| REGIONAL ACTIVITY
Southern Region
SEMINAR ON TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & TOTAL
PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE :
28 SEPTEMBER '99
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ACMA
(SR) has been spinning with action, these last
few years, with special focus in the areas of
Quality, Productivity and Exports. Keeping to
this National Agenda, ACMA (SR) held a one-day
seminar on TQM & TPM, in Chennai on 28th September,
1999.
The Seminar was a resounding success with 60
participants from Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore,
Cochin, Pondicherry and even from the North -
Delhi. Mr C Narasimhan, Chairman ACMA (SR) was
delighted with a "full-house" particularly
as, he said, this reflected the quality consciousness
of the auto component industry.
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In his inaugural speech, Mr Narasimhan
stressed that while Quality and Delivery was imperative,
Cost Reduction was constantly being demanded by customers
and only the toughest and fittest of Entrepreneurs would
survive.There was urgent need for all to cut costs and
be more innovative. By adopting various methods and
practices such as TQM & TPM, which were powerful
concepts, companies would pave the way to structural
improvement, for TQM aimed at continuous improvement
of an Organisation through Total Employees Involvement
(TEI) and TPM created a corporate system, to utilise
to the maximum, the efficiency of machines that would
ensure Zero accident, Zero break-down and Zero defect.
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Sundaram-Clayton Ltd - winner of the Deming Prize instituted
by the Union of Japanese Scientists & Engineers
(JUSE) Japan, 39 years ago - made a presentation
on TQM which was ably conducted by Mr K N Radhakrishnan,
GM (Business Planning & TQC) taking the participants
through the various turns and twists in the Company's
journey to Total Quality Management. |
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Sundram Fasteners Ltd made the presentation
on TPM, having won the TPM Excellence Award from the
Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM), Japan.
The presentation was made by Mr S Srinivasan, Manager
TPM Secretariat. The Company can boast of being the
only auto component manufacturer to have received this
award, after a 3 year training period under JIPM Instructors
which ensured 'cost savings and enhanced export capabilities'.
Rounding off the Seminar, was a visit
to Sundram Fasteners Ltd, giving the participants a
first hand experience of a world class Company. For
the first time, members present, were asked to sum-up
their view of the Seminar and plant visit - the unanimous
agreement was that" 'not possible in India' was
a myth and we can do it with determination, hard work
and putting systems in place". |
