Taking Quality Control seriously
Godza Mtizwa (22) is the Quality Controller at Streetwires. He is a young man that started to work at the company on October, 2004, the first job that he had was artist and was promoted to his actual position on 2007, due to his willingness to learn and grow in the company. He came from a poor background and cane to the company “dreaming of breaking new ground”. The force that drove him from the rural areas to the urban city of Cape Town was the possibility to get a job and the idea of independence, on his own words he mentioned that “life is sweet if you are independent at a teen age”.
Looking for the sweetness of life, he found his passion of art at Streetwires and his dreams for a better life relies on the quality of the products and the prosperity of the company.
His current duties as a Quality Controller are, to make sure “we produce products which will meet our client’s needs and expectations and to make sure the production meets the size, shape and color of the samples”. Godza is trying to make quality a habit for every artist at the company, hence maintain it’s reputation of high quality products in the world business.
Godza believes that “the hands are very powerful” and make possible the creation of such quality products that one cannot think they are handmade. He is sure that there is still room to improve. According to him in order to approach the demanding markets the company should “not always do the usual products, we should look for perfection and new design always”.
It has been a real pleasure to spend some time every week with Godza and talk about different ways of improving quality and at the end how to achieve a better life. His welcoming smile and courtesy are really one think that I am going to take with me the moment I will end my assignment in South Africa.
You can fine more information about Godza and the compnay at:
http://www.streetwires.co.za or
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20680575431