CII flagship event '15th Quality Summit' in Bangalore
23 Oct '07
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Top leaders from India's leading manufacturing, service and NGOs sector will come together in Bangalore from 1- 2 November 2007 for one of the CII's flagship event – the Quality Summit.
The theme this time will be “People to Profit: Driving Performance through Organisational Excellence”. This theme is derived from CII's National theme – “Building People. Building India”. The two-day Summit will be held at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore.
This 15th Quality Summit will showcase best-in-class quality practices on how companies need to position themselves to meet continuous waves of change and the emerging issues in the areas of organisational excellence encompassing Productivity; People; Processes; Customer Loyalty; Social Equity.
CII will also announce the results of the CII-EXIM Bank Award for Business Excellence for 2007 at the Summit. Instituted in the year 1994, this is the most prestigious Award in India for Business Excellence that an Indian Company can aspire for. The results of this Excellence Award would reflect the Scorecard of India Inc.
The Award was established, jointly by CII & EXIM Bank of India, to identify and recognize outstanding companies, and promote the awareness that excellence in Processes, Practices and Performance are important elements of sustainable competitiveness.
After 14 years of the first Quality Summit—which has attracted hundreds of delegates each year - the journey continues in 2007.
Over 750 Quality Experts CEO's, Academicians, Practitioners and Business representatives will gather together at this important forum to deliberate latest national and international developments.
The Summit will be inaugurated with a special key note addresses by Mr. K.V. Kamath, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank; who will share his experience of transforming ICICI Bank in to a world class organization.
In the valedictory address Prof. C.K. Prahalad, Professor of Corporate Strategy, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan will speak on the “Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” a great opportunity for equitable social development.
Dr. Noriaki Kano – a renowned Quality Guru – Chairperson, Asian Network for Quality will share his experience and perspective on how do organizations create new products and services that distinguish themselves and attract customers in this competitive and fast changing market environment?
Mr. Stephen Dorgan, McKinsey & Co. UK will present the findings of the study on “Management & Productivity : Why they Matter?”.
This study covers 4,000 companies worldwide, show a clear linkage between management practices and performance. This work has a more 'manufacturing and operations' bias with 18 factors being studied across shop floor practices, performance and talent management.