Staff suggestions help Maruti cut costs,save Rs 354 crore in FY’13

“We saved Rs 354 crore in costs during the last fiscal simply because of the implementation cost saving suggestions given by our employees. I would like to thank our employees for such suggestions and would also like to say that this proves their commitment towards the company,” said MSI chairman RC Bhargava.

Any employee can put in suggestion through three platforms: quality circles – a group of workers who meet to discuss various initiatives,filled-in forms with suggestions,and at Kaizen (Japanese for continuous improvement) meetings.

“We receive a large number of suggestions,but maintain a record of the ones that we accepted and implemented,” said Mayank Pareek,COO (marketing and sales).

The suggestions mainly relate to improving quality and reduce costs,ways to speed up operations,improve efficiencies and streamline supplies. Some suggestions have even helped to improve efficiencies of the robots used on the shop floor.