The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance honors J K Paper Ltd mills at Rayagada and Songadh

J K Paper Ltd has announced that The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM), a public corporation under the administration of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan, has honoured both Paper Mills of the Company - (1) JK Paper Mills (JKPM) at Rayagada (Orissa) and (2) Central Pulp Mills (CPM) at Songadh (Gujarat) - with "Award for TPM excellence - First Category". The coveted honour is a rare achievement and the Company is the first integrated Indian Paper Manufacturing Company to be conferred with this honour and it is the 3rd Paper manufacturing Company in the whole world to be in this elite club.

TPM i.e. Total Productive Maintenance, is a Japanese concept started in 1971. It addresses all facets of manufacturing - be it operation, maintenance, purchase, sales, administration, or people related issues such as safety, health, environment etc. It is a long but fruitful journey towards Business Excellence.

Both the above paper mills started their TPM journey back in 2001 at JKPM and in 2002 at CPM. Mr. Kozo Mizota, a highly competent TPM Consultant from JIPM, Japan facilitated both the mills in their pursuit of this venture. The methodology is based on "Seeing is believing" and everything should be tangible and not subjective. The mills could improve plant efficiency levels, breakdown went down by about 80%, accidents by 90% and the consistent quality level could reduce the customer dissatisfaction by over 60%. Visible cultural change and high morale led to pride in people working in the organization.

Source : Equity Bulls

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