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100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel

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Production Highlights<br />

• The best ever production of Hot Metal (5.55 mt),<br />

Crude <strong>Steel</strong> (5.05 mt) and Works Saleable <strong>Steel</strong> (4.93 mt)<br />

was recorded in FY 07.<br />

• <strong>Tata</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> crossed the 5 million tonne mark making the<br />

Jamshedpur works the single largest crude steel producer<br />

in the country.<br />

• The new Bar Mill, the fastest of its kind in the world,<br />

achieved its rated capacity of 50,000 tpm.<br />

• Gross production at the Hot Strip Mill touched 3.24 mt<br />

production in FY07 (3.086 mt in FY06).<br />

• The Cold Rolling Mill produced a record 1.52 mt against<br />

a rated production capacity of 1.2 mtpa.<br />

• Flat products recorded the highest ever Auto Sales at<br />

8,56,881 mt (29% increase from last year)<br />

• Domestic sales of Long Products increased by 27% over<br />

last year even as the market grew by only 8% in India.<br />

• Wire Rod Mill (E), as per the BSE database, has been rated<br />

among the best long product plants in the world in<br />

terms of cost of production and availability.<br />

Information Technology<br />

Information Technology Services (ITS) creates business<br />

value by IT enabling business processes for sustenance,<br />

growth & globalisation.<br />

Some major projects undertaken during the year:<br />

• Implementing Supply Chain Management system using<br />

i2 for Flat Products.<br />

• Migration of systems from IBM mainframe and shutdown<br />

of the mainframe will result in recurring savings of<br />

Rs. 4.5 crores p.a.<br />

• IT support for TOC implementation across 11 EPAs and<br />

126 distributors.<br />

• Design and implementation of Simplified Drum Buffer<br />

Rope based Order Promising System for Wires and<br />

Tubes Division.<br />

• Business process improvement for Nat<strong>Steel</strong> Asia<br />

(Singapore), <strong>Tata</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> Thailand and <strong>Tata</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> (India).<br />

• Implementing SAP at SIW (Thailand), <strong>Tata</strong> Bluescope and<br />

a Wires Division plant.<br />

• For the fourth consecutive year, 13 months’ production<br />

was achieved in 12 months at the Precision Tube Mill.<br />

Awards and Recognition<br />

• ISO 27001 certification for Information Security (<strong>2007</strong>).<br />

• SAP-ACE Award for Customer Excellence for Best Process<br />

Sector implementation (Mill Products) category (<strong>2006</strong>).<br />

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