VENUE : Hotel Plazzio, Near City Centre, Sector-29, Gurugram, Haryana

We are pleased to share that ISQ is organizing TOPS CONVENTION, a one day contest on Team Oriented Problem Solving/ Improvement case studies/ projects at Gurgaon, towards promotion of scientific approach, development of technical and soft skills and capability enhancement by sharing/ learning.

TOPS Convention gives an opportunity to showcase the case studies/ projects and the presentation skills.

Click – Brochure with the details of the programme and the registration process. 

Venue : Holiday Inn, Aerocity, New Delhi.

The theme this year: “Quality 4.0: Preparing for the Digital age”

The conference was addressed by 9 eminent speakers and 14 case study presenters.  Over 120 delegates were in attendance for the two-day conference.

Click here : Report on 15th ISQ Annual Conference 2018 
Link : Images

Welcome Remarks and Theme address by President
Dronacharya Award
Dronacharya Citation Presentation – Mr. Janak Mehta
Citation Mr. N. Ramanathan
Acceptance speech, Mr. N. Ramanathan

Venue : Hotel Taj City Centre, Sector -44,  Gurugram

ISQ, jointly with TQMI, organized a special programme Ji-Kotei Kanketsu (JKK) for the first time in India, on 10-11 April 2018, at Hotel Taj City Centre Gurugram, Gurugram, Haryana. 

JKK is the advancement that Toyota has brought about in the Toyota Way, in their endeavor towards their new approach “Customer First” that combines Quality Assurance and Customer Service, in the context of Industry 4.0. 

Faculty : Mr. Shinichi Sasaki, Advisor and Senior Executive on the board of Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

Seminar and a Workshop, for hands-on guidance, for 20 executives from senior and middle level also planned. 

Faculty : 

JKK Seminar   : Ms. Junko Hosomi, General Manager, Central Japan Quality Assurance Organization (CJQCA)

JKK Workshop : Mr. Yukihiro Sano, Project General Manager, Honsha Plant Quality Control Division, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

Report : JKK Program

Link Images : JKK Program

VENUE : Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC)

Dates : December 8–9, 2017

THEME : Quality-centred Management for Tomorrow: Insights into an evolving world

Conference website : https://www.isqconference.org/

Quality circle competition was organised on 14/4/17. In spite of holiday in most of the organisation on the day (14th April) eleven teams participated in the completion. Teams were from manufacturing as well as from service sector. All the teams were given fifteen minutes time to present their case study with the help of Power Point Presentation. Presentations were judged by a panel of three independent judges. All the case studies were excellent however as per the format teams were rated in three categories i.e. Gold, Silver and Bronze and awarded trophy.

13th Annual Conference was held on 22/11/16 at Court Yard by Merriot , Mumbai. Conference was addressed by experts and practitioner of Quality Management from India as well as from overseas. Dr. Noriaki Kano, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science and one of the top Gurus of TQM—a living legend—delivered the keynote address. Mr Rohit Saboo of National Engineering Industries, winner of Deming grand Prize and JIPMTPM Excellence Award was awarded the coveted Ashoka Award. Very accomplished professionals from industry such as Mr G. Sunderraman ( Godrej & Boyce) Mr Jitendra Agrawal (HDFC Life Insurance) Mr N. Ramanathan (SRF) and Mr Rajinder Singh ( Mahindra and Mahindra) shared their success stories and enlightened the audience.

Work shop on Lean Manufacturing was organised for people working in the area of Production, Production Planning, Production Co ordinator, Quality Assurance, Management representatives and others responsible for planning and co ordination.
Purpose of the work shop was to develop capability to identify, analyse and eliminate wastages for continuous improvement in the Quality, Productivity and profitability of the organisation.
Methodology of work shop was a good mix of Power Point Presentation, Games, Technical Video, Motivational Video and Case studies.

Work shop on TOPS (Team Orients Problem Solving) was organised for people working as TQM coordinators, Management Representatives and others responsible for Quality System approach in the organisation. Purpose of the work shop was to develop capability to identify, analyse and find appropriate solutions leading to continuous improvement in quality of all business and manufacturing processes using a team oriented approach. Methodology was through presentation, course and case studies.
Participants were provided with an over view of TQM and its co relation with concept of problem solving, Need for the team approach, Art and Technique of discovering problem and use of Q.C.Tools and Techniques for problem solving.

ISQ was celebrating birth centenary year of Prof. Ishikawa from 13th July 2015 to 12 th July 2016. Theme for the year and for the conference was “ Excellence: The Ishikawa Way”.12th Annual Conference was held on 11/12/15 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Gurgaon.

To address the conference we could not have any one better than Prof. Narioki Kano, a disciple of Prof. Ishikawa, who has served in leadership roles as a Board Member of the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers(JUSE) and has been a chair person on the international and Japanese Quality Bodies like JUSE, AOTS, ANQ and many more. He is recipient of the Deming Prize for individuals (1997) among a long list of many other prestigious awards.

In addition to Prof. Kano other experts and quality practitioners i.e. Mr Janak Mehta Chairman (TQMI), Mr Ashok Sharam ( President Mahindra and Mahindra) Mr Ramanathan (Advisor TQM SRF) Mr. Kulbhushan Gupta ( Head- Innovation and Service Delivery, MAX Life insurance company) and Mr Amit J.Sharma ( DGM- Process Excellence of Indus Tower) addressed and shared their valuable experience.
Mr Ashok Sharma of Mahindra and Mahindra, was awarded the coveted Ashoka Award.

Quality circle competition was organised on 28/11/15. Thirteen teams participated in the completion. Teams were from manufacturing as well as from service sector. All the teams were given fifteen minutes time to present their case study with the help of Power Point Presentation. Presentations were judged by a panel of three independent judges. All the case studies were excellent however as per the format teams were rated in three categories i.e. Gold, Silver and Bronze and awarded trophy. One team was awarded VOX POPULI award.