Birendra Kumar Tiwari is the Director-in-Charge of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Bokaro Steel Plant. He has a highly process-oriented mindset. During his tenure as Executive Director (Works) at Bokaro Steel Plant, he brought safety and quality to the forefront of all operations and services. His leadership was instrumental in de-bottlenecking crude steel production constraints, resulting in record production levels across all units. Significant strides were made in new units like SMS (New) and CRM-III, with quantum jumps in output. 

As Executive Director (Collieries), he successfully operationalized the Tasra coal mines and charted a strategic roadmap for securing long-term supplies of indigenous coking and power coal, leading to a 20% increase in the supply of coking coal to SAIL plants. 

Earlier, as Chief General Manager (Coke Ovens and By-Product Plant), he used safety and housekeeping as critical management systems to improve production, quality, and work culture and drive sustainable growth. Under his guidance, production targets were consistently met, and the performance of the shops saw a remarkable turnaround. 

In today’s episode, I’ll be gaining his insights on the significance of process excellence in the Indian public sector environment. 

• In this episode, B. K. Tiwari talks about Process Excellence in PSUs. He discusses internal assessment frameworks and continual dip-sticking in a dynamic environment to assess current capability and future competitiveness.  
• Indian PSUs such as SAIL have evolved from the era of a protected economy to an era of global competition and have managed to survive. This speaks to its capability in transformation and modernization through process excellence and sixty years of resident knowledge. 
• SAIL has also been using TQM for the last two decades or more to increase employee engagement and customer satisfaction. The business excellence wing in each and every plant brings in the necessary interventions aimed at continuous improvement.  

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