Future Farms Limited, trading as Rooster Poultry, scooped top key awards at the c on Quality at the Fiji National University Namaka Campus, Nadi, yesterday.

Its team, Kakushim, made up of Lavenia Ranadi, Tareek Jamil, Taina Dau and Sunil Kumar took home the Gold Award.

In the individual category, Shaad Ansari was named the Quality Circle facilitator of the year.

Rooster Poultry Stanley Raniga said: “The result is an outcome of our people which are our biggest assets.”

He added there has been an in-house project undertaken for some years and opted to roll it out at the event.

“We are improving in the productivity area as well as results.

“This has been possible through our people. We have our own ISO procedures in place but QC give us the competitive edge to allow us to continue grow in productivity.”

The competition was overseen by the Department of Quality Awards at FNU’s National Training and Productivity Centre (NTPC).

Director Sachin Deo said: “It is undoubtedly the premier event on quality for productivity practitioners and for others wishing to learn and benchmark.”

Mr Deo was impressed with the inclusion of five new organisations with a total of 520 participants.

“This has been a promising year for NTPC as we attracted a lot of organisations as we have  10 organisations.

“We have two days as well to have them.”

Winners:

Gold Award – Future Farms (Kakushim)
Silver award – Fiji Sugar Corporation (Team Elite)
Bronze award – Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (Team Technology)
Quality Circle manager of the year – Shalene Lata (Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji)
Quality Circle facilitator of the year – Shaad Ansari (Future Farms)
Quality Circle leader of the year – Sesenieli Vualeba (Fiji Sugar Corporation)
Innovative team of the year – Bua Provincial Council Office
Outstanding Quality Circle organisation of the year – iTaukei Land Trust Board

Edited by Ranoba Baoa

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