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QUALITY CIRCLE AND ITS PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
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INTRODUCTION
Tata motor’s plant for the Tata Nano at Sanand, in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat marks the company’s goal of making the Tata Nano available to hundred of thousands of families, desirous of the car a safe, affordable, and environmental friendly mode of transport.
The capacity of the plant, to begin with, was 250,000 cars per year to be achieved in phases, and with some balancing is expandable to 350,000, cars per year. Provision for further capacity expansion has also been incorporated in this location.
Built in record time of 14 months starting November 2008, the integrated facility comprises Tata Motor’s own plant, spread over 725 acres and an adjacent vendor park, spread over 375 acres, to house key component manufacturers for the Tata Nano.
What is a Quality Circle?
Voluntary group of employees who work on similar tasks or share an area of responsibility.
They agree to meet on a regular basis to discuss and solve the problems related to work.
They operate on the principle that employees participation in decision making and problem solving improves the quality of work.
1.Check Sheet
A check sheet is a structured ,prepared form for collecting and analyzing data.
This is a generic tool that can be adapted for a wide variety of purposes.
It is used when data can be observed and collected repeatedly by the same person or at the same location.
It is also used when data are collected from production processes.
3.Cause and Effect diagram
It is also called Fish- Bone diagram.
This diagram identifies many possible causes for an effect or problem.
It can be used to structure a brainstorming session.
It immediately sorts out ideas into useful categories.
This diagram is very helpful when a Team’s thinking fall into ruts.
5.Control Chart
It is a graph used to study how a process changes over time.
Data are plotted in time order.
A control chart always has the central line for the average, an upper line for the upper control limit and a lower line for the lower control limit.
By comparing current data with these lines we can draw conclusion whether process is in control or not.