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Elcoteq Bangalore awarded at Quality Circle Forum of India
Elcoteq Bangalore received awards at the Chapter Convention for Quality Circles (CCQC) – 2010 on 19th September. Chapter Convention on Quality Circle (CCQC) – 2010 is a platform for Quality Circles organized by Quality Circles Forum of India (QCFI) Bangalore Chapter.
Convention was organized for small group activity teams, TPM, LEAN, Six Sigma, QIT, KAIZEN, 5S, and CFT teams to participate in the case study competition. Elcoteq Bangalore was very successful in the competition: it participated in the convention with five teams and won five awards: one gold award, one silver award and three bronze awards.
In the convention, Elcoteq Bangalore teams presented the following cases: Injury reduction at workplace (gold award), Reduction of scrap cost at component preparation stage at Vigor line (silver award), Eliminating battery wire issue at Taranga line (bronze award), Eliminating solder fillet issue in SMC connector soldering stage at Taranga Line (bronze award) and SMT productivity improvement in line 4 (bronze award).
The steering committee directed the core committee members to work on a structured road map on preparing the teams to participate in this forum. The team members were trained intensively on basic 7 QC tools and its applications, problem solving techniques and introduction to Six Sigma.
Each quality circle team had to score minimum 60% to get the eligibility for the next level of participation. Winning in the Chapter Convention is a prerequisite to participate further into national and international level of the competition.
Chapter Convention for Quality Circles 2010 had altogether 220 quality circles competing from 66 companies in the case study presentation. The companies presented different industries like auto manufactures, pharmaceuticals, food processing, aeronautical, EMS and software solutions.
“All our teams have worked tremendously for this convention. Elcoteq teams have worked with very important issues and I am convinced that through this convention we truly improve further our everyday operations. I want to thank all Elcoteq Bangalore team members for your hard work, innovative ideas and out-of-box-thinking that made us successful,” says Mr. Sukhvinder Kumar, General Manager of Elcoteq Bangalore.
Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI) was established in 1982, as a non-profit body, with Hyderabad as its Headquarters. QCFI is the National organization for promotion, propagation and advancement of theory and practice of Quality Circles as a part of Total Quality Management.
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Bangalore, CCQC, Elcoteq
