SLAAQP members visit Kelani Cables
View(s):The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity (SLAAQP), which is in the forefront of promoting the adoption of good techniques and practices for improving productivity and quality, has embarked on a new programme to visit factories with good practices.
The first programme was an observation tour of the factory of Kelani Cables which has excelled in the practice of the Japanese technique of 5S and which has adopted a new programme termed “The Four Pillar Strategy for Performance Excellence”. Mahinda Saranapala, CEO of Kelani Cables PLC presented a paper on this theme at SLAAQP’s National Convention in March, and many members evinced an interest in visiting the factory, the quality body said in a media release.
The factory visit included an explanation on the “Four Pillar Strategy” by Mr Saranapala, a visit to the factory to observe the implementation of 5S, Kaizen and Lean Management. A group of 22 participants who were either individual members, staff of Organisational members, and staff of Institutional members composed the group.
Sakunthala Durairatnam, Honorary Secretary of the Association says “the participants were extremely happy with the learning outcomes of the visit, and wanted the Association to organise such visits on a monthly basis”. She added that the next visit will be to Lanka Harness Ltd factory which is producing a very critical component for an automobile manufacturer in Japan and which has ensured a quality level even higher than the most stringent Six Sigma quality level. This has been achieved by creating a Japanese style culture within the factory, where employees even bow like a typical Japanese worker. Ms Durairatnam further added that the Association has to unfortunately restrict the number of participants to around twenty since the host companies cannot provide facilities for a larger group.
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