Riyad Ismail – CEO (UTE); Moksevi Prelis – Chief Guest; Tharaka Dayabandara – General Manager/6Sigma-Master Black Belt (UTE); Sudarshan Karunarathna, Operations Director (Litro Gas); Gayan Maldeniya Head of Training (UTE); Sanjaya Basnayake, General Manager Production and Engineering (Teejay Lanka PLC); Thilakarathne Kapukotuwa Manager (Weaving Stretchline (Pvt) Limited) ; Wijeya Senarathna Manager – Material Technology (Stretchline (Pvt) Limited); Kanchana Dayabandara, Manager Operations (Teejay Lanka PLC); Pamoda Kariyawasam, GM – Supply Chain and Planning (Teejay Lanka PLC);Angelo Rodrigues Asst Manager – Special Projects (UTE); Chandrasiri Sanjeewa, Manager Knitting (Teejay Lanka PLC).
United Tractor & Equipment (Pvt) Ltd (UTE), the country’s sole authorised Caterpillar dealer, held a graduation ceremony recently recognising participants as Caterpillar Six Sigma Black Belts
Nine high profile individuals from leading manufacturers gained access to Caterpillar’s learning materials, through presentations, workshops, role-plays, simulations and one-on-one sessions and successfully completed the course acquiring vital methodologies and tools necessary to lead change within their own organisations.
UTE’s own Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Tharaka Dayabandara supervised the sessions which was conducted over a period of four months covering 160 hours of in-class time. The chief guest at the ceremony was industry veteran Moksevi Prelis, presented all participants the prestigious course certificate signed personally by Jim Umpleby, CEO Caterpillar Inc., USA.
The training comprisedof high quality mentoring, transferred Six Sigma skills, knowledge and real insights for the participants. The program included modules such as ‘Leverage Continuous Improvement tools for business processes, Lead 6 Sigma Projects, Identify root causes using facts and data, Process measurement and prioritization through People, Quality, Velocity, and Cost (PQVC)
Senior management from leading manufacturing companies including Litro Gas, Teejay Lanka, Stretchline and UTE participated.
Commenting on the success of the programme, participant Sudarshan Karunarathna, Operations Director, Litro Gas said, “After this programme I have a better understanding about the methodology, concepts, theories and mostly the application.”
Caterpillar deployed Six Sigma nearly two decades ago as a critical component of the company’s enterprise strategy,” noted Doug Oberhelman, recently-retired Caterpillar Chairman and CEO.
“The entire program was designed with a mix of concepts and application to understand the concepts. The projects we carried out have achieved very good results. In inventory reduction project we saw results in couple of months. Thank you for organizing this training,” noted Pamoda Kariyawasam, General Manager, Supply Chain and Planning, Teejay Lanka PLC, also commending the training.
UTE are a recognised pioneer in promoting Six Sigma certification framework to enhance local corporates. Supporting UTE’s Black Belt and Green Belt Six Sigma training is its 5-star world class training centre and Cat 4-star rated workshop facility.
The centre has been acknowledged as one of the largest training facilities among the Asian Cat Dealership and also the proud recipient of the prestigious Service Training Excellence Accreditation Award (STEAA) from Caterpillar.
Reffaral :- https://www.dailynews.lk/2018/06/01/business/152653/ute-holds-graduation-ceremony