Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday 16 November 1986

THE LOYAL WAY TO MODERNISATION

Synopsis: Communication For Productivity
Letters written to some 7500 Workers / Managers / Union Leaders, following a period of strike / Go slow / Murders (1979 - 1987), at Mumbai factory of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. This direct / open / honest communication led to a remarkable atmosphere of trust between Workers and Management, which, in turn, increased productivity at 3% per year (ave). 

16 Nov 1986

To:
Dear Friends                 

" THE LOYAL WAY TO MODERNISATION"


This write-up appeared in the Financial Express a few weeks ago (26-9-86).
While we are all busy celebrating November 1986 as     

"QUALITY MAINTENANCE & IMPROVEMENT MONTH" ,

I am wondering what the employees of 80-year  old Loyal Textile Mill must be doing !

May be nothing special !

From the following write-up. It seams to me that QUALITY & PRODUCTIVITY have become a part and parcel of their lives - so they do not need a reminder .' None of us would be around when L&T is 80  years old. The question that we need to ask ourselves is :

"Can we do something today to make 'Quality & Productivity' a part of our Work-life so that L&T-ltes of the year 2023 A.D. do not need a reminder ? "


THE LOYAL WAY TO MODERNISATION KOVILAPATTI (TN) - FE - DATED 25.9.86

The 80-year old    Loyal Textiles Mills Ltd. located here is one among the few units of textile industry that has adopted modernisation and upgradation of technology.

These mills show how a combination of latest technology, active involvement of labour and a professional management team could re-write the history of the Industry.

Its modernisation commenced in 1975.  They ploughed back Rs. 2 to 3 crores every year for modernisation. Now it is one of the vibrant units of the industry in the south.

Loyal has many firsts to its credit. It was the first in the country to install an air jet weaving loom, just one  year after the technology was introduced for commercial weaving in the world markets. It has the capacity to weave cloth at three  to four times the speed (PRODUCTIVITY) of automatic looms.  The company  has a plan to install 100 more machines in a year's time.

Loyal, for the first time in early seventies, introduced, one hundred percent tandem carding which eliminates the yarn defects and inproves the fabrics and QUALITY.  It also has the largest number of 1480 rotors of open-end, which like air jet weaving involves spinning yarn without a spindle.

The company is proud of installing a multiphase weaving machine, for the first time in the entire South East Asian region.

Though It costs heavily (Rs. 15 lakhs each), multi-phase technology has unique features like low energy consumption., high speed and capacity to weave fabrics of wide widths.  The simultaneous operation of about 17 shuttles against one shuttle In conventional weaving make the machines highly PRODUCTIVE without consuming extra energy.  The company plans to acquire 15 machines. A multi-phase machine produces 1500 metres of cloth a day.  The company will shortly introduce polyester-cotton mixed plain  suitings.

The company is claimed to bo enjoying cordial  Industrial relations. The system of scientifically determined work-norms and work assignments are already in vague.  Labour oriented defects_are negligible (QUALITY). There is a constant stress on training and re-training  of workforce. Adoption of modern  techniques has not cut  into job opportunities. The strength has gone up from 800 to  1400 over a decade.

Exports totalled Rs. 4.5 crores last year.  The Company's share capital was Rs. 79.14 lakhs and reserves and surplus Rs. 822.08 lakhs in 1985.  It has been paying 15 per cent dividend.

According to Dr. Tiagrajan - Managing Director ,

"Kolvilapatti Hills will contribute Rs. 80 crores out of Rs. 100 crores.

I hope the Managements   and the Unions of  Bombay's Textile Industry will Learn -_a - Loyal-  Lesson !


H. C. PAREKH

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