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CII-IQ Mission to China
Today's global business environment requires organisations to review and upgrade
technologies on a regular basis, be receptive to new ideas and adopt new methods of
upgrading their knowledge base.
In keeping with the
Confederation's initiative to
share best practices, the CII
Institute of Quality facilitated
an International Study Mission
to China on Managing Growth
with Quality: Learning from
the Chinese Experience from
2nd to 6th April 2007.
The main objectives of the
delegation was to provide
opportunities to see and learn
how the organizations have
benefited by Using the
competitive edge in their Supply Chain Management, New Product Development, Skills
Development and best practices in areas such as Leadership, Knowledge Management,
Change Management, People Involvement, Empowerment Practices, Daily Management
and new and emerging technologies to sustain their competitiveness.
The five-day Mission visited various industries viz. Konecranes (Shanghai) Company
Ltd,; Sachs Automotive Components & Systems Shanghai Co., Ltd, ; Shanghai
 Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd.;
Shanghai Zhong-Ou International
Group (ZOECO); Shanghai Zhuo
Kai Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
(Eucon Group); Shanghai Yalong
Industry Group Co., Ltd.; Tokai
Rubber (Jiaxing) Co Ltd.; Ascendas
- Williams Controls (Suzhou) Co.,
Ltd.; Hitachi Metals (Suzhou)
Electronics, Ltd.; ZF Drivetech
(Suzhou) Co. Ltd. and the
industrial zones such as Jiading
Foreign Trade and Economic
Commission, Jaiding Industrial
Zone; Sahanghai Xin Jinshan
Industrial Investment and
Development Co. Ltd, Shanghai
Jinshan Industrial Zone.; JiaXing Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic
Cooperation, JiaXing Murakami Ishizaki Corporation (MIC); Tongxiang Economic
Development Zone; Jinshan Economic Development Zone; Sushou Industrial Park.
The mission gave an opportunity to the members to have first hand exposure and
insight on the technological strengths of these companies as also share various
innovative and successful practices implemented at the workplaces of these
organisations
It also provided a platform to share views on the directions that need to be taken by
Indian industry to achieve excellence. The visit to each organisation included interaction
with the senior managers, presentations, discussions and visit to their respective
plants/facilities.
 The delegation was led by
Mr. Rajesh Tiwari (CII
Mission Leader), Vice
President (Operations),
Godrej Consumer Products
Ltd. and represented by
Senior Management
Personnel involved in
Strategic Planning, Quality,
Production, Supply Chain
Management, Business
Development and other
operational areas from
companies such as Godrej Consumer Product Ltd. (Personal, hair, household and fabric
care segments), Tata Motors Ltd (Passenger cars, multi-utility vehicles as well as light,
medium and heavy commercial vehicles for goods and passenger transport), Rajratan
Global Wire Ltd. (High Carbon Steel Wires) Rashtriya Metal Industries Ltd (RMI) -
(Copper alloys strips, blanks / discs and cups) NV Advisory (Iinvestment fund), Maruti
Udyog Limited (Motor Vehicles and Spare parts) Tubular Precision P C Ltd, (Sugar,
Sanitary ware, Engineering, Abrasives, Fertilizers, Finance, Plantation, Bio-Products)
Ashok Leyland Ltd (Commercial Vehicle industry) and Penguin Engineering (Innovative
equipment, which ‘civilizes’ yachts and boats).
The visit was very useful and informative to the participants and they were impressed
with the excellent environment, teamwork and motivation among the employees and the
level of housekeeping and quality standards maintained by the organization.
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