Coca-Cola Sri Lanka bags Manufacturing Excellence Award - Coca-Cola Sri Lanka plant is best bott...

Coca-Cola Sri Lanka plant is best bottling plant in the network

Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka (CCBSL) made its mark in the manufacturing arena by winning the prestigious Manufacturing Excellence Award for the year 2011 by the Coca-Cola company.

The Manufacturing Excellence Award reflects the company’s unwavering commitment to deliver and meet benchmark quality and manufacturing standards. It also recognises the efforts of the company to embrace new advanced manufacturing techniques and their commitment to meet quality and safety standards.
CCBSL Country Supply Chain Manager Indika Perera commenting on the achievement stated: “This award confirms that our efforts and hard work has paid off. Being the first plant to kick-off TPM and obtain FSSC22000 – one of the most sought-after quality certifications available in this industry, we have been able to benchmark the Sri Lankan plant with the best bottling plants in our network. It is an honour and we are proud and privileged to have won it.”
The Manufacturing Excellence Award is exceptionally significant as the company overcame stiff competition from over 63 plants that represented the India Business Unit Awards Show in New Delhi, India.
Selection for the rare award was based on the status of the following criteria: plant efficiency; mechanical efficiency; product and package quality; visual management within the plant and consumer complaints, to name a few. The criterion was also based on certifications obtained by competing plants and their ‘excellence’ in each of the areas mentioned. For Coca-Cola Sri Lanka to be the best office in the manufacturing arena is a very special achievement for the company.