Chennai, March 20 The IFQM called for a "national quality sprint" to integrate with global value chains at its first MSME symposium held at Anna University here on Friday.
The symposium brought together over 250 MSME CEOs, CPOs, and CEOs of large companies, quality experts, and academic leaders to discuss making India's Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) globally competitive and export-capable.
The Indian Foundation for Quality Management (IFQM), in which its chairman Venu Srinivasan and CEO and Director, IFQM, Soumitra Bhattacharya, participated, announced five initiatives designed to move from intent to action for MSMEs, including cluster development by IFQM, the IFQM Quality Excellence Prize for MSMEs, and a leadership development course for MSMEs through the IFQM Academy.