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TCIL observes
February as "Gyan Vardhan Month"
KM is typically driven in an organisation mainly focused
on organisational
objectives such as improved
performance,
competitive advantage,
innovation, the sharing of lessons learned, and
continuous improvement of the
organisation. KM efforts overlap with
Organisational Learning, and may be distinguished by
a greater focus on the management of knowledge as a
strategic asset and focus on encouraging the exchange of
knowledge.
Keeping in this mind, February, 2009 was celebrated as
the Gyan Vardhan Month or could be termed as the
Knowledge Enhancement Month. During this month to steer
and drive KM, various event were organised. This year
the month long celebration was focused on “Managing
Variability”.
Quiz
Competition
The KM Quiz Competition this year was held
simultaneously at both Jamshedpur Works and Kolkata
Office on 23rd February, 2009 . At Jamshedpur, this
event was inaugurated by Mr. A.K.Ghosh, GM(Operations) /
KM Process Owner and Mr. R.Appal Raju, Dy.President –
GTWU. Whereas at Kolkata it was coordinated by Mr.
S.Venkatraman, Chief Marketing Manager The competition
received an overwhelming response as 21 teams of E, O &
U level (i.e. 63 employees) participated in the “ Battle
of wits” at Jamshedpur whereas there were 9 at Kolkata .
Paper Presentation
Their was an overwhelming response for the Paper
presentation during the Gyan Vardhan Month. Thirteen
papers were presented on 25th February, 2009 in the
General Office Auditorium, Jamshedpur across all
functions, which were either success stories with a
systematic approach to problem solving or Dare to try
attempts. However ,the learnings from failures proved to
be an intangible asset for the organization. Papers also
encompassed new ideas where participants came up with
revolutionary concepts ranging from Value Innovation to
recovery of wastages which would directly impact the
bottom-line of the organization.
The Jury comprising of GM(HRM), GM(O) and COO were kind
enough to evaluate the presentations made and adjudge
the category winners amongst Executives, Officers and
Associates.
Kaizen (at workplace)
Their was an overwhelming response for the Kaizen
Competition ( at Workplace) during the Month. More than
40 kaizens were inspected across various units in the
Works premises on the 24th of February, 2009. The level
of commitment towards small time improvements which
focused on overall improvement adopting the PQCDSM Model
( Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety &
Morale) was truly exemplary.
The jury comprising of Mr. P.K.Bandopadhyaya, DM(E&E)
ETP and Mr. Chanchal Kumar, Manager (M/M) CRM finally
selected Six Best Kaizens.
Knowledge Piece Uploaded
Knowledge Pieces which have been uploaded have been
religiously scrutinised by the Jury Members based on
the theme for this month long celebration i.e. "
Managing Variability". Out of about 75 knowledge pieces
posted on the KM Site , 55 knowledge pieces have been
uploaded ( as on 27.2.2009). Most of the knowledge
pieces were either on knowing a system or process,
safety tips, knowledge literature etc.
Simultaneously there have also been KPs which speaks on
the Standard Operating Practices or on future
alternatives and are of relevance to the organisation .
The highlight of the month has been the various Gyan
Vardhan Sessions ( i.e. Internal KM Sessions)
facilitated by CIG. The topics for these sessions were
on issues which are crucial to the organization and
discussed measures to be taken to enhance the
productivity, quality, cost, delivery, safety and
morale. These sessions were not only conducted by unit
heads with their down the line associates , but also by
GM(Operations), COO, CDM(QA & TG) , CDM(Business
Excellence) and others from the Sr. Leadership Team. 29
such sessions have been organized across the Works like
Customer Centricity, Consumer Research done by TCIL,
Polymer usage, Product Development (DR 07/08/09), Effect
of Anode Practice on Tinplate surface Quality, Tinplate
Processes, latest development of new Tinplate processes
/ additional features in ETL-2 with respect to ETL-1
etc.
MSD has also started along with the Knowledge Management
Group:
(a) the development of a system for e-documentation of
the Integrated Management System .
(b) for Knowledge dissemination, best practices followed
by individual sections are being captured through KM
Portal. The work is in progress.
Congratulations to all the winners of Gyan Vardhan Month 2009
celebration.
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