KEPL awarded by CII for Kaizen practices

Pune-headquartered Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Limited (KEPL), a joint venture of Kirloskar Brothers Limited in India, continues to prove its excellence in Kaizen practices by bagging numerous awards and rewards at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). In yet another milestone, KEPL won the “Runner up”trophy at the Kaizen Competition organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Western Region.

After being awarded and recognised with the “Best Kaizen Excellence Award” for Consistency-2016 at the 11th Kaizen competition, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), KEPL was recommended to participate at the “Confederation of Indian Industry for Regional Finals, 2016”. This event took place in Pune, Maharashtra where21 teams from different location across Maharashtra participated. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), founded in 1895,functions to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering with industry, government, and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes.

Team “MSD” from the KEPL state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Kirloskarvadi presented their case study on “Reduction in line organisation loss by enhancing machine capacity of Keyway Broaching machine and improving Broach utilisation” under large scale industries category. Commenting at the occasion, SS Katare, Plant Head KEPL, said “Since last 4 years KEPL is receiving the CII State Level awards consistently for KAIZEN practices. We started this journey in April 2013 by introducing innovative schemes for challenging workforce towards implementing this process. We now have trained operators who implement this process, maintain SOP which is frequently audited for sustenance.”

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