The chairman of the industrialist and Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra, known for his influential presence on social networks, reignited a conversation about the unsung heroes of the manufacturing world. Supporting Elon Musk’s recent remarks about the lack of cinematic representation for manufacturing processes, Mahindra took to Twitter to express its respect for the relentless efforts and problem solving that go into high-volume product manufacturing.
In a series of tweets, the Mahindra Group chairman reminisced about his humble beginnings on the car factory shop, where he witnessed firsthand the dedication and hard work that underpins successful manufacturing operations. “The heroes of manufacturing do deserve to have movies about them,” Mahindra wrote, echoing Musk’s sentiment.
“A million movies about cars. But hardly any movies about Manufacturing. Someone should make a movie and tell the world how hard it is to do high volume manufacturing,” the Dogecoin designer tweeted.
Resonating with the sentiment, Mahindra recalled his own beginnings on the shop floor of a car factory, where he witnessed firsthand the relentless effort and non-stop problem-solving that goes into making high-volume products. “The heroes of manufacturing do deserve to have films about them,” the Mahindra Group chairman wrote.
Mahindra’s tweet gained further force when he retweeted a comment from none other than Elon Musk, the visionary CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk’s remark highlighted the stark contrast between the glamorized portrayal of lone inventors having eureka moments in garages and the often overlooked complexities of large-scale manufacturing.
“Many movies exist about a lone inventor in a garage having a eureka moment, but almost none about manufacturing, so it’s underappreciated by the public,” Musk’s quote read. “Compared to the maddening pain of achieving high-volume, positive-margin production, prototyping is simple.”
The industrialist further emphasized the large audience that videos depicting the production process of cars receive on platforms such as YouTube. “More so because the films we make about making our cars get a large audience on YouTube, so there’s definitely an audience looking for more…”, Mahindra tweeted, hinting at a potential market for cinematic representations of production trials.
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Published: 29 Mar 2024, 14:47 IST