Training in productivity plan at CICU

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 29

A one-day training programme and  competition on “Poka Yoke: Human Mistake Proofing”, how to improve quality and productivity using Japanese concept, was organised by the CICU at Sohan Lal Pahwa Auditorium, CICU Complex, Focal Point. 

The joint secretary of CICU, SB Singh, organised the event and called the jury, which included Sanjeev Katoch, general manager, Institute of Auto Parts and Hand Tools Technology; TP Singh, manager,  R and D Centre and Jagdeep Saini, training manager, CTR Ludhiana, for the competition.

He said the programme was organised with the objective to aware industrialists about Poka-Yoke, lean manufacturing, understanding and application of basic techniques relating to Poka -Yoke concept and to equip them with methods and procedures of Poka -Yoke in various types of organisations.

Upkar Singh Ahuja, president of CICU, said Poka-Yoke is a Japanese term which means mistake proofing and was a way to produce products with zero defects by fixing and eliminating man and machine errors. He also said the Poka-Yoke was one of the most effective waste elimination tools used to establish lean manufacturing in an organisation. This technique helped to reduce the cost of poor quality and avoid 100 per cent inspection, he added. 

Pankaj Sharma, general secretary of CICU, said cost pressures were building up day-by-day and the Poka-Yoke technique could help to deal with it by reducing waste. Poka-Yoke could be applied to all manufacturing and service processes, he added. Pankaj stated that the programme was organised to create awareness, provide understanding and develop skills of the participants to evolve perfection in their processes with no capital investment.

As many as 17 companies, namely Kay Jay Forgings, Steel Strips Wheels, New Swan Auto Component Private Limited, GS Auto International Limited, Vardhman Special Steel Limited, Farmparts Company, Eastman Industries, Citizen Group, Mehta Engineering, Kangaroo Industries Limited, Guru Nanak Auto Enterprises, with more than 125 participants from different industrial sectors such as auto components, fasteners, garments and textiles, bicycle components, agriculture and horticulture machinery and machine tools, participated in the competition.