Leadership: Strong leadership is essential for the success of any initiative. In the context of ZED, leadership plays a crucial role in driving the organization towards adopting and upholding the principles of zero defect and zero effect. This includes communicating and directing stakeholders on ZED practices, reviewing organizational performance on ZED parameters, and encouraging continuous improvement.

Swachh Workplace: A clean and hygienic workplace not only enhances the organization’s image but also boosts employee morale and productivity. Implementing strategies like Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Hygienic Practices (GHP), and 5S can help maintain a clean and organized work environment.

Occupational Workplace Safety: Ensuring workplace safety is paramount to prevent accidents, protect lives, and comply with safety regulations. Organizations should establish a safety policy, provide regular safety training, and conduct periodic safety audits to maintain a safe working environment.

Measurement of Timely Delivery: Timely delivery is crucial for customer satisfaction. Monitoring delivery schedules, tracking deliveries using technology, and reviewing delivery performance regularly can help improve on-time delivery rates.

Quality Management: Quality management is essential for maintaining consistent, high-quality products and ensuring customer satisfaction. Organizations should establish a quality policy, identify quality requirements, conduct regular quality audits, and implement corrective and preventive actions.

Human Resource Management: Employee development is key to the success of any organization. Developing strategies for employee training and skill development, conducting regular skill assessments, and maintaining employee engagement are important aspects of human resource management.

Daily Work Management: Daily Work Management (DWM) helps manage departmental processes effectively. Setting and reviewing targets for quality, cost, and delivery, displaying daily targets, and conducting regular reviews of DWM effectiveness are key components of this process.

Planned Maintenance & Calibration: Planned maintenance helps ensure machinery and equipment run smoothly, reducing unexpected breakdowns. Developing a maintenance schedule, conducting regular maintenance and calibration, and analyzing Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) are important aspects of this criterion.

Process Control: Process control ensures consistent and reliable production processes. Establishing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), monitoring critical processes, and implementing corrective and preventive actions are essential for robust process control.

Product Quality & Safety (Testing / Certification): Ensuring product quality and safety is critical for customer satisfaction. Identifying and fulfilling product quality and safety requirements through testing and certification, conducting regular audits, and implementing corrective and preventive actions are key aspects of this criterion.

Material Management: Effective material management is essential for maintaining optimal inventory levels and reducing costs. Planning material management, controlling inventory, and establishing SOPs for material handling are important components of this process.

Energy Management: Energy management is important for conserving resources and reducing carbon footprint. Identifying energy-saving opportunities, training employees in energy management, and conducting regular energy audits are key aspects of this criterion.

Environment Management: Complying with environmental regulations and managing emissions, effluent discharge, and waste are important for environmental sustainability. Implementing systems for environmental management, conducting periodic audits, and training employees on environmental management are crucial aspects of this criterion.

Measurement & Analysis: Measuring and analyzing important processes helps improve organizational performance. Establishing targets, measuring defects, rework, customer satisfaction, and conducting regular reviews are key components of this criterion.