TVS, Maruti top productivity awards

Automobile companies dominated this year's Productivity Championship Awards, presented by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) and sponsored by Siemens. TVS Motor Company bagged the award for best work in 'productivity through metrics'.

The 'productivity through quality' award was shared by Bajaj Auto, and Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL).

The winners were selected after evaluating over 200 nominations during the recently concluded Productivity Summit 2007, organised by the IMTMA.

NK Dhand, president, IMTMA, said, "the primary objective of these awards is to recognise, reward and encourage achievers who have contributed to productivity improvement in metalworking industries."

Under the 'productivity through metrics' category, Mahindra & Mahindra bagged the third prize. Lucas TVS of Chennai, Maruti Udyog Ltd and Wheels India Ltd bagged the first three prizes under the category 'optimising metalworking process'.

Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery and Sono Koyo Steering Systems won first prices respectively for 'reducing idle time'. HAL, Kanpur, M&M Ltd and MICO won prizes for 'manufacturing system redesign'.

Sundaram Clayton, Chennai, M&M and Amara Raja Batteries, Tirupati, won the first three prizes respectively for 'better asset utilisation'. BHEL, Hyderabad, won for 'leveraging IT for productivity'.

About 16 automobile companies presented 21 case studies for the final presentation round.