Make in India

The Indian manufacturing sector has, in recent times, been in a transformation mode. The country has constantly been striving to expand the domain and has recently seen stupendous growth in its exports. This is supported by the interplay of infrastructure and technological advancements with policy initiatives and incentives, such as lower tax rates, exemptions and subsidies, offered by the government to prospective investors.

The decision to setup triggers a train of analytics to evaluate the customer and supplier base, prospects of exports and market, incentives, etc. This report gives a snapshot of the investments in the recent past and how these have been contributed across different sectors and across the country.

On the assets and capital front, compressed timelines, low CAPEX and optimized facility management have prompted light-manufacturing units to opt for ready-built spaces that require significantly less resources to be invested to begin operations. The Legal and Technical due diligence required to set up such units can be streamlined through a meticulously curated checklist that deep dives into built spaces to ensure you get the right permissions, structures and specifications to hit the ground running.

Advancements in Construction Technology have fast tracked project commissioning while there has been increased focus on facilities being efficiently managed with ‘mobile technology revolution’ bringing in AI, IOT and drones to achieve operational excellence. Sustainability has been a key concept that has transcended into facility project implementation and operations with an aim to reduce the overall carbon footprint and making manufacturing process energy efficient and striving towards net zero impact.

JLL offers a unified solution supporting manufacturers from ‘Concept’ or location evaluation to the commercial ‘Operation’ of their manufacturing units in India. This report evaluates and details out the 6 key stages on which our service is built and delivered.