Mr. H. Katayama and Mr. M. Sugiura, auditors from
JIPM visited TCIL on 4th October, 2005 for the final audit of the TPM Excellence award
(first Level).
The morning session started with individual
pillar presentations. The extent of work done against each pillar was appreciated by the
auditors. They made special mention about JH and PM Pillars where extensive work has been
done related to leakages and various other zero based initiatives taken under PM Pillar.
This was followed by the Plant visit where cellar
condition of 6 Hi Mill was appreciated by auditors and they remarked that level has gone
up by 2 levels. The JH visuals, No leakage zones and Gemba Kaizens were appreciated all
over the plant. The overall get up of CRM and ETP units were appreciated for
2’S’ conditions. The auditors recommended that an effort should be made to
capture more and more numbers of near miss incidence.
Afternoon session started with Kaizen story
presentations. Altogether seven stories were presented related to speed loss, zero failure
loss, quality defect loss and reduction in cycle time. The stories were appreciated but
the auditors suggested to improve the presentation skills so that more numbers of stories
can be presented during the allotted time.
During the feedback session Chief Auditor, Mr.
Katayama, announced that TCIL had qualified for the TPM first level award which will be
conferred in the month of February 2006 in Japan. He also expressed words of caution that
if any major accident occurs in TCIL before the award ceremony, TCIL will be disqualified
for the award.
Auditors recommended that this is just a
beginning of TPM journey and everybody in the organization should work very hard to
further pursue this for higher level of awards.
Tea Caddy wins
international accolades at Dusseldorf
The 3 Piece Tea Caddy, developed jointly by TCIL
(Tinplate Supplier) Tata Tea (Brand Owner) & Cater Container (Can Fabricator) has won
the First Prize in the Food Packaging Category for Innovation and Excellence in metal
packaging at The 2nd International Steel Packaging Effectiveness Award 2005, organized by
APEAL (The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) at Dusseldorf,
Germany on 21st April 2005. The prestigious award recognizes packaging concepts that have
proven successful in the market and have generated increased sales, market share,
profitability, brand awareness and / or consumer attitude shifts. The award was handed
over to Mr. Bushen Raina, MD, TCIL by Lars Wallentin, world renowned Packaging Guru. The
award ceremony coincided with the 4th International Steel Packaging Congress 2005.
This is the first time that an Indian entry has
been selected for the award & this award is an achievement for TCIL. It has given a
tremendous boost to TCIL’s plans to become a complete solution provider for all kinds
of packaging needs of its customers.
