Manpower is such an important resource that without its energetic contribution, organisations can hardly grow, said SK Dubey, Chairman, CII Kumaon Zone and VP & Plant Head, Mahindra & Mahindra ltd, Rudrapur. He said so while presiding over the valedictory session of the Uttarakhand Preliminaries of the 27th QC Circle Competition 2014 organised at Rudrapur by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The preliminary competition this year has been extended to Rudrapur and it will be a regular annual feature, it was stated.
Explaining the importance of Quality Circles, Dubey said in today’s context of global competition, Indian Industry cannot help looking at delivering quality better than that of Japanese and costs less than that of Chinese. This is what should be the true spirit of QC, he said, adding that QC Circle teams play a very important role in involving a wide cross section of the employees in any organisation for bettering quality. “They are a critical enabler for sustained growth and also to face the international competition,” he stressed while laying emphasis on quality being seen in a holistic perspective that involves development of skills, productivity and quality of four aspects- man, machine, method and product- through cumulative process of training, work experience, brain storming sessions and active participation. Quality Circle has emerged as a mechanism to develop and utilise the tremendous potential of people for improvement in the product quality and the productivity,
he said.
Dubey gave away the trophies to the winning teams. Prayas team from Maruti Suzuki India ltd, Gurgaon, won the trophy for the first position. Prarambh team from Minda Corporation ltd, Pantnagar emerged as the 1st Runner-up followed by Surya Kiran team from lumax DK Auto-Industries ltd as the 2nd Runner-up. The top three teams will now participate in the Regional Final as a pre- runner to the national competition.
Aura team from Bharat Electronics ltd, Ghaziabad, Breakthrough Performer team from Gabriel India ltd and Parwanoo and Toppers team from Maruti Suzuki India ltd, Gurgaon received the Consolation Prizes.
The panel of Judges comprised Sandeep Jain, Plant Head, Varroc Engineering Pvt ltd, Rudrapur, Basabdutta Jana, AGM Central Quality, TATA Motors ltd, Pantnagar and Ashutosh Sharma, Senior Manager, Support Services, Bajaj Auto ltd, Rudrapur.
The programme was attended by delegates from within and outside the State to get inputs for initiating Quality Circles in their organisations. Over 75 participants, comprising workmen, quality, HR and plant heads from Industry, attended the competition.