A day-long ‘Sensitisation Programme’ on “Quality Management Standard & Quality Technology Tools” was Jointly organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and KAS in association with MSME-DI, Raipur on Wednesday here. The aim of the programme was to enhance the productivity and competitiveness as well as capacity building of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and their collectives in Chhattisgarh. The programme focussed on quality measures and certification like ISO 9001 and BSI.
Addressing the Seminar, Director MSME A. R. Gokhe said that, “There are several schemes available for MSMEs, which is not properly utilised by the industrial units. He provided an example of Certification fee reimbursement. In this, if any Entrepreneur avails the ISO certification, he will be reimbursed 70 per cent of the total Certification fee borne by the applicant.
The reimbursement limit is upto Rs75,000. Deputy Director, MSME, Raipur also presented some useful information about quality technology tools and showed different types of registration forms which are already available in the MSME portal. P Nimonkar, Project Head CITCON said that credibility of any company depends on the accreditation he has acquired. He also explained about various types of quality measures.
P.K. Garg from Expert Solution and Services explained about the various steps of ISO Certification, Need for Certification, Accreditation and advantages of proper certification. G.K. Agrawal, President laghu Udyog Bharti requested the MSME official to provide the authorized list of ISO consultants so that nobody gets cheated.