auto companies are mapping their plants availability of suppliers and truckers to begin a seamless operation experts saidnew delhi as auto and tractor companies await their respective state governments green signal to start operations many are struggling to put a supply chain management in place as they work on stringent safety measures for workersmany tractor plants are looking to begin operations but fear that the plants and supply chains are linked and that vendors maybe located in covid19 hotspot auto companies are mapping their plants availability of suppliers and truckers to begin a seamless operation experts said advt our manufacturing operations are linked with supply chain spread across the country many of our suppliers are in the red zone though several suppliers are also located in green zones any critical supplier that happens to be in red zone can stop the line we want to ensure supply chain readiness before we decide to start our plants said hemant sikka president of farm equipmentmahindrawith the harvesting season having begun tractor players are in no mood to miss the season when demand for tractors is traditionally high non availability of tractors at this point could be a big dampener for the agrarian sectorpawan goenka md of mahindra mahindra the countrys largest tractor maker told et now recently that not only tractor plants but dealerships too would open up in those areas where permitted the main task would be to clear the existing inventory in the pipeline it is critical that during this harvesting time farmers get seeds as well as crop care he addedsources told et that mms auto plants may not start production this week especially in areas such as nashik and kandivali in mumbai however their zaheerabad plant in telengana and rudrapur in uttrakhand and nagpur may get requisite permissions to start operations advt resumption of production at maruti suzuki plants will depend on adequate access to supplies from vendors no point in opening unless production can be sustained said rc bhargava chairman of maruti suzukiautomakers have however started engaging with district administrations to get clarity on production schedules hyundai tafe are awaiting some clarity from the tamil nadu government which is expected on tuesday april 20 tractor majors escorts and sonalika are awaiting clarity from the respective state governments toopan india tractor players are united in saying that the covid19 has not affected their industry which will encourage them for a faster restart of operations with localisation in tractors being around 95 manufacturers do not depend on imports of critical parts from chinathe tractor manufacturers association tma has reached out to the ministry of agriculture to help farmers restart agricultural activity so that they dont miss the current harvest season and allow exports otherwise they lose the opportunity to china we are anticipating some answers soon says tr kesavanpresident of tma the issue of supply of parts vendors how to move inventory the availability of truckers all these are issues to be resolved when the plant starts said