Page 1 Tata Network Forums Global updates April 2017 S Padmanabhan Chairman of the Governing Council, Tata Business Excellence Group From the Desk of the Chairman of the Governing Council, TBExG Tata Network Forums (TNFs) have long been a medium of collaboration and connect for Tata companies based in different geographies. In the last three years, companies in the ten TNFs across the globe have increasingly started to come together to support and learn from each other. During the past six months, most TNFs have connected in a meaningful way to enable important areas for the Tata group, including areas like innovation, best practices, safety, sustainability, ethics, affirmative action, communications, business excellence, customer centricity, digitisation and public affairs. The best practices sharing and adoption journey gained momentum through the TNFs, with many Tata companies coming together to learn from best practices in different areas of business. The first ever external Tata Learning Mission took place in Singapore in March 2017, in which world-class companies like Singapore Airlines, EDB- Accenture, Sembcorp Industries, DBS Bank and educational institutions like Singapore Management University, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University shared their best practices. The insightful visit helped the participants visualise the way these eminent organisations functioned, and take the learnings back to their companies. A common theme running across the TNFs was the Tata InnoVista, for which regional rounds took place in the respective geographies and winners went on to the final round in Mumbai. This is the fifth issue of the TNF newsletter. Over these past years, we have seen the quality of activities maturing, with many companies increasingly connecting with and learning from each other through TNFs. We expect the number and quality of collaborations to achieve even greater heights in the coming time. TNFs are a wonderful institution that Tata companies are utilising for making progress in different areas of business. I am sure that in the coming year, the Tata group will draw a lot of value from this forum and it will create a strong connect between Tata employees.
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Tata Network ForumsGlobal updates
April 2017
S Padmanabhan Chairman of the Governing Council, Tata Business Excellence Group
From the Desk of the Chairman of the Governing Council, TBExG
Tata Network Forums (TNFs) have long been a medium of collaboration and connect for Tata companies based in different geographies. In the last three years, companies in the ten TNFs across the globe have increasingly started to come together to support and learn from each other.
During the past six months, most TNFs have connected in a meaningful way to enable important areas for the Tata group, including areas like innovation, best practices, safety, sustainability, ethics, affirmative action, communications, business excellence, customer centricity, digitisation and public affairs.
The best practices sharing and adoption journey gained momentum through the TNFs, with many Tata companies coming together to learn from best practices in different areas of business. The first ever external Tata Learning Mission took place in Singapore in March 2017, in which world-class companies like Singapore Airlines, EDB-Accenture, Sembcorp Industries, DBS Bank and educational institutions like Singapore Management University, National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University shared their best practices. The insightful visit helped the participants visualise the way these eminent organisations functioned, and take the learnings back to their companies.
A common theme running across the TNFs was the Tata InnoVista, for which regional rounds took place in the respective geographies and winners went on to the final round in Mumbai.
This is the fifth issue of the TNF newsletter. Over these past years, we have seen the quality of activities maturing, with many companies increasingly connecting with and learning from each other through TNFs. We expect the number and quality of collaborations to achieve even greater heights in the coming time.
TNFs are a wonderful institution that Tata companies are utilising for making progress in different areas of business. I am sure that in the coming year, the Tata group will draw a lot of value from this forum and it will create a strong connect between Tata employees.
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TNF INDIAThe Indian chapter of TNF is comprised of TNF India - North, TNF India - South, TNF India - East and TNF India - West.
TNF India - North
Praveer Sinha from Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power-DDL) is the Chairman of TNF India - North, and Siddharth Singh from the same company is the Convener. The TBExG coordinator is Swaminathan Gopal.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
TNF India - North organised a workshop on Best Practices in Safety on November 30, 2016, at the Tata Power-DDL office. 33 Tata group officials from 15 group companies in the North region participated in this workshop. Seven Tata companies – Tata Power-DDL, Tata Chemicals, TCS, TCE, Tata Motors, Tata Teleservices and Tata Projects – presented best practices in safety from their respective companies and displayed new safety measures at the event.
‘Spandan’ – the cultural event of Tata group companies operating in North India – was organised on February 10, 2017, at New Delhi’s Manekshaw Centre Auditorium. The annual event was a huge success, with over 151 entries received from 13 Tata companies. The participants enthralled the audience with an amazing display of cultural and musical performances. The event was sponsored by 14 Tata companies. All participants received mementos from Praveer Sinha and NK Sharan, Vice President, TBExG.
TNF India - North conducted an Ethics Counsellor’s Meet at Tata Power-DDL office, Delhi, on February 27, 2017. 55 employees from 11 group companies participated in the meet. The major highlights of the event included four companies – Tata Power-DDL , Tata Power, IHCL and Tata Chemicals – presenting their best practices on ethics, a nukkad natak performance by the Tata Power-DDL team and employees showcasing their models created on the theme.
The Regional Tata InnoVista round was organised on March 16, 2017, at Vivanta by Taj – Dwarka, New Delhi. With participation from 12 teams from various Tata companies in the North region, 75 representatives from companies like Tata Motors, Nelco, Tata SIA, Tata Teleservices, Concorde, Tata Power-DDL and TCS attended the event.
Tata Power - DDL displaying their project at the Ethics Meet, in Delhi, on February 27, 2017.
‘Spandan’ celebrations in full swing on February 10, 2017, in Delhi.
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TNF India - South
Sanjiv Sarin from Tata Coffee is the Chairman of TNF India – South, and Sumant Sood from Titan is the Convener. The TBExG Coordinator for this TNF is Vinod Kumar.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
An interactive session on GST was organised by representatives from M/s Vishnudaya & Company, on October 5, 2016, at TCS, Bangalore. 60 Tata employees from 15 companies attended the event. During the session, participants discussed the impact of GST on Tata companies and how they could prepare themselves in advance for the same.
On October 18, 2016, a Townhall meeting was held with the Tata senior leadership team at Taj Bangalore. It was attended by 125 Tata managers from 21 companies. The agenda of the meet was for the senior leadership team to interact with the Tata managers. There was also a one-to-one interaction with the managers and the Tata senior leadership team. On March 03, 2017, the 178th birth anniversary of Tata group Founder Jamsetji Tata was celebrated at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Simultaneously, an exhibition on Mr Tata was launched and showcased by the Tata Central Archives. Post the celebration and inauguration of the exhibition, there was a mesmerising session with TR Doongaji, Managing Trustee, Tata Central Archives. This session was attended by 80 Tata employees and faculty members from the Indian Institute of Science.
The regional Tata InnoVista round was held on March 14, 2017, at Christ University in Bangalore. The event witnessed 19 teams from 6 Tata companies presenting their innovations to the jury. Members of the jury included Professor T Asokan from IIT Chennai, Vivek Kamra, ex-President JK Tyres and the chief guest for the event was Mohan Sundaram, Trustee and Board Member, Association of Persons with Disability. Over 70 Tata employees and 10 faculty members from Christ University attended the event.
L: One of the winning teams at the Regional Tata InnoVista round in Bangalore on March 14, 2017. R: Participants at the GST session on October 5, 2016, at TCS, Bangalore.
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TNF India - East
TV Narendran from Tata Steel is the Chairman of TNF India - East, and Mukesh Prasad from Tata Steel is the Convener. The TBExG Coordinator for this region is Subhrajit Basu.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
This TNF held the Apex TNF India - East meeting and a general meeting on October 17, 2016, at Beldih Club in Jamshedpur. During these meetings, the Apex body decided to pursue several themes for the year like Customer Centricity led by Peeyush Gupta, Vice President (Steel Marketing and Sales), Tata Steel; Digital led by Dr Arpan Pal, Principal Scientist and Head of Innovation Lab, TCS; Supply Chain and Vendor Development, headed by AB Lall, Plant Head, Tata Motors, Jamshedpur; Operational Excellence and Quality guided by Sanjiv Paul, MD, Tata Metaliks; and Human Resources, which will be driven by Tarun Daga, MD, Tinplate Company of India. 80 executives from 25 Tata companies attended the general meeting.
On December 19, 2016, TNF India - East organised a session on ‘Digitisation in Manufacturing’, at the Oberoi Grand in Kolkata. Convened under the banner of operations excellence and quality, the programme was led by Mr Paul and brought together 48 Tata executives representing 18 Tata companies.
Top: Participants with TV Narendran, Chairman, TNF India – East at the Apex meeting in Jamshedpur.Bottom: Sanjiv Paul, MD, Tata Metaliks with participants at the ‘Digitisation in Manufacturing’ session in Kolkata.
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TNF India - West
R Mukundan from Tata Chemicals is the Chairman of TNF India - West. Vivek Talwar from Tata Power is the Convener for the Mumbai region. The TBExG coordinator is Gautam Gondil.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
Tata Network Forum India - West hosted the annual affirmative action TNF meet on October 13, 2016. The event featured story-sharing sessions of the changes brought in the lives of the beneficiaries of affirmative action, with group companies such as Tata Motors, Tata Capital and Rallis showcasing their initiatives.
TNF India – West, along with the safety team at TBExG, conducted a session on road safety on January 16, 2017. The session, which was attended by 60 participants from 23 Tata companies in the Mumbai and Pune region, focused on the implementation of the Tata Group Road Safety Standards. The participants were also introduced to the audit tool for assessing the implementation of the Tata Group Safety Standards.
This TNF also organised a two-day conclave on January 30 and 31, 2017 to highlight and share best practices in safety and health at the Vivanta by Taj - President, Mumbai. The theme for this conclave was ‘Safety Excellence – Value Addition to Business’, and it drew a participation of 75 executives from 35 Tata companies.
The first regional Business Excellence (BE) Heads Meet for TNF India – West was held at Bombay House, Mumbai, on March 9, 2017. The one-day meeting was organised to provide BE Heads with a platform to share their experiences, learnings and insights in business excellence. The meet was attended by 15 BE Heads from various Tata companies based in Mumbai and Pune.
Participants at the Tata Affirmative Action Programme Convention on October 16, 2016.
Suresh Tanwar, Chief - Group Safety & Health, TBExG, at the Best Practices Safety and Health Conclave in Mumbai.
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TNF Europe
Dr David Landsman from Tata Limited is the Chairman of TNF Europe. The region has multiple Working Groups with respective Chairmen and Conveners.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
The Tata Europe Communicators’ Working Group held two meetings in the past six months. • The first meeting, which took place on October 6, 2016, at Tata Communications in London was attended
by Christabelle Noronha, Chief, Group Publications, Tata Sons. The F1 team at Tata Communications and InMotion made presentations on future mobility and transport at the meeting. The event was a useful networking forum for Tata companies as well as provided updates to colleagues.
• The second meeting for this Group was held on January 25, 2017, at Tata Global Beverages in Greenford, UK. Ms Noronha was present at this event too. Discussions included the Tata Innovation Showcase event that was to be held on March 20, 2017, the IMechE Future of Engineering survey and a presentation from Jennifer Cormack, Director of Development at The Royal Society in London.
This TNF conducted two meetings – one on November 3, 2016 and the second on January 20, 2017 – with the Institute of Business Ethics. The main focus of these meetings was to promote learning and sharing within the Tata group on the subject of ethics, and the two organisations agreed to execute a seminar-cum-training session in mid-2017.
The Tata Europe Corporate Responsibility (CR) Working Group organised discussions on various CR topics on November 24, 2016, at Tata Limited in London. The group continues its work to develop a maths initiative for Europe-based Tata companies. Shankar Venkateswaran, Chief, Tata Sustainability Group, joined these discussions via video conference and provided valuable inputs. Guy Higgins, Director, Compliance and Ethics, Jaguar Land Rover, spoke about the company’s experiences of the Modern Day Slavery Act.
Participants showcasing their projects at the Tata InnoVista European Regional Finals on February 21, 2017.
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The Business Excellence Working Group for TNF Europe also held two meetings – one on December 14, 2016 and the second on February 22, 2017 – during the past six months. What came to the fore from these meetings was that due to the integration with the British Quality Foundation (BQF), Tata employees were able to attend BQF events and share their learning through presentations with their teams. A two-year Business Excellence plan for the region has also been put into place.
The InnoVista European Regional Final was held at Ashorne Hill, UK, on February 21, 2017. Attended by company executives and passionate innovators, the event saw 15 presentations on ground-breaking and inspiring innovations developed across Tata companies in Europe. Teams from Tata Steel Europe, Tata Global Beverages and Jaguar Land Rover emerged as the winners under different categories.
The Tata Europe Heads of Companies meeting was held on March 20, 2017, at Taj, London, which was attended by Dr Mukund Rajan, and Mr Padmanabhan. Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, Nesta, made a presentation, and Mats Persson, Head of International Trade, Ernst & Young led discussions on Brexit.
TNF Europe also held an HR meet on March 28, 2017, during which two concepts were discussed: a TCS Mini Learning Mission for Tata group companies and a joint Tata-BQF Learning Mission in Europe on Employee Engagement & Knowledge Management/Analytics. Employees from various Tata companies, such as Tata Steel Europe, Tata Chemicals Limited, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Global Beverages, Ashorne Hill and Tata Motors European Technical Centre, were present at this event.
Panel of judges, participants and Dr Gopichand Katragadda at the Tata InnoVista European Regional Final round on February 21, 2017.
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TNF China
James Zhan from Tata Sons is the Chairman of TNF China and Aaron Du from Tata Sons is the Convener.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
TNF China held a gathering in Changshu on March 22, 2017, which was attended by 25 Tata executives. Dr Mukund Rajan was invited as a special guest. The event was divided into two parts – a Chery Jaguar Land Rover (CJLR) plant site visit and a general meeting. The CJLR team welcomed a delegation to see the plant’s body workshop, testing & safety centre, final assembling line and engine workshop. All delegates were impressed with the advanced technology and were proud of JLR’s achievement in China. Post the site visit, a group meeting was initiated by James Zhan, Chairman, TNF – China, with participants introducing themselves. Dr Rajan then spoke about the group’s performance and shared a short message from Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran. Other eminent speakers at the meet were Richard Shore, Chief Financial Officer, JLR China; Narendra Chavan, CEO, Nanjing TACO; Gourav Chattopadhyay, Head – Business Development and Sales (China), Tata Technologies; and Sailendra K, Head - BFSI Business Development, TCS China. The session was very well received by all the participants and provided them with a platform to know each other, share knowledge, business intelligence, and best practices in China.
L: Display of the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) vehicles at the Chery JLR plant site visit.R: Dr Mukund Rajan; Richard Shore, Chief Financial Officer, JLR China; James Zhan, Chairman, TNF – China; and Aaron Du, Convener, TNF China with other delegates at the gathering in Changshu on March 22, 2017.
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TNF North America
James Shapiro from Tata Sons is the Chairman of TNF North America and Avisek Das from Tata Sons is the Convener.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
The North America Communicators’ meeting, which takes place on an annual basis, was organised on October 18, 2016, at Washington DC. Employees from TCS, JLR, Tata Business Support Services, Tata Elxsi, Tata Technologies, Tata Steel, Tata Global Beverages and Tata Chemicals attended this meet. Presentations and roundtable discussions at the event focused on three main topics that had been selected by votes by the companies: Internal Communications/Employee Engagement, Trends & Learnings for Digital/Social Media and Political Stakeholder Communications.
On October 19, 2016, the Annual Sustainability Meeting was held at the Tata Global Beverages plant in Landover, Maryland. Employees from Tata Chemicals, TCS, Tata Technologies and IHCL were part of this gathering and discussed innovative ways to address critical sustainability issues. Professor Marian Chertow from Yale University was the guest speaker and held a mini-workshop on Sustainability 101.
The quarterly communications meet for this TNF was held in January 2017, which focused on crisis communication planning and best practices. Representatives from Tata Sons, TCS, Tata Communications, Tata Technologies, Taj, Tata Chemicals and Tata Global Beverages attended this meeting and shared their experiences in crisis communication management.
The quarterly meeting on Sustainability for the TNF in January 25, 2017, focused on debriefs and cascades from the Sustainability Conclave and planning discussions for 2017. There were 26 representatives from TCS, Tata Communications, Tata Technologies, Taj, Tata Chemicals, Tata Global Beverages, JLR and Tata Sons who attended the event.
L: Delegation at the Public Affairs segment of TNF - North America on February 6 and 7, 2017.R: Tata employees in Canada attended the inaugural event in Toronto on February 9, 2017.
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The Tata InnoVista North America regional round was organised on February 3, 2017, in Novi, Michigan, at Tata Technologies. A networking event was arranged the previous evening and 25 representatives from various Tata companies in the region attended.
On February 6 and 7, 2017, the Public Affairs segment for this TNF came together to promote better coordination between Tata companies in North America and establish strong working relationships with key stakeholders in the region. As part of this effort, a delegation of 8 Tata companies met with the senior leadership at the Embassy of India Washington DC, US-India Business Council, Organization for International Investment, Confederation of Indian Industries, Washington International Business Council and 10 critical US Congressional Offices. Companies in attendance included TCS, Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Steel, Tata Chemicals, Tata Global Beverages, Taj Hotels and Tata Sons.
Tata companies in Canada gathered for the inaugural event in Toronto on February 9, 2017. The meeting included a networking session followed by an informal discussion on better group coordination and best practice sharing. The session witnessed attendance from 14 representatives from Tata Communications, Tata Chemicals, TCS, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Interactive Systems and Tata Sons.
A winning team at the Tata InnoVista North America Regional Final round on February 3, 2017.
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TNF ASEAN
KV Rao from Tata Sons is the Chairman of TNF ASEAN and Chandra Mohan Verma from NatSteel is the Convener.
Activities, events and programmes: October 2016 to March 2017
The TNF ASEAN Business Excellence (BE) Circle organised a conversation with Mr Padmanabhan on October 3, 2016, at the Tata NYK office. All the TBEM assessors from the region were present at the event. The TBExG team shared changes incorporated in the assessment process and appreciated the participation of SPRING assessors in the TBEM assessment cycle of 2016.
On October 4, 2016, the TNF ASEAN held its third quarter meeting at NatSteel Holdings. KV Rao, Chairman, TNF ASEAN, briefed the audience about the TNF’s activities and the way forward. Mr Padmanabhan shared information on the initiatives run by TBExG. The senior leadership team was also present at the event and discussed group level initiatives with the audience. Biswadev Sengupta and Sanjay Mishra provided updates on the TNF activities in Indonesia and Thailand.
A blood donation camp was held on October 21, 2016, by the TNF ASEAN BE Circle, Indonesia chapter. The event witnessed participation from all Tata companies from the region.
TBExG, in association with TNF ASEAN, organised the first ever external Learning Mission to world-class companies and educational institutions based in Singapore from March 13-16, 2017. A total of 36 executives from various Tata companies participated in this Learning Mission, to understand the best practices followed at organisations such as Singapore Airlines, Sembcorp Industries and DBS Bank as well as gain insights in to cutting-edge research on a variety of interesting subjects at the EDB-Accenture Internet of Things Centre of Excellence, Nanyang Technical University, National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University.
L: Mr Padmanabhan with participants at the TNF ASEAN meeting on October 3, 2016. R: KV Rao, Chairman, TNF - ASEAN with participants at the Singapore Learning Mission on March 13-16, 2017.
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