The 25th session of Synergy — the apex employee engagement forum of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), organised by Business Excellence Department wherein the entire top management of the Plant led by S Chandrasekaran, CEO, interacted with cross section of employees with a focus on safety and cost control to overcome challenges. Addressing the employees, Chandrasekaran, urged participants to continue to accord top priority to safety and keep focus on cost control measures.
“While the special safety training programmes for contract workers organised under the guidance of Executive Director (Works) have yielded positive results, the Management has undertaken several measures including replacement of gas pipelines, automation of GCPs and installation of CO gas monitors etc., for creating a safe work environment for the workforce,” the CEO remarked. He claimed that safety measures are being given due importance in Projects areas as well.
Emphasising that there can be no casual approach towards safety, he urged all regular employees to guard against over-confidence that can become cause for accidents.
Dwelling on the present adverse scenario in steel sector, Chandrasekaran said that while we do not have any control over external factors affecting the industry and our company, we must do all we can do reduce and control costs in each and every activity at our respective areas of work, so as to maintain profitability of operations.
“We need to focus on inventory control and our techno-economic parameters of production’’, he said, adding “improvement in quality as well as in cost control can be achieved if we make sincere efforts to internalise discipline as part of our work culture,’’
Expressing confidence that Bhilai collective would prevail over the present scenario and emerge winners, he said there is no need to panic. “All we need to do is to make concerted efforts and retain focus on cost control’’, the CEO stated.
Regarding the water crisis emerging as a result of scanty rainfall during the current Monsoon season in Chhattisgarh, Chandrasekaran said, “we need to make serious and concerted efforts right now to save water so as to prevent the crisis from assuming larger proportions,’’.