Five Sri Lankan QC teams win Gold Awards at ICQCC in Manila

Five Sri Lankan Quality Circle Teams representing four organisations have won Gold Awards for their case study presentations during International Convention of Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) held in Manila, Philippines on 25 and 26 October. Two teams from DSI Group and one each from Eskimo Fashions, Sri Lanka Telecom, Kandy and Lanka Hospitals took part at this competition. 

There were altogether 374 case study presentations by leading entities from the Asian Region including Toyota, Kubota, TATA, Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance, Birla, Asok Leyland, Haier, Huawei, and Honda. The total participation at this mega event was 1,700 people. A 40-member Sri Lankan delegation was accompanied by Nimal Perera, President, Bennet Gamlath, Vice President and Uditha Senaratne, Editor of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity (SLAAQP). 

ICQCC is an annual event which is held in each member country and SLAAQP hosted this convention in 2014 at BMICH, Colombo. The Coordinating Committee Member countries are Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Singapore and Sri Lanka.  

The five teams which won the Gold Awards at ICQCC became eligible to take part in the International Convention after winning the Gold Awards at the National Convention of Quality and Productivity (NCQP) held on 14 June under the Patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena. This annual event was organised by SLAAQP.