Indus Motor Company (IMC) held its 15th annual Kaizen Convention recently at the Karachi Expo Centre. Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) and former Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Ishrat Hussain, was invited as a chief guest.
The convention was attended by over 2000 people, including IMC vendors, dealers and business partners, eminent personalities from the automobile and engineering industry, educational institutions, government officials and the entire IMC team.
Dr Ishrat Hussian felicitated the company on achieving the milestone of 50,000 vehicles sates/year for the second consecutive year. He also noted the Human Resource and Skill Development programs at IMC and appreciated the company's implementation of Kaizen and the world famous Toyota Production system. He also observed that Kaizen culture is also 'being implemented at the company's vendors and dealerships. He also appreciated the outstanding social contributions that IMC is making in various sectors, particularly technical education and road safety.
CEO, IMC, Parvez Ghias, in his welcoming address, highlighted the positive rote of Kaizen at IMC and its Dealer and Vendor family. He recapped the accomplishments of the company during 2007-08, shared the objectives or 2008-09 and stressed the need for organisational focus on Safety and 5S, a Japanese concept on cleanliness and orderliness at the workplace. He lauded the efforts and contribution of the whole Indus team.
The Indus Kaizen Convention is an annual feature with the aim of recognising the efforts of the Kaizen teams of Indus, its Vendors and Dealers. This year 14 presentations were made by various Kaizen teams including those from IMC Vendors and Dealers. The First Prize in the IMC competition went to the team, "Environment Friends" from Paint Shop for process modification to reduce harmful Volatile Organic Compounds. Amongst Vendors and Dealers, Toyota Faisalabad Motor's team, 'Ferocious Resolve' got the first prize for their Kaizen activities in Warehouse Management. -PR
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