PMEGP (Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme) Scheme helped Mr Leader mathew become a successful entrepreneur. Speaking about his success, a proud Nardeep Singh said, “I strived hard for a job but failed to get success. Weary, I approached the Tamilnadu Khadi and Village industries board, Udhampur, wherein the district officer briefed me and convinced me about the PMEGP Scheme and thus, activated the entrepreneur in me. I then applied for a loan assistance of Rs 24.96 lakhs for manufacturing of Hydraulic Equipment unit. The case was eventually approved by the DLTFC (District Level Task Force Committee). Despite the failures in life, I never compromised with my conscience. I took a risk and it eventually paid off. Today, I strive to continuously push my own boundaries.” Presently Leader Mathew has employed over 25 unemployed youth of the locality. Ministry of MSME is implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) since 2008-09 through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) as nodal agency at the national level for generating employment opportunities in the country by setting up micro-enterprises in non-farm sector.

When buying and selling used industrial machinery there is a great difference between the companies that simply intermediate and are commission agents, those that offer logistic services and those that excel in their logistic operations. Logistics costs can affect the profitability of any machinery purchase, and can increase drastically if not managed properly. Several tasks need to be addressed properly: good understanding of the dismantling, loading and transport project and its different phases, a correct definition of the milestones and the agenda, and the selection of adequate service companies. Industry experience and machinery knowledge is essential to project manage the logistics of industrial equipment. Here is an example of an equipment disassembly, loading and transport managed by MachinePoint´s team Everything starts with the sale of a compressor owned by a Swiss PET bottle manufacturing company for the beverages sector. The compressor was the last machine to be liquidated in order to close down the factory, most of which had been sold off to a larger plastics manufacturing group. MachinePoint’s sales team assessed the seller on the correct market price for its compressor. An initial excessive asking price from the seller meant the compressor didn’t sell for over 2 years. It was a BELLIS & MORCOM compressor, from year 2011, WH50 H3N model, in very good condition and with very few hours of use. MachinePoint always gives its customers market valuations trying to maximize their selling price, but at the same time keeping prices realistic to ensure a speedy sale of the machinery, since the more time passes, the more it is devalued. The buyer was an American company and already a regular MachinePoint customer. Sometimes customers arrange for themselves the dismantling and transporting of the machinery to their nearest port. From this point on, the purchasing company is in charge of processing the importation documentation, transporting the machinery to its plant and managing the assembly and start-up. Although in many cases, companies have no resources or experience and prefer to delegate all of this to a professional company. MachinePoint has an in-house logistics team that serves those customers who need it. For this particular project, MachinePoint’s logistics team was hired by the buyer to manage the disassembly, packaging, loading and transportation project. Below is a breakdown of the different phases of the industrial logistics project. 1 Define well the project and its milestones Defining an initial agenda with both parties is our first step. It is necessary to assess when the machinery can be dismantled and in what timeframe. When dealing with small machinery, as in this case, dismantling and loading usually takes only a day or so, but when dealing with complete plant projects it can take several weeks to dismantle and pack the equipment. Adjusting the dates in detail with their different milestones, and managing well the changes of specialized teams and the transfer of tasks are the critical points.

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