Taking questions from public, QCI said that quality for India means quality of goods and services for 125 Crore citizens of India and for export to the world. For rural areas, QCI said that it is working on health standards and Swachh Grameen in rural areas with WHO.
11th National Quality Conclave is a two-day flagship event of QCI at Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. The theme of year’s Conclave is “Improving quality for our 125 Crore citizens”.
The Conclave will discuss the challenges, success stories and quality strategies for building an effective ecosystem, leading to creation & adoption of quality standards in everything we do. International & national experts, having extensive domain knowledge on Quality Strategies, have been invited to share their thoughts and ideas, some of which may be beneficial in our endeavor for process excellence & customer delight.
The discussions of the Conclave will stimulate new ideas and applications of quality for the way forward to build a better India.
In twitter chat, QCI also referred to the ZED program and Maturity Model which is being initiated to improve the quality of MSMEs in India.
Government’s goods and services also need to improve and it is working on it, QCI added. SMEpost.com too participated in the twitter chat seeking answers to several queries.
Excerpts of a Twitter interaction by SMEpost.com with #QualityMatters
#QualityMatters – We have BIS and FSSAI but do their standards apply to the #SME sector? #QualityMatters @AdilZainulbhai @QualityCouncil
@SMEpost @AdilZainulbhai Most of the food sector industries are in SMEs sector and FSSAI applies #qualitymaters #qualitymatters
#QualityMatters – Enforcement is a challenge & can also lead 2 discretionary powers which in turn tend2promote corruption? What is d way forward? #QualityMatters
@SMEpost enforcement through third party inspections and assessment #QualityMatters
#QualityMatters – #Quality is a function of standards. But setting standards for services of all kinds is a challenge? #QualityMatters @AdilZainulbhai
@SMEpost @AdilZainulbhai Yes it is a challenge but we need to work on it systematically. #QualityMatters
#QualityMatters- What are best practices and good case studies in #SME space that can be highlighted for replication? #QualityMatters @AdilZainulbhai
@SMEpost @AdilZainulbhai auto suppliers, ISRO suppliers, defense suppliers, bio-pharma #QualityMatters
#QualityMatters- What are the key initiatives by @QualityCouncil to build quality ecosystem in the #SME sector? #QualityMatters @AdilZainulbhai
@SMEpost @AdilZainulbhai #ZED maturity model being launched very soon. It will boost the huge MSME sector in India #qualitymatters
#QualityMatters- Will there be a follow up to this very promising initiative? #QualityMatters @AdilZainulbhai @QualityCouncil
@SMEpost @AdilZainulbhai Please keep an eye on zed.org.in #qualitymatters
#QualityMatters- Can #SMEpost work with you on building quality culture across #SMEs and #startups? #QualityMatters @AdilZainulbhai @QualityCouncil
@SMEpost @AdilZainulbhai Yes, of course. We welcome all the help #ZED #qualitymatters