Quality and Innovation

Team Work 2014

• Seventy projects were concluded in the Quality Circles andImprovement Groups during 2009. Two of them were in the area of Quality, 39 in Productivity, 22 in Safety, 5 in Environmental Protection, and 2 in Electrical Power Saving.
• The Drager quality circle, in Mine VII of the MICARE Unit, won first place in the Twentieth National 2009 Forum of Quality Circles.
• As part of the National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT) contest on Innovation and Application of New Technologies, The MICARE Unit obtained approval of the geophysical technology projects applied to the exploration of coal and development of regional purveyors for the supply of critical components for the coal industry.
• The National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT) awarded Minera del Norte (previously Minerales Monclova) a recognition and a fiscal stimulus for research and development of a specific technology for the operation of iron mines in the “Cuerpo Aceros” deposits located in Hércules, Coahuila.

Team Work 2015

• 54 proyectos terminados (incluye 24 mejoras rápidas) y en proceso 296 (24 mejoras rápidas)
• En Junio, 133 equipos por modalidad: 57 círculos de calidad, 45 grupos de trabajo y 31 grupos de mejora.
• Los equipos de trabajo contribuyen en la estrategia de calidad 2015, con 41 proyectos activos.
• Se cuenta con reconocimiento internacional para los primeros 10 Black Belts de la empresa, otorgado por el ITESM y BMGI (Compañía Certificadora Internacional).