100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel
100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel
100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel
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was above the average total score of 71% of 402 listed<br />
companies.<br />
• Reorganisation by adding two new operating units<br />
and assigning senior executives to directly supervise its<br />
operations in the area of business analysis and engineering<br />
and product development.<br />
<strong>Tata</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> KZN, South Africa<br />
• Construction has commmenced at the plant site<br />
at Richards Bay of approximately Rs. 400 crores<br />
(ZAR 670 million) Ferro Chrome plant of <strong>Tata</strong> <strong>Steel</strong><br />
(KZN) (Pty) Ltd.<br />
Production Highlights<br />
2004<br />
589<br />
250 36 30 11<br />
916<br />
• The plant is expected to be commissioned in the<br />
fourth quarter of <strong>2007</strong> and is expected to have<br />
virtually all employees from South Africa and a few<br />
from India.<br />
658 259 40 31 14<br />
2005<br />
1002<br />
720 279 28 28 11<br />
<strong>2006</strong><br />
1006<br />
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200<br />
• <strong>Tata</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> has committed to making the Richards<br />
Bay plant “the cleanest in the world” with state-ofthe-art<br />
production processes.<br />
Construction work has commenced at Richards Bay<br />
Rebars Wire Rods Small<br />
Section<br />
Special<br />
bars<br />
Others<br />
Production statistics (‘000 tonnes)<br />
• The Company adopted improvement initiatives, such as<br />
the Total Operational Performance (TOP) for reducing costs,<br />
Retail Value Management (RVM) for improving competitive<br />
intelligence and customer service and Supply Chain<br />
Management, etc.<br />
Human Resources<br />
TSTH regards its employees as its most valuable human<br />
capital. Therefore, TSTH seeks to develop the efficiency,<br />
knowledge of all its employees through its developmental<br />
programmes, such as On-the-job Training, In-house Training,<br />
External Training, Job Rotation, Special Assignments and any<br />
other programme deemed appropriate.<br />
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