The secret to Tata Steel’s success as a raw material supplier to Honda Motorcycle
& Scooter India Pvt Ltd is the team work and coordination between marketing, the local
External Processing Agent and the customer. Close liaison between them permitted Tata
Steel to gain the confidence of the customer and meet his approval and stringent needs.
Now Tata Steel takes pride in the fact that “every Honda Scooter plying on Indian
roads has Tata Steel material on the outside.”
There are eight top Indian companies who supply raw
materials to HMSI, a 100% subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Japan and India’s leading
scooter manufacturer. The company was incorporated in 1999 to establish Honda’s first
overseas plant. The objective behind this plant was to meet the ever increasing demand of
the rapidly growing two-wheeler market in India. With its arrival, greater quality and
environment consciousness as well as commitment to innovation has been injected in the
Indian two-wheeler market.
Tata Steel carefully watched the changes initiated by HMSI
and kept working to strengthen its case as a single source supplier for outer body parts
such as the front and centre covers. Tata Steel’s perseverance paid off with it being
awarded the “Best Supplier Award” for the year 2003- 04 in the raw materials
category by HMSI. The awarded was received on behalf of the company by Mr C V Shastry
during HMSI’s Supplier Convention on
March 12.
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| APQC make virtual visit of KM site |
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After a two-and-a-half hour virtual site visit of Tata Steel’s Knowledge Management
site, the sponsoring organisation American Productivity of Quality Circles, the
company’s KM Group has been inundated with favourable comments and appreciative
comments from APQC members. On the basis of this interaction, Tata Steel has been made a
Best Practice partner for Knowledge Management initiatives by APQC for its 14th consortium
study. Tata Steel is the only steel company in the study. “I think you did a great job yesterday and APQC is thrilled to have Tata
Steel as a best-practice partner,” they said. “Several teleconferencing
participants enjoyed the presentation and are impressed with Tata’s work regarding
transfer of best practices.”
During the site visit approximately 40 participants,
geographically dispersed in at least 5 countries, were privy to the Tata Steel’s
presentation.
The KM Group had, during the visit, made a presentation via
internet, interacted over phone and conducted a question and answer session.
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HIGH PRAISE FROM
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| Mrs Binoo Sen, Secretary, Steel Goverment
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Tata Steel’s efforts to extend the application of
steel into a variety of areas such as Steel House and garages came in for high praise from
Mrs Binoo Sen, Secretary Steel, Government of India during her visit to Jamshedpur. Mrs
Sen was taken on a tour of the city to show her the Model Steel Bungalow built by the
Construction Solutions Group with LGS technology. She was accompanied by Mrs Sangita
Prasad, Chief, CSG, Tata Steel.
Mrs Sen congratulated the team for “the kind of work
you are doing and the headway you have made.” She also suggested that small models be
created of the design so that they may be displayed at exhibitions and seminars, thereby
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