If yes , mention satisfaction levels , If No , then how you ensure that automation is helping Customers ? ( 10 )
Share feedbacks from Customers regarding automation (10 )
What is trend of customer complaints before and after automation ? ( 20 )
Share top 2 Customer complaints / issue resolved due for automation (10 )

38. What impact is noticed on material handling / storage ? (10)
4. Stakeholders delight
(4.D ) Plant Upkeep Total = 50
How automation heled you to improve plant upkeep ? Mention in brief with text and photos ( e.g. Layout improved ? ( 20 )
Is there any effect on Inventory , If Yes , then mention its effect (10 )
What impact is noticed on material handling / storage ? (10)
Is there any space saving due to automation ? (10 )

39. ( For office use only ) Section 5 Nation Delight Total Marks = 100
S.N.
Sub topic
Total Marks
Actual Marks ( for office use ) %
5.A
Impact of Automation 10
5.B
Net savings 40
5.C
Horizontal Deployment 30
5.D
Sharing with others 20
TOTAL
100

40. In your views , what is the major impact of automation for you ( 5 )
5. Nation delight
(5.A ) Impact of Automation Total = 10
In your views , what is the major impact of automation for you ( 5 )
Have you applied for patents for automation ? Mention in brief (5 )

41. 5. Nation delight
(5.B ) Net savings Total = 40
As a result of automation , what are the net savings and in which areas ( 30 )
(ii) What efforts are there to increase these savings for next project , Mention in Brief (10 )
S.N.
Saving area
Per year Saving in INR Lakhs 1
Manpower 20 2
Energy 3
Quality 4
Pl add
Total

42. 5. Nation delight
(5.C ) Horizontal Deployment Total = 30
As a result of automation , what are the net savings and in which areas ( 20 )
(ii) How horizontal deployment is carried ? E.g. Designing automation outside shop floor ? (10 )
S.N.
Manufacturing Line / area
Target date for automation 1
Line 1 2
Line 2 3 4

43. (ii) Share 2 improvement from your supplier end ? (5 )
5. Nation delight
(5.D ) Sharing with others Total = 20
How you are sharing your automation to your supply chain ? Mention in brief ( 5 )
(ii) Share 2 improvement from your supplier end ? (5 )
How do you motivate your supply chain for automation ? (5 )
Do you support financially to your suppliers for automation ? (5)

44. ( Company has to fill up )
Summary of Achievements
for the year
( Company has to fill up )
1. What are unique things about your company for considering “ACMA consistent performing Company”
no change
2. What are challenges for you in the future and how are you preparing for it?