Mass Communication :

Newly Elected Directors of QCFI :

Below mentioned published in Quality Circle India Magazine : Volume 31 No:5

Congrats : Mr.B.Balakrishnan,QCFI

Congrats. It is indeed a great moment of joy and happiness. The Vice Chairman of QCFI Madurai Mr.B.Balakrishnan has been elected as "VICE PRESIDENT of Quality Circle Forum of India at National Level".

It has been a remarkable feet of a dedicated, passionate QCFI member. Mr.BB's elevation would stand as a big motivation for all the QCFI members.

QCFI Madurai Chapter feels very proud of Mr.B.Balakrishnan's achievements. We wish you the very best. We are sure you would replicate the success at the National Level.

Vaigai Industries, Tirunelveli : 5S Certification

Benefits of 5S Implementation: Vaigai Industries, Madurai

1. We’re the First Solvent Extraction Plant in India to get the 5S Award.
2. Entire Factory’s Outlook has been transferred from Rice Bran Processing Unit to India’s Modern Model Solvent Extraction Plant.
3. Implementing 5S have changed the Work environment Safe & Clean
4. Most tremendous change we’ve been observed from the shop floor staffs whose average qualification level is only 10^th Standard, but their behavior & work procedure inside the factory will be like an Executive, which resulted in improvements in all aspects production, conservation & quality.
5. Due to higher level of dedication to maintain a clean work environment, the dust generation has been reduced and hence the absenteeism towards health issues has come down.
6. Previously the attrition rate of our factory was 5 to 6%, once the factory. Now, due to a neat and safe work atmosphere, the outlook has changed and the attrition rate has become Zero with no vacancies.
   
7. Regarding safety, the accident rate has been Zero for 3 Months. This is a result of the awareness on the need for safe work practices and also due to avoidance of loose wirings, machines without guards & closed electrical plugholes. Further, the fire extinguishers have been color coded with clear operating instructions.
8. It has been clearly instilled in every employee’s mind that, it is his responsibility to ensure the safety of his subordinates and his own.
9. Implementation of Standard Operating Parameters has given an uniform guideline of work practices and also has helped the new employees to understand the practices and procedures easily.
10. 5S implementation has improved the Team Work among the employees and has resulted in adapting better analytical methods, creative means of communication and resource conservation measures like, Data Collection, Trend Graph Preparation, Performing Skit and ENCON.
11. In Production area, breakdown has been reduced.
12. Changeover time has been reduced by streamlining operations.
13. Utilization of Space has been done in effective manner.
14. Clean workplace is being maintained always.
15. Store materials are stored in proper manner, so that inventory level has been maintained efficiently.
16. Critical Spares & Bin Card maintenance has increased the stores performance during breakdowns.
17. Every individual employee has started to take ownership for his department’s performance.
18. In Training Calendar, giving mandatory training on topics like 5S Awareness, Best 5S Practices in other Companies has created higher awareness and has also increased the competitive attitude.
19. Being a part of the self-audits management team and/or the steering committee has made the staffs feel empowered and more responsible.
    
20. The idea of implementing 5S in Home and School has many benefits like,
1. In the houses, it gives a sense of pride to the family members when several guests and company officials visit their house; appreciate the effort of the family members for successfully implementing 5S practices. They also feel proud among the neighborhood when they receive gifts/prices for successful implementation of 5S.
2. In schools, the Head Master, and the teachers feel that implementation 5S has made the process of record maintenance much easier. They also feel that 5S culture must reach all schools, so that self-discipline of children will improve

5S Certification : Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

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SPECIAL MEETING HOSTED BY MADURAI CHAPTER FOR COIMBATORE INDUSTRIALISTS

We organized a Special Meeting for management people of various industries around Coimbatore to brief about the benefits Total Quality management and QCFI activities for this probagation on 11-10-11 at Hotel Residency.

Mr.Kovaichelvan,Sr vicepresident, HR from TVS Motors hosur , addressed the gathering of about 100 persons on the topic Total Employee Involvement for sustainable growth and shared his company’s experience.This was followed by a lecture on the Role of QCFI for the probagation of quality concepts by Mr.B.Balakrishnan, Director,QCFI.There was very good interaction from the audience. Mr.Sethu, Chairman of Coimbatore Productivity Council attended and gave a special speech.

Our chapter Chairman Mr W.S.Satchidanandham presided over the meeting. Chapter Secretary Mr.Sankarasubramanian proposed vote of thanks.

MADURAI CHAPTER’ S 21ST CONVENTION

REPORT ON MADURAI CHAPTER’ S 21ST CONVENTION ON 14TH AND 15TH OCT 11 AT COIMBATORE.

This was conducted in collaboration with PSG Institute of Management , Coimbatore at their campus on 14th and 15th October 11.

109 teams (72 from Madurai Chapter and 37 teams of other chapters) comprising 663 delegates representing39 industries took part in this 2 day convention. Case study presentations were held at 5 halls concurrently and all other competitions in the 6th hall.

Valedictory function was held at the Assembly Hall of PSG tech, on 15th October 2011. This was presided over by our Chapter chairman Mr W.S. Satchidanandam. Chindanai Kavinger Dr.Kavidasan, director Roots Industries, Coimbatore delivered Valedictory address . Our executive director Mr. D.K.Srivastava was the guest of honour and delivered Special address.Dr . Nandagopal, director ,PSGInstitute of Management was a Special guest. All the three guests distributed the prizes.

Mr. Dharmalingam, G.M.Quality,BHEL,Tiruchi received the Best Supporting organization trophy(public sector) and Mr Prabakaran,G.M. Bannari Amman Group of Mills received the Best Supporting organization trophy(private sector) from the Chief Guest Dr kavidasan.

Madurai chapter honoured all the QC members of the Longest Active Quality Circle from TVS Motors,Hosur .

DEMING QC from Jayajothi & co,Rajapalayam bagged the overall best amongst Madurai chapter teams,

QC from TVS motors,Hosur bagged the overall best amongst other chapter teams.

CCQC2011-COIMBATORE

Chapter Convention on Quality Circles 2011 : At Coimbatore

Quality Circle Forum of India - Madurai chapter:

Quality Circle Forum of India - Madurai chapter is one of the very active chapters of the forum. Madurai chapter was established in 1991 and has won best Chapter awards five times and won several other awards for various activities. Madurai chapter has been succeesfully spreading all these concepts in the southern part of Tamilnadu in several industries, schools, banks, hospitals etc.

Our clients are , Sri Govindaraja Group of Mills, Sri Jayajothy &co Spinning and OE units, Bannari amman Spg Mills, Shiva texyarn ltd, ATK Textiles, Renuga textiles, Sharada terry products, and Super spinning mills, Karpagambal mills,Madras cements, India cements, Chettinadu cements,DCW,. Sterlite , Malco, Shasun chemicals, TVSSrichakra,Hitech Arai , Fenner, Sundaram Industries, BHEL, Salem Steel plant, Neyveli Lignite corporationTVS school, SBOA school, Meenakshi hospitals, Canara bank etc.

Madurai Chapter introduced Total Quality Management to engineering college students through week end classes. SACS MAVMM college utilized this offer effectively and this enabled all the students to get very good placements in industry. The success of this program was instrumental to introduce TQM as compulsory subject for all branches of engineering colleges of Anna University from last year.

We have full fledged trained faculty who have very good industrial experience. We hosted National Convention at Madurai during Dec 2003. This convention shattered all the previous records both in terms of number of delegates and also number of QC teams. We were able to generate sufficient funds for establishing an office for the chapter. Now we have purchased a flat and set up our office.

We have given Five S certification to Sri Govindaraja Mills, Aruppukottai Sri Jayajothy & co Spinning Mills at Rajapalyam and OE Division at Virudunagar, Bannari Amman spinning Mills , Dindugal.

We are regularly conducting our annual chapter convention on these Quality Concepts at different locations as our area is very vast.We hosted our first Chapter convention at Madurai in 1991 wherein 25 Quality circles with 200 delegates took part. We had successfully hosted this convention 5 times in Madurai, 4 times in Courtallam, one time each in kanyakumari, Sahupuram , pandalkudi, RRnagar, Tiruchi,Salem, Coimbatore, Kodaikanal. OOty, Munnar.In the last Convention at Munnar 95 circles consisting around 565 delegates took part. Many teams from North India are also coming and taking part in our convention and giving the colour of mini national convention.

This year we are planning to host our 20th chapter convention at Coimbatore. We expect around 650 delegates to take part representing 50 industries. We will be conducting competitions in Quality circles, Five S, kaizenn, TPM etc in 4 different halls concurrently.

About Quality Circle

Quality Circle concept is one of the best modern Quality concepts implemented by many World class organizations. The practice of this concept helps the management to bring out the hidden talents of grass root employees , develop their knowledge and transform their work culture towards betterment. In the process organizations are also getting benefited since these circles solve their departmental problems and implement them in the shop floor.

About 6/8 first line employees working from the same work area join together and form these circles. They are given special training on the method of Quality Circle operation utilizing various Problem Solving Techniques. They meet once in a week for one hour to Identify work related problems, Collect data, Discuss and analyze using various techniques , Develop solutions and Implement them after conducting trials. Thus they contribute towards organizational growth also.

Quality concept was developed by Dr. Ishikawa in Japan in 1962 and this concept was the foundation for the development of many other popular concepts like FIVE S, KAIZEN, TPM , etc which had helped Japan to achieve the status of producers of World best Quality Products.

Quality Circle Forum of India: This concept was brought to India by BHEL, Hyderabad during 1981.by Mr S.R Udpa. Then QUALITY CIRCLE FORUM of INDIA was established in 1982 with Hyderabad as its Headquarters for the propagation and training. QCFI has developed course materials, published several books and expanded its activities in spreading other modern Quality concepts also.

QCFI has formed 20 chapters through which they conduct in-house programs in various industries, Schools, banks, hospitals, police stations, Govt offices etc.To name a few,BHEL, NTPC, Steel plants, TVS companies, TISCO, Bajaj, HeroHonda, Bombay dying, Reliance etc.

Apart from this training, QCFI also conducts Annual conventions both at Chapter and National level wherein Quality Circles teams from various industries present their achievements in the form of Case studies. Independent panel of Judges evaluate them and give awards for the teams to recognize their achievements and motivate them. QCFI publishes a house a Quarterly journal Quality Circle India and circlulates them among its members. These conventions are serving as a platform for exchange of ideas between practitioners and potential practitioners.

QCFI is a part of 12 nation body established for the purpose of sharing our experiences with other countries. Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Srilanka are some of them. QCFI is also propagating FIVE S in a big way in all types of industries had which had helped them to reduce costs, breakdowns and improve quality and also to establish visible impact in short span of time. QCFI is not only giving training on FIVE S , but also helps the organizations for successful implementation and also gives CERTIFICATION on FIVE S practice. All NTPC and all Parle units including the contract manufacturing units are using our services and getting benefited.

Role of QCFI

WAYS THROUGH WHICH QCFI, MAADURAI CHAPTER HELPS ORGANISATIONS:
1) IN-HOUSE TRAINING PROGRAMMES BY QCFI:
 Quality Circles Concepts & Operation
 Quality Circles for Grass Root Employees
 Problem Solving Techniques
a) Old Tools for Quality Circles
b) New 7 Tools for all Executives
> TQM Quality Improvement Teams for Executives
> 5 ‘S’ Awareness Programmes
> 5 ‘S’ Implementation for Groups/Organisations
> Awareness Programmes about the Quality Concepts like TPM, BPR, Kaizen, JIT
Poka-yoke, SMED etc. For middle & Top Management
 Personal Quality
2) OTHER SERVICES OFFERED:
• Counselling visits
• Implementation reviews & Audits
• Seminars
• Conventions
ABCD...... OF QUALITY CIRCLES ?
• Autonomously administered
• Bring brightness & Vitality to work place
• Continually improve the Quality of products/services
• Develop capabilities & displays creativity
• Ensure everyone’s participation & enhance customer satisfaction
• Facilitate self & mutual development
• Guarantee improvement in performance of enterprises
• Heighten the satisfaction of self-actualization needs
• Increases social contribution with
• Just utilization of QC concepts & technilques
Managers and Executives must facilitate thils very important Human Re;atopn activity continually by providing suitable environment
BENEFITS OF QC:
< Improves Quality & Productivity Simultaneously
< Reduces cost, wastage & rejection
< Boosts Employee morale
< Enhances Creativity & Innovation
IMPLEMENT 5 ‘S’ FOR EFFECTUVE WORK PLACE MANAGEMENT
• SEIRI -- Sorting
• SEITON -- Systematic arrangement
• SEISO -- Shine, Spic & Span
• SEIKETSU -- Standardisation
• SHITSUKE -- Strict Adherence
These Japaneseb”S” words had done wonders not only in Japan but also in India such as
1) Brightness & Orderly work place
2) Reduced inventory
3) Searching time reduction
4) Reduced breakdown
5) Improved Productivity
K A I Z E N:
In Japanese language KAIZEN conveys the meaning that K A I is change & Z E N MEANS BETTER. When compounded it stands for changes for better.... & travel towards the best or simply “CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT”
The Concept of KAIZEN preached by MASAAKI IMAI IS PRACTICED BY MANY Japanese Organisations. 99.9999999....% of Japanese organizations had conviction in KAIZEN & practiced it to perfection. This is a total employee oriented concept. REMEMBER that THIS IS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH TQM, TPM,.................... Name any other concepts....are BUILT.
If there are no changes and if there are no problems people will become defiant and stagnant. But....The fact is...Changes and problems are plenty. All that is required is simply adopt yourselves to KAIZEN and see the progress and improvements all around. We preach and weave the KAIZEN concept to practice and perfect it is a Regular System....And WILL PERCIEVE “SEA-CHANGES” & OCEAN OF BENEFITS.

Praying Hands