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HCL Infosystems ltd.
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Introduction
HISTORY
The HCL Enterprise is one of India's largest electronics, computing and information Technology Company. Based in Noida, near Delhi, the company comprises two publicly listed Indian companies, HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems.
HCL was founded in 1976 by Shiv Nadar, Arjun Malhotra, Subhash Arora, Ajai Chowdhry, DS Puri, & Yogesh Vaidya. HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some sporadic activity in the global market.
On termination of the joint venture with HP in 1996, HCL became an enterprise which comprises HCL Technologies (to address the global IT services market) and HCL Infosystems (to address the Indian and APAC IT hardware market). HCL has since then operated as a holding company.
In 1976, Shiv Nadar, quit an executive job with Delhi Cloth Mills (DCM) along with five of his friends (Arjun Malhotra, Subhash Arora, Badam Kishore Kumar, T.V Bharadwaj & Arun Kumar H) to start a new company, Microcomp Limited. The focus of the company was design and manufacturing of scientific calculators. The venture provided its founders money to start a company that focused on manufacturing computers. The company was renamed as Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) and received support from the Uttar Pradesh government to setup their manufacturing in Noida.
MANUFACTURING
HCL's computer hardware manufacturing plants include 4 facilities, 2 at Pondicherry, 1 at Chennai & 1 at Uttaranchal.
The plant located in Pondicherry are situated 165 kms south of Chennai on the coast of the Bay of Bengal with proximity to Chennai Air/Sea port, special policies for Industries of local Govt, , Inland Container Depots, attractive power and labour rates - makes Pondicherry an ideal place for business.
Started in 1996 - with only Unit 1 - it now has 4 Units with a built up area of 4, 19,000 sq. ft the infrastructure is state of the art, one of the best & largest in India.
QUALITY AT HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
The history of structured quality implementation in HCL Infosystems began in the late 1980s with the focus on improving quality of its products by using basis QC tools and Failure Reporting and Corrective Active Systems (FRACAS). We also employed concurrent engineering practices including design reviews, and rigorous reliability tests to uncover latent design defects.
In the early 90s, the focus was not merely on the quality of products but also the process quality systems. Our manufacturing unit at NOIDA was certified initially to ISO 9002:1994 by Bureau Veritas Certification in 1994 and later on to ISO 9001:1994 in 1997. As of now, all our manufacturing units are certified by Bureau Veritas Certification as per ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001: 2004
In early 1995, a major quality initiative was launched across the company based on Philip B. Crosby's methodology of QIPM (Quality Improvement Process Management). This model was selected to because it considered the need and commitment by an organization to improve but more importantly, the individual's need towards better quality in his personal life.
Under our Quality Education System program, we train our employees on the basic concepts and tools of quality. A number of improvement projects have been undertaken by our employees, whereby process deficiencies and bottlenecks are identified, and Corrective Action Projects (CAPs) are undertaken. This reduces defect rates and improves cycle times in various processes, including personal quality.
We have received MAIT's 'Level II recognition for Business Excellence' for our initiatives in the Information Technology Industry, adding another commendation to our fold. MAIT's Level II recognition is based on the 'European Foundation for Quality Management' (EFQM), for gaining quality leadership and business competitiveness.
Our certifications / awards in 2003 include ISO 9001-2000 by Bureau Veritas Certification for our InfoStructure Services and award of First Prize by ELCINA (Electronic Component Industries Association) for Quality, 2002-03. The ELCINA award criteria considers two aspects. (1) Enablers (Leadership & Management commitment, Resource Management, Product Realisation, Measurement Analysis & Improvement) and Results (Product Quality, Customer / Stake holder satisfaction , Business results).
HARDWARE PRODUCT ENGINEERING
HCL has been delivering the complete gamut of hardware engineering product services for global product companies for more than a decade. We understand the changing customer needs and are tenacious to develop and deliver innovative and future-enabled hardware products.
HCL offers domain-specific hardware engineering and design services in VLSI ASIC, FPGA, and SoC engineering, board design, embedded software, mechanical engineering, and design, prototyping, and value-added engineering services such as compliance engineering, independent verification and validation and low volume manufacturing. We offer these services for partial lifecycle product engineering and for full lifecycle solutions.
HCL’s hardware design capabilities have been built and refined over the decades and enriched with specialist partnerships to provide spec to silicon engineering services to OEMs and component manufacturers in verticals like aerospace, automotive, hi-tech, medical electronics, consumer electronics, computer architecture, networking, and storage.
. EMBEDDED ENGINEERING
As organizations are under immense pressure to achieve higher levels of device integration while reducing cost, size, and complexity, the issue of process innovation has become very significant. At HCL, we provide next-generation embedded software engineering solutions to our customers that satisfy their specific business requirements.
HCL is a leader in developing embedded software and systems for various industries and domains. We have expertise in safety-critical embedded systems with more than 2000 person years of cumulative experience in developing small footprint and safety-critical embedded systems for Medical Devices, Automotive Electronics and Aircraft Components. We use our DSP expertise and IPs to develop fast embedded middleware, rich applications and interactive GUI for consumer electronics, computer peripherals and telecom products. Our embedded systems group comprises of a large talent pool of engineers and equipped with competencies in a range of programming tools, microprocessors and real-time operating systems.
1HCL Infosystems.doc (Size: 867 KB / Downloads: 63)
Introduction
HISTORY
The HCL Enterprise is one of India's largest electronics, computing and information Technology Company. Based in Noida, near Delhi, the company comprises two publicly listed Indian companies, HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems.
HCL was founded in 1976 by Shiv Nadar, Arjun Malhotra, Subhash Arora, Ajai Chowdhry, DS Puri, & Yogesh Vaidya. HCL was focused on addressing the IT hardware market in India for the first two decades of its existence with some sporadic activity in the global market.
On termination of the joint venture with HP in 1996, HCL became an enterprise which comprises HCL Technologies (to address the global IT services market) and HCL Infosystems (to address the Indian and APAC IT hardware market). HCL has since then operated as a holding company.
In 1976, Shiv Nadar, quit an executive job with Delhi Cloth Mills (DCM) along with five of his friends (Arjun Malhotra, Subhash Arora, Badam Kishore Kumar, T.V Bharadwaj & Arun Kumar H) to start a new company, Microcomp Limited. The focus of the company was design and manufacturing of scientific calculators. The venture provided its founders money to start a company that focused on manufacturing computers. The company was renamed as Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) and received support from the Uttar Pradesh government to setup their manufacturing in Noida.
MANUFACTURING
HCL's computer hardware manufacturing plants include 4 facilities, 2 at Pondicherry, 1 at Chennai & 1 at Uttaranchal.
The plant located in Pondicherry are situated 165 kms south of Chennai on the coast of the Bay of Bengal with proximity to Chennai Air/Sea port, special policies for Industries of local Govt, , Inland Container Depots, attractive power and labour rates - makes Pondicherry an ideal place for business.
Started in 1996 - with only Unit 1 - it now has 4 Units with a built up area of 4, 19,000 sq. ft the infrastructure is state of the art, one of the best & largest in India.
QUALITY AT HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
The history of structured quality implementation in HCL Infosystems began in the late 1980s with the focus on improving quality of its products by using basis QC tools and Failure Reporting and Corrective Active Systems (FRACAS). We also employed concurrent engineering practices including design reviews, and rigorous reliability tests to uncover latent design defects.
In the early 90s, the focus was not merely on the quality of products but also the process quality systems. Our manufacturing unit at NOIDA was certified initially to ISO 9002:1994 by Bureau Veritas Certification in 1994 and later on to ISO 9001:1994 in 1997. As of now, all our manufacturing units are certified by Bureau Veritas Certification as per ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001: 2004
In early 1995, a major quality initiative was launched across the company based on Philip B. Crosby's methodology of QIPM (Quality Improvement Process Management). This model was selected to because it considered the need and commitment by an organization to improve but more importantly, the individual's need towards better quality in his personal life.
Under our Quality Education System program, we train our employees on the basic concepts and tools of quality. A number of improvement projects have been undertaken by our employees, whereby process deficiencies and bottlenecks are identified, and Corrective Action Projects (CAPs) are undertaken. This reduces defect rates and improves cycle times in various processes, including personal quality.
We have received MAIT's 'Level II recognition for Business Excellence' for our initiatives in the Information Technology Industry, adding another commendation to our fold. MAIT's Level II recognition is based on the 'European Foundation for Quality Management' (EFQM), for gaining quality leadership and business competitiveness.
Our certifications / awards in 2003 include ISO 9001-2000 by Bureau Veritas Certification for our InfoStructure Services and award of First Prize by ELCINA (Electronic Component Industries Association) for Quality, 2002-03. The ELCINA award criteria considers two aspects. (1) Enablers (Leadership & Management commitment, Resource Management, Product Realisation, Measurement Analysis & Improvement) and Results (Product Quality, Customer / Stake holder satisfaction , Business results).
HARDWARE PRODUCT ENGINEERING
HCL has been delivering the complete gamut of hardware engineering product services for global product companies for more than a decade. We understand the changing customer needs and are tenacious to develop and deliver innovative and future-enabled hardware products.
HCL offers domain-specific hardware engineering and design services in VLSI ASIC, FPGA, and SoC engineering, board design, embedded software, mechanical engineering, and design, prototyping, and value-added engineering services such as compliance engineering, independent verification and validation and low volume manufacturing. We offer these services for partial lifecycle product engineering and for full lifecycle solutions.
HCL’s hardware design capabilities have been built and refined over the decades and enriched with specialist partnerships to provide spec to silicon engineering services to OEMs and component manufacturers in verticals like aerospace, automotive, hi-tech, medical electronics, consumer electronics, computer architecture, networking, and storage.
. EMBEDDED ENGINEERING
As organizations are under immense pressure to achieve higher levels of device integration while reducing cost, size, and complexity, the issue of process innovation has become very significant. At HCL, we provide next-generation embedded software engineering solutions to our customers that satisfy their specific business requirements.
HCL is a leader in developing embedded software and systems for various industries and domains. We have expertise in safety-critical embedded systems with more than 2000 person years of cumulative experience in developing small footprint and safety-critical embedded systems for Medical Devices, Automotive Electronics and Aircraft Components. We use our DSP expertise and IPs to develop fast embedded middleware, rich applications and interactive GUI for consumer electronics, computer peripherals and telecom products. Our embedded systems group comprises of a large talent pool of engineers and equipped with competencies in a range of programming tools, microprocessors and real-time operating systems.