Valedictory Session of Quality month saw culmination of month-long activities on quality front which witnessed large scale involvement of employees. Executive Director, AMV Yugandhar appreciated the initiatives taken during the entire quality month.
He emphasised that BHEl is receiving orders due to quality of its products. He emphasized that BHEl is getting good Hydro export orders but at the same time stressed that as BHEl is getting EPC project orders which are to be completed in 24 to 36 months period, there is need for getting first time right products as rework leads to wastage of time and money. He appreciated MDCC system that has been introduced which has helped in getting timely and better incoming material.
l Gopalakrishnan, GM (Quality) in his address gave detailed report on the activities carried out during the quality month which included revamping of quality web-page, recognition of best vendors and subcontractors, lectures by expert faculty, docket system audit, quiz competition on quality aspects, 5-S awareness session and competition, interaction with resident customer inspection agencies like NPCIl and PGCIl, Quality at doorstep programmes, Root cause analysis workshops besides lot many activities. He emphasised on the approach of ‘Quality for all and Quality by all’.
DK Thakur, GM (TCB) and nominated as GM (In-charge) for BHEl- Hyderabad in his address emphasised that Human resource potential is the main strength of BHEl. He said that making a product right in first attempt is the key to success.
NK Bhar, GM (Finance) in his address emphasised on quality through various examples and stressed that efforts on quality front should bring monetary benefit to the organisation.
Results of various competitions which were held during quality month were announced and the awards were given to the winners by Executive Director on the occasion. Awards were presented to Best vendors which were selected Product –wise and also to best sub-contractors. Bhopal Excellence Award Trophy popularly known as ‘BEAT Award’ were presented to product and service groups for their efforts on business excellence front. Winners of Quiz competition, slogan competition and poster competition were also given awards on the occasion. Awards for implementation of ‘5-S’ were also presented to various product groups.
Fifty three GuntaKarmi and winner quality circles of Unit Quality circle Convention were also awarded on the occasion. It may be recalled that quality month was inaugurated with much fanfare on November 1 by Chief Guest with Sanjay Kumar Shukla, IAS, MD- MP Power Management Company ltd, and Secretary, Energy in Madhya Pradesh.