Safety matters

Safety is a big priority at the Ranjangaon plant. "In fact at all Eaton plants," says KK. "None of the employees should come to work with a feeling that he or she could get hurt. Safety is of utmost importance to us. We want to ensure that people should like to come to work in our plant or office. Safety is fundamental to everything we do at Eaton. We have constantly strengthened our commitment to employee safety and towards building a Zero Incident Safety Culture."

At all the manufacturing facilities worldwide, Eaton has deployed its Life Saving Rules and best practices such as; Safety Gemba walks, safety stand-downs, safety improvement opportunities reporting, safety training, wellness council and community support. "The Ranjangaon plant follows Eaton Quality System and Eaton Quality Policy implemented across the globe, which is aligned with the overall philosophy of ‘Doing Business Right' and ‘Customer is the center of everything we do'," he says. Eaton's Vehicle Group plant at Ranjangaon is ISO-TS16949, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 certified.

In sync with times
The Ranjangaon plant has invested significantly in latest technologies to help achieve world class levels in both quality and productivity. "Eaton has been utilising various technological tools for enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of its operations, like Oracle manufacturing, portable barcode systems, supplier VIS (visualisation) and ASN for material management, tools for engineering and manufacturing change management, product quality management and data management through web shared-points," KK shares.

All this provides the plant a robust inventory, production and quality management tool. In-process quality and traceability is further strengthened with in-house gear lab and metallurgy lab.

"The plant offers an efficient facility which utilises interlinked modern systems such as high-end emergency response system, including fire detection and suppression systems, gas detection and containment systems that comply with insurance requirements for the facility characteristics and risk level," he adds.

Green is the colour
Eaton places a high priority on matters related to the environment. "We not only strive to manufacture green products but also invest in new technologies and processes to upgrade our manufacturing plants and to make them cleaner, safer and more energy efficient. Every year we set goals for the reduction of water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation and utilising energy management systems. The environmental well-being of our communities is addressed by following the requirements of ISO14001 and MESH," KK informs.

For example, the packaging improvements in last two years have helped in significantly reducing the wood consumption. Implementation of LED lights in the shopfloor and at heat treatment cycle modifications has led to remarkable energy savings thereby helping in reducing the Green House Gas emissions.

The employees have planted more than 100 trees in Ranjangaon MIDC supporting Eaton's GO GREEN program. The employees have created a Nature's Club in the facility; which is a benchmark within the region.
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