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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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