Police pick-up prize in Polish Quality Awards
The event, which promotes innovative strategies in quality management, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Three companies and one public institution won prizes for their efforts to implement Total Quality Management (TQM).
Car manufacturer Tychy, owned by Fiat, won in the 'very large production organization' category. Zębiec SA, the water-heater manufacturer, received the award in the 'large organization' category. Centrala Zaopatrzenia Hutnictwa SA, from Katowice, which supplies raw materials to iron- and steelworks, won the prize in the 'small and medium' category. The city police station in Elbląg took the first place among public institutions.
Zdzisław Arlet, general director of Car Manufacture Factory Tychy, Fiat Auto Poland says: "This award is for management style, and it is a great honor for us. I treat it also as a confirmation of several years of consistent strategy implemented in the company. Our philosophy is based on four factors: to create team spirit, to keep the client satisfied, to keep shareholders satisfied and to keep employees satisfied. For the shareholder to profit from our activities we need to create added value in our production. We already have the integrated system of quality management ISO 9001.
"We have managed to motivate our people and they are very creative. Since January this year we have received 7,500 ideas on how to improve our work efficiency and safety, and we have implemented 5,000 of them. This brings results. For every Fiat Panda car manufactured, our loss in tangible assets of production oscillates at just about EUR0.57. People care for the machinery as if it were their own. I feel like the captain of a ship where the steering wheel is really well connected to the rudder."
Car manufacturer Tychy, owned by Fiat, won in the 'very large production organization' category. Zębiec SA, the water-heater manufacturer, received the award in the 'large organization' category. Centrala Zaopatrzenia Hutnictwa SA, from Katowice, which supplies raw materials to iron- and steelworks, won the prize in the 'small and medium' category. The city police station in Elbląg took the first place among public institutions.
Zdzisław Arlet, general director of Car Manufacture Factory Tychy, Fiat Auto Poland says: "This award is for management style, and it is a great honor for us. I treat it also as a confirmation of several years of consistent strategy implemented in the company. Our philosophy is based on four factors: to create team spirit, to keep the client satisfied, to keep shareholders satisfied and to keep employees satisfied. For the shareholder to profit from our activities we need to create added value in our production. We already have the integrated system of quality management ISO 9001.
"We have managed to motivate our people and they are very creative. Since January this year we have received 7,500 ideas on how to improve our work efficiency and safety, and we have implemented 5,000 of them. This brings results. For every Fiat Panda car manufactured, our loss in tangible assets of production oscillates at just about EUR0.57. People care for the machinery as if it were their own. I feel like the captain of a ship where the steering wheel is really well connected to the rudder."
