CII Communique July 2011

competitivenesstowards excellenceCII-Avantha Centre forCompetitiveness for SMEsCII President visits CentreB Muthuraman, President, CII, and Vice Chairman,Tata Steel Ltd, & Chairman, Tata International Ltd; andChandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, on a visit to theCentre in ChandigarhMr B Muthuraman, President, CII, and Vice Chairman,Tata Steel Ltd, and Chairman, Tata International Ltd,visited the CII-AVANTHA Centre for Competitiveness forSMEs, in Chandigarh on 28 May. Mr Chandrajit Banerjee,Director General, CII, accompanied the President.Describing his visit, Mr Muthuraman said, “I am happythat I came here. The kind of work the Centre is doingfor SMEs is very good.”HR Mission to GurgaonThe Centre organized a one day HR Mission for SMEson 31 May to observe the best HR practices beingfollowed in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, (JD Power AwardWinner) and Jay Bharat Maruti Ltd (Best SupplierAward Winner). The senior management of both thecompanies showcased their innovative and successfulHR practices through presentations and interactivesessions to the team of 20 mission members fromcompanies across the country. The mission-membersalso visited the plants.Energy AuditA four day energy audit was carried out from 13-16June at the Exedy India Ltd plant in Greater Noida.The audit team found that various heaters and motorsremain in operation throughout, although the processruns for 50% of the time. Improvement for control onmotors and heaters, requiring very low investmentwas suggested. Also, the plant team was facing theproblem of a very hot environment near the furnace.The root cause of the high temperature was identifiedand corrective actions were suggested. Successfultrials were undertaken for direct reduction of energyconsumption through voltage optimization of facility,electrical distribution system, etc.The recommendations for energy saving, which arealready being initiated by the company, could lead tofinancial saving of more than Rs 50 lakhs.HR Mission Members in GurgaonCommuniqué July 2011 | 45