The Confederation of Indian (CII) has stressed on the need for Goan manufacturing firms to focus on quality control and problem-solving skills among employees. Location head at Siemens Ltd, Goa, Mahendra Wani, said that widespread use of quality tools among companies in Goa will ultimately help them to manufacture quality products.
Circles are formed of employees working together in an operation who meet at intervals to discuss problems of quality and to devise solutions for improvements. Employees who participate in Quality Circle usually receive training in formal problem-solving methodssuch as brain-storming, Pareto principle and cause-and-effect diagramsand are then encouraged to apply these methods either to specific or general company problems.