Osamu Suzuki talks about elephant in the room, says ensure quality too in Modi’s Make in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking about ‘Make in India’ initiative and taking it to various places, inviting business honchos to manufacture in India. But what about quality? Is it quantity vs quality?

Well, Suzuki Motor Corporation Chairman and CEO Osamu Suzuki stressed on it too.

While addressing the annual session of ACMA in New Delhi, Suzuki stressed that India should ensure quality too, especially in auto components, if it aims to become world’s manufacturing hub.

"I believe if all suppliers follow ‘Quality in India’, then they will be able to overcome the US and China and they can acquire the number one position in global market,” he said.

Suzuki said the global recall of more than one million units of vehicles has put the focus on quality.

“It doesn't leave any doubt that quality is an important key to success and in this regard everyone must have noticed that in today's situation vendor selection on basis of quality is inevitable,” he added.

Suzuki also urged auto component makers to reinvest profits in their business, asking them not to divert profits in investing in hotels or leisure. “This is going to be the key point, the most critical point whether you are going to acquire top position in global market or not. Plant one to set up plant two and so on,” he said.