Tata Steel India wins Deming Application Prize 2008
07 Oct 2008
Tata Steel India has become the first integrated steel company outside Japan to be awarded the Deming Application Prize for excellence in Total Quality Management. The company won the award for the year 2008.
The award was announced on October 7 2008 by the Deming Prize Committee, instituted by the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), the apex body spearheading the quality movement. The formal award ceremony will take place on November 12 2008 in Tokyo.
Mr. B. Muthuraman, Tata Steel’s Managing Director, expressed satisfaction at this accomplishment, saying: “No other activity made us think so deeply about our business and relationships than the process of applying for the Deming Prize. TQM is a fundamental way of managing business and every organisation can gain from institutionalising the culture necessary to win this prize."
He dedicated the award to the employees of Tata Steel, its customers and business partners, who have consistently embraced the culture of Continuous Improvement and demonstrated great teamwork, which has resulted in Tata Steel receiving several awards the company embarked on the TQM journey in 1988.
