From e CEO's desk In is issue: 1. B.Tech. programme relaunched in new Avataar 2. CEO presents paper at Canada 3. PGSTE appointed Lean Manufacturing Consultant for MSMEs 4. Six Sigma Green Belt programmes: Godrej & Boyce, Mohali Nectar Lifesciences, Derabassi GNA Enterprises, Jalahar 5. Six Sigma Black Belt: 2 Batch nears completion 6. Dil Se 7. NWQT finalists on a winning spree at Qimpro Convention, 2010 rd Welcome to e 3 issue of Pragati. I hope you enjoyed e first two issues of is Newsletter. Thank you for your enusiastic response. Through e medium of Pragati we remain in touch wi you a keep you updated on various activities of e School. Our B.Tech. programme has been totally revamped a e new Batch commenced on 18 July 2010. Anoer milestone was e presentation of a paper by me at e Canadian Quality Congress at University of Toronto, Canada where I had e opportunity to meet international experts on Quality including e Quality Gurus, Mr. Masaaki Imai a Dr. Jim Harrington. It was a marvellous experience ieed. The School will be hosting e 2 Convocation on 20 November, 2010 a e Nor-West QualTech Convention 2010 in February, 2011. We look forward to receiving your suggestions for making 'Pragati' more interesting a informative. Happy Diwali a best wishes for a great New Year. Manish Trehan 8. Fine show by PGSTE learner 9. Theme Article 10. Forcoming Programmes: NWQT 2010 : 24 25 Feb 2011 Convocation Enrolments for Jan, 2011 Batch editorial team Brig. Surier Singh - Editor Suparna S. Saha - Associate Editor Harish Kumar - Creative Editor From e Editor's desk This issue of Pragati comes from a heart full of joy - bo on account of e all rou progress made by our School a on account of Diwali. Our B.Tech. has become more prestigious, our Consultancy has spread its wings a our NWQT awards have grown in stature. Pragati will hencefor have a 'Theme Article' on a topic of current interest. For is issue, e eme was 'Improving competitiveness rough lean management.' We received 6 entries from our Faculty members a are grateful to each one of em for eir contribution. The selected entry has been written by Mr. Prasan R. (Junior Faculty) a is being published in is issue. Your suggestions on emes for subsequent issues a contributions to Pragati will be welcome. We ank all our readers for eir enusiastic response a wish em happiness a success in all eir forcoming ventures. Happy Diwali a Happy New Year. Brig. (Retd.) Surier Singh Dean Academics
B.Tech. programme relaunched in new Avataar Orientation Programme was held on 18 July 2010 for e new Batch of e revamped part-time B.Tech.- Iustrial Engg. & Management (Spl. in TQM) at e School's Mohali campus. Mr. AK Goel, Plant Director, Philips Electronics Iia Ltd., Mohali was e Chief Guest of e programme. 71 working Diploma holders, from 48 different organisations wi experience ranging from 2 to 20 years, have enrolled in is batch. As per new university regulations, e B.Tech.-Iustrial Engg. & Management programme has been converted into a regular, 8 semester programme, delivered in part-time mode, wi weeke classes. The course content of is application focused programme has been expaed a laboratory/seminar courses added, e programme structure a delivery continue to suit e convenience of working Diploma holders. CEO presents paper at International Quality Congress at University of Toronto, Canada Mr. Manish Trehan, CEO of e School, presented a paper titled TQM Journey of a Government-run Milk Producing Cooperative in Iia at e 2 Canadian Quality rd Congress held from 23-25 August at University of Toronto, Canada. The paper focused on e adoption of TQM techniques by MilkFed, Punjab. It demonstrated how TQM principles can be used to create an organisation-wide environment of continuous improvement in a cooperative sector organisation, seeped in tradition a facing numerous challenges. It is notewory at Milkfed has saved over Rs. 4 crore per annum by implementing 14 improvement project during e first phase of its TQM journey. The paper highlighted at e project-by-project approach, used in conjunction wi e basic 7 QC tools, is an excellent approach for building a culture of continuous improvement, which is universally applicable across all sectors. It has many important lessons for organisations which are starting eir quality improvement journey. PGSTE appointed Lean Manufacturing Consultant for MSMEs of Mohali & Baddi To achieve sustainable rates of grow a enhance eir competitiveness, SMEs in e norern region are gearing up to apply various lean manufacturing techniques uer a scheme initiated by e Union Ministry of Micro, Small a Medium Enterprises (MSME). The techniques focus on reducing seven types of waste, including over-production, inventory, transportation, over-processing a defects. SMEs at manufacture baroom fittings a accessories in Mohali have come togeer to form a mini cluster, uer e lean manufacturing competitiveness scheme introduced by e Union Ministry of MSME. A similar cluster has been formed at Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) by SMEs at manufacture engineering goods. The consultancy division of PGSTE has been appointed lean manufacturing consultant for e Mohali a Baddi clusters. The programme was kick-started on 7 August 2010 for e Mohali cluster by Mr. Vijay Kapoor (Principal Consultant) a Mr. Naresh K. Chawla (General Manager, Consultancy Services) of PGSTE.
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt programmes for corporates The School has uertaken Six Sigma Green Belt programmes for e following companies: a) Godrej & Boyce, Mohali Showing its tireless fervour towards continual improvement, Godrej a Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited, Mohali kicked off a Six Sigma Green Belt certification programme for e junior a middle managers, which is being coucted by PGSTE. The programme was inaugurated by Sh. Anil Rijhwani, General Manager, Godrej & Boyce, Mohali on 20 August 2010. Total of 23 participants are uergoing is training. USP of e programme is at, apart from e routine Six Sigma's statistical & managerial skills, participants are being trained in Minitab-15 to provide an additional fillip to eir data analysis capabilities. b) Nectar Lifesciences Ltd., Derabassi The only mantra to combat competition is to learn new skills. Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. is also following is doctrine a engaged PGSTE for coucting Green Belt certification programme starting from 14 July 2010. A total of 25 participants from e middle a senior management are uergoing is training. The programme is specifically tailor made to suit e requirement of an Active Pharma Ingredients/Intermediate manufacturer. c) Guru Nanak Auto Enterprises (GNA), Jalahar Auto component manufacturers are reeling uer e pressure of rising input costs a e survival kit is to reduce e defects, variations a e buffers in e manufacturing processes. Management of GNA approached PGSTE to train 30 of eir employees in six sigma meodology. The objective of e management was to develop a culture of data driven problem solving. The programme, which started in September 2009, was inaugurated by eir MD, Mr. Jagdish Singh. Two teams have already completed e projects. The annual savings from ese projects are Rs. 54 lac a Rs. 11 lac respectively. Oer two projects are expected to be completed by October 2010. Six Sigma Black Belt: 2 Batch nears completion st Seco batch of Six Sigma Black Belt commenced on 21 May 2010 at e institute s Mohali campus. 19 executives from 13 different organisations including Federal Mogul Goetze (I) Ltd., Gates Iia, GNA Enterprises, Titan a IDS Infotech participated in e programme. The programme is being anchored by PGSTE's own Six Sigma Black Belt professionals, Mr. Vinod Bhardwaj a Mr. Naresh K Chawla. The final project rd presentations a e certification examination was held on 23 October 2010. The estimated savings from e nine projects, being uertaken by e participants in eir respective organisations, are expected to be more an Rs. 4 crore.
Dil se I, Jawaharlal Nehru, am working wi Vardhman Yarns A Threads Ltd. at Baddi. I am a Diploma Holder in Textile Technology. I joined PTU's Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship in July, 2009 a since en my professional career has risen to new pinnacles of glory. Recently, we were in e process of getting TS 16949 certification for our company. The knowledge I have gained rough Statistics a oer Quality Improvement tools uer is B.Tech. course has helped me in documentation a training of my colleagues for e TS certification. We could get rough e certification rough BSI in a record time which was greatly appreciated by e management. Also, I got promoted to Chief Manager from Senior Manager last year a might get anoer promotion is year. Thanks to is innovative B.Tech. course by PGSTE, specially designed for working professionals. I ank all e esteemed faculty members of PGSTE for guiding me in e right direction; ey are my role models a guides. NWQT finalists on a winning spree at Qimpro Convention, 2010 Three teams from e Nor, who were e finalists at e Nor-West QualTech Awards 2009 (held in March, 2010 at rd PGSTE) won e prestigious national QualTech Prize 2010 in e 22 Qimpro Convention held at Mumbai on 23-24 September, 2010. Godrej & Boyce-Mohali, Secure Meters-Barotiwala a Moser Baer-Noida were judged winners in e Improvement Category for Manufacturing. A total of 15 teams from various organisations made it to e finals of e competition. The winning teams competed against prestigious organisations like Apollo Tyres, Godrej a Boyce (Satara), Hialco Iustries (Copper Division), Hiustan Zinc, Larsen & Turbo, Piramal HealCare, Reliance Iustries, Reliance Infrastructure, Sterlite Iustries etc. This is a fantastic achievement for e teams from e Nor-West a will give a tremeous boost to e TQM movement in is region. Secure Meters, Barotiwala Godrej & Boyce, Mohali Moser Baer, Noida
Fine show by PGSTE learner Ashutosh Shukla is enrolled in e 5 semester of our B.Tech.-Iustrial Engg. & Management (Spl. in TQM) programme. He is working wi Winsome Knitwear, Mohali. He has gained remarkable achievement in his company is year. Here is an extract from e email by Dr. Ashok Se, President of Winsome Knitwear, Mohali, to all e employees... Dear All, All of you are aware of e goal at we have set for ourselves to achieve Rs. 35 crore turnover for e year 2010-2011. One important aspect which was missing in e system was a person who would oversee / visualize / streamline e key areas starting from planning, sourcing a manufacturing (knitting to packing) rough-a-rough for cohesive a planned activity to achieve e above goal. Mr. Ashutosh Shukla, a capable a dedicated person, fits e position aptly. st It is ieed a pleasure to announce to you all, at from 1 April 2010, Ashutosh had been reassigned in e role of GM (Operation) to fulfill e above objective. Ashutosh, best wishes to you for your new career in Winsome Knitwear a in Winsome Group. Theme Article Improving competitiveness rough lean management The core philosophy behi lean management is at it enables e production a delivery of e right amount of high quality products a services at e right time, e first time, while minimizing waste a being open to change. There are seven potential wastes: over-production, inventory, extra processing steps, motion, defects, waiting a transportation. Employees involved in e field of lean management need to examine processes a look for areas of wastages. An important part of lean management is developing a set of metrics for employees to document. Metrics are used in business to identify tres a record progress towards e ultimate goal of eliminating waste. This form of management allows company executives to have a clear picture of what is working correctly for e company a what areas are in need of change. The companies implementing lean philosophy fi greater awareness wi regard to waste. Efficiency becomes a top priority, ereby attaining e ability a performance in e firm to sell a supply goods a services in e competitive market a helps to maximize corporate profit.
Forcoming programmes a) Nor-West QualTech Awards 2010 (NWQT) For e past six years, Nor-West QualTech (NWQT) Convention has been a platform for recognition of team excellence in quality. NWQT Awards are a tribute to e efforts of e middle management in an organisation's pursuit for excellence. The awards, instituted by PTU's Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship in 2004, are presented after a rigorous process of evaluation to improvement teams at are recognized as best-in-class. PGSTE has been at e forefront of e Quality Movement in Nor-West Iia. The School has initiated several initiatives to promote TQM culture in e region. NWQT awards are one such initiative. These awards have acquired a lot of prestige in e Nor-West region. More an 200 teams from leading organisations have participated in last six conventions. The forcoming NWQT convention will be a two-day event, which will be held on 24 & 25 February, 2011. On Day 1 of e event, manufacturing organisations in small a medium business category will compete, while on Day 2, manufacturing organisations in large business category a service organisations will make eir project presentations. The winners will be announced at e e of seco day a presented e NWQT Awards at an Award ceremony in e evening. Competition is open to bo Manufacturing a Service sectors. Entry deadline : 16 December 2010 NWQT Convention & Awards ceremony : 24-25 February 2011 b) 2 Convocation The seco Convocation of PGSTE is scheduled in e e of November is year. In is ceremony, B.Tech. degrees will be awarded to e students of 2, 3rd a 4 batches while Advanced Diploma will be awarded to 4, 5 a 6 batches. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal (Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs) will be presiding over e Convocation as e Chief Guest a Dr. Rajneesh Arora (Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University) will be e Guest of Honour. c) Enrolments open for B.Tech. (part-time) Programme: Jan, 2011 Batch Iia's first B.Tech. programme specializing in TQM for working professionals has now been made richer a converted into a regular 8-semester B.Tech. Programme, delivered in part-time, weeke mode. Wholesome combination of Iustrial Engineering, Management a TQM in its curriculum multiplies its utility. The programme has been very well received by e 1096 learners enrolled so far a eir employers. Admissions are open for e batch beginning in Jan 2011. The application form is available on our website www.tqmbizschool.org Deadline for submission of application form : 30 December 2010 For more information on all programmes mentioned above please visit www.tqmbizschool.org or Contact Harmanjeet Singh (Assistant Manager-Marketing) at +91-95920 92704, 0172-2236187. PTU s Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship, B-102, Phase-VIII, Iustrial Area, Mohali-160059