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EPIF unleashes GP power in Jakart

2....p-Watch4....Productivity methodologies, tools, and

techniques6....Eco-strategy or eco-business6....Promoting Asian agriood products in

global markets7....Program calender7....New APO ofcer7....APO/NPO Update7....New APO publications7....Recruitment announcement8....Productivity conerences on successul

demonstration companies in Pakistan8....People behind the scenes

6, Study mission, Japan

6, Forum, Japan

The APO completed its our-day

Eco-products International Fair

(EPIF), Asias largest international

exhibition o advanced eco-technology,

-products, and -services, with new records

set or the most exhibitors and largest

exhibition area. The EPIF 2010, the sixth

in the series, was held at the Balai SidangJakarta Convention Center (BSJCC) in In-

donesia, 47 March, with the theme Green

Productivity to Enhance Competitiveness.

It was jointly organized in close collabo-

ration by the APO, Indonesian Chamber

o Commerce and Industry (KADIN),

and Indonesian Ministry o Manpower

and Transmigration. With the enthusiastic

support o the host country, a total o 90,004 visitors came to the air, the second largest number on record.

The signicance o the environmental event was refected in the celebratory messages delivered by numerous dig

ies during the EPIFs opening ceremony. The dignitaries including representatives o the Indonesian governmenprivate sector along with international guests graced the ceremony and expressed their support or eco-innovation

eco-initiatives.

KADIN Vice President Rachmat Gobel opened the event, welcoming domestic and overseas guests. He was ollow

EPIF 2010 Preparatory Committee Chairperson Teisuke Kitayama, who is also Chairman o the Board o Sumitomo M

Banking Corporation. Chairperson Kitayama introduced the supporting activities o the members o the Green Produc

Advisory Committee (GPAC) and the possible roles that the nancial sector can play in environmental managemen

conservation. Minister o Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar then took the stage to welcome everyon

expressed his appreciation to the coorganizers and supporters o the event. Minister Iskandar underlined the impor

o the concepts o Green Productivity (GP) and competitiveness to his ministry. He noted that the GP concept prom

the incorporation o consideration or the environment into manuacturing at all levels. For improved competitivenes

highlighted two important actors: human resources and environmental quality, noting that, The EPIF promotes thpreciation o knowledge workers and quality o lie or economic and business activity in all countries.

APO Secretary-General Shigeo Takenaka thanked the Indonesian government or its support and commitment in ho

this landmark event. He oered special thanks to the Ministry o Manpower and Transmigration and KADIN. Secre

General Takenaka also mentioned the special signicance o Indonesia's selection as the host country or the sixth

due to its economic power and ongoing environmental eorts. We at the APO have done our best to ensure that the

o the sixth EPIF in Jakarta matches the scale o the host country and the depth o its commitment to the environmen

pointed out. (Continued on p

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Volume 40 Number 4 April 2

8, Conerence, Pakistan

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Eager crowd in the main BSJCC lobby


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Australia was the rst country in the world

to publish a standard on knowledge

management (KM): AS 5037-2005

Knowledge Managementa Guide. The standard

was published in late 2005 and is a descriptive

ramework or sot standard, which aims to pro-

vide organizations and KM practitioners with a

guiding ramework and methodology, which can

be tailored and implemented according to busi-

ness needs. This new breed o standard does not

require compliance, preerring to oer leading

practice in KM and an insight into various KM

tools and techniques.

The standard is the result o the collaborative

eorts o the KM Standards Technical Commit-tee, established in 2001 by Standards Australia.

An interim standard was published in 2003 (AS

5037-int) and the committee obtained and con-

sidered comments and eedback over a two-year

period beore the inal standard was released in

2005. The committee was comprised o members

rom government agencies, private industry, and

academia.

Having recently been introduced to the APO KM

ramework, I ound beneit in examining both

as they provide a holistic roadmap o broad ap-proaches to KM in both Australia and the Asia-

Paciic region. Additionally, the two rameworks

highlight common drivers behind the need or KM

in organizations as well as challenges in measuring

KM initiatives and sustaining KM programs.

The APO KM ramework has a similar genesis

to the Australian standard as it was the collabo-

rative work o representatives rom the APO,

Republic o China, India, Japan, Malaysia, the

Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

KM practitioners and academics wanted theramework to provide a simple introduction to

the discipline as well as emphasize the impor-

tance o KM to organizational success. Both

rameworks highlight the critical success actors

or KM implementation.

The global nancial crisis has impacted organiza-

tions heavily. Aside rom natural attrition in the

workorce, the knowledge base o organizations

has been eroded by retrenchments, redundancies,

and retirements. Now more than ever, KM can

provide strategies and targeted solutions that can

contribute to retaining the organizational knowl-

edge base and preserving the talent pool. This is

why the Australian KM standard and the APO

KM ramework are important resources or lever-

aging KM or organizational and employee ben-

et. Both help to dene what KM is and both

outline how KM enables learning and innovation

at all levels and areas in an organization.

Understanding the underlying notion o the

aspects o KM is the starting point or both

rameworks. Table 1 shows the deinitions

adopted. The boldace words show that both the

Australian standard and APO denition share a

common understanding and that KM undamen-

tally concerns:

achievement o organizational outcomes

through the use o collective intelligence to

increase productivity, protability, and growth;

the importance o context, since organizationalcultures and employees dier rom organiza-

tion to organization;

a balance between people, process, technology,

and content;

increases in individual capacity and organiza-

tional capability at all levels through KM; and

enhancement o learning while opportunities

or innovation emerge.

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Overview of two knowledge management frameworks

The Australian KM standard, in particular, rec-

ognizes the inluence o complexity theory and

views organizations as complex adaptive systemsin which the observed patterns o behavior are

not repeatable. This means that business needs

to be adaptable, resilient, and comortable with

ambiguity and it also means that KM must help

to accelerate the adoption rate o new ideas, the

development o new products and services, and

value creation or the organization and its clients.

The two deinitions show that KM incorporates

ideas, techniques, and infuences rom other prac-

tice areas, such as inormation and records man-

agement, organizational learning, and psychology.

This allows KM to be luid and emergent as itcopes with the drivers infuencing an organization.

Both rameworks also adopt visual models that

help KM practitioners to interpret the organi-

zational landscape and analyze how an organi-

zations knowledge health can be improved.

Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the Australian KM

standards ecosystem model and the APOs

model, respectively.

Table 1. Defnitions o KM

Australian KM standard

A trans-disciplinary approach to improving

organisational outcomes through maximising

the use o knowledge. It involves the design,

review and implementation o both social

and technological activities and processes to

improve creating, sharing and applying/using

knowledge.

Increasingly, knowledge management is

concerned with innovation and sharing be-

haviours, managing complexity and ambiguity

through social networks and connections, explor-

ing smart processes and deploying people centric

technologies.

APO KM ramework

KM is an integrated approach o creating,

sharing and applying knowledge to enhance

organizational productivity, proftability, and

growth.


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Figure 1. Australian KM standard ecosystem model.

Figure 2. APO KM ramework.

The starting point or both models is the vision and strategic intent o the organi-

zation, and alignment o knowledge activities with organizational strategy and

drivers is viewed as crucial. The Australian KM model identies external drivers

that can aect an organization and its KM eorts with the primary ones being:

competitors; customers; legislative pressures; and risk management. The APO

visual reers to these drivers as accelerators and highlights our: leadership; peo-

ple; process; and technology. Both models emphasize the importance o under-

standing internal and external drivers or orces that can have positive or negativeimpacts on the business environment and will inorm KM initiatives. The notion

o accelerators in the APO model signals that knowledge-ocused leadership is a

key success actor or KM, along with a knowledge-sharing culture, supportive

technology, and knowledge processes (creation, storage, sharing, and distribution).

Supporting the visual models are methodologies that KM practitioners can use

to plan and implement specic KM activities. Figure 3 shows the map-build-

operationalize methodology o the Australian KM standard. In contrast, the

APO relies on a discover-design-develop-deploy approach.

Figure 3. Map-build-operationalize methodology o the Australian standar

The three-step methodology o the Australian KM standard ocuses on t

major phases in KM implementation:

Mapping, or understanding the contextual landscape o the organization. T

phase examines the current knowledge environment and asks the importstrategic questions o where are we? and where do we want to be? Org

izational knowledge gaps are identied through KM activities such as kno

edge auditing and mapping, scenario planning, and social network analysis

Building, or raming answers to where are we? and where do we w

to be? This phase identiies goals but achieving these goals most lik

involves shiting the organization in terms o its knowledge maturity. T

encourages an organization to try things it has not done beore or explore n

ideas and techniques. KM activities in this phase could be piloting and pro

types, creating knowledge champions, and ostering communities o practi

Operationalizing (or actioning), or implementing an organization-w

KM initiative and developing a change management plan.

This methodology is a cyclical low, which is similar to the APO methodologydiscovering knowledge needs and gaps, designing KM pilot projects, developing

implementing pilot projects, and deploying KM initiatives throughout the organizati

One o the challenges or both rameworks, and or KM practitioners, is h

to demonstrate or measure KM success. The Australian KM standard o

metrics around artiact-centered, activity-centered, and cultural or behavio

change-centered measurement. Perhaps the next phase or both rameworks w

be to examine the emerging trends in KM including social media, narrativ

based techniques, and refective practices such as peer assists and action lea

ing. These trends avoid ocusing on knowledge as a thing to be managed a

provide instead the right environment and conditions or enabling knowledge

emerge and fourish.

With over 12 years' experience in industry as a KM practitioner, Kim Sbarcea is also the cu

rent Chair of the Standards Australia Knowledge Management Committee, which develope

AS-5037 Knowledge Management a Guide. She was an active member of the committe

that developed the standard as well as the editor of it. Sbarceas areas of specialization a

knowledge and information management, communities of practice, social media, and leade

ship. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is heavi

involved with the Masters in Knowledge Management program.

by Kim Sbarcea

Enablers(e.g., intranets)

Enablers(e.g., communities of

practice)

Enablers(e.g., narrative)

DriverCustomer

service

DriverCompetitive

pressures

DriverLegislative

requirements

DriverRisk

management

Networks

&com

munities

Driver

Operationaleffectiveness

ElementTechnology

ElementProcess

ElementPeople

ElementContent

ContextCulture

Strategicintent

Champions & advocates

Organizationaloutcomes

Mapping

Buildin

g

Operationalizing

Enablers

Mappingcontext andculture

Operationalizinginitiatives andcapabilities

Buildingexperiencesand linkages


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The next set o ve ratios is on productivity, specically labor productivity.

While the number o employees is a common denominator, the labor produc-

tivity ratios measure the contribution o employees to productivity in terms o

increase in sales, VA, and prot (Figure 3).

Figure 2. Proftability ratios.

Figure 3. Productivity ratios.

Analysis of VAPM ratios

Results o the computation o VAPM ratios are used in evaluating an organiza-

tions perormance. Among the analytical tools used are trend analysis, vertical

analysis, regression analysis, and break-even point analysis. These are helpul

in stratiying and determining the root causes or sources o low productivity.

Utilizing results of VAPM for productivity improvement

As a result o the analyses, management can use the productivity indicators to

plan or sustained productivity improvement or the growth and development

o the organization. VAPM results can be immediately utilized or determining

the optimum number o employees and ormulating a VA management plan to

help the organization generate higher VA.

Productivity methodologies, tools, and techniques

Concept of value added

When measuring productivity, a deinition that is useul is: Productivity is

equal to output divided by input. This ratio measures how well resources or

inputs are utilized to create the desired outputs.

One measure o output is value added (VA). Using data rom a companys nan-

cial statements (i.e., prot and loss statement, balance sheet), VA is computed as

sales less purchases rom outside (e.g., materials, energy, outsourced services)

plus change in inventory o work-in-process and nished goods. This method o

computation is called the subtraction method (or the VA creation method).

Another way o computing VA is by adding personnel cost (e.g., salaries and

wages), management, cost o maintaining the business (e.g., interest rom

loans, depreciation), and prot. This is called the addition method (or the VA

distribution method). It is derived rom the denition o VA as the wealth

created by the products and/or services generated by an organization through

the collective eort o those who work in the organization (i.e., employees) andthose who provide the capital (i.e., employers, investors), as shown in Figure 1.

Initially, both methods are used to validate the VA gures. Thereater, either

method can be used.

Figure 1. VA computation.

Value-added productivity measurement

Value-added productivity measurement (VAPM) is a measurement tool to de-

termine the productivity perormance o an organization. It enables the organi-

zation to identiy priority areas or improvement and to establish organization-

wide productivity indicators based on VA.

The VAPM ratios are a combination o ve protability and ve productivity

ratios, as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, respectively. A vertical analysis o the

ve protability ratios shows that an increase in protability is attributable to

the increase in prot and VA per dollar o sales or revenues generated (Figure

2). This is signicant as it refects the ability o the organization to increase the

generation o VA to cover xed costs and prots. This would mean eective,

ecient management o variable and inventory costs and better utilization o

xed assets (e.g., machines and equipment) (Figure 1).

Productivity assessment survey featuring value-added productivity measurementElena Avedillo-Cruz

Contributed by Vice-President Elena Avedillo-Cruz o

the Development Academy o the Philippines, resource

speaker or the APO training course on the Develop-

ment o Productivity Practitioners: Basic Program.


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EPIF unleashes GP power in Jakarta .......................................................................................... (Continued rom page 1

The newly publishedEco-products Directory 2010 also debuted at the open-

ing ceremony. The 2010 edition contains 1,000 eco-materials, -components,

-products, and -services. Proessor Ryoichi Yamamoto o the University o

Tokyo, Japan, and Chairperson o the Committee or the Establishment o an

Eco-products Database, presented the rst copy to Coordinating Minister or

the Economy Hatta Radjasa, who then delivered the keynote address beore

announcing the ocial opening o the EPIF.

The enormous success o the EPIF 2010 was attributed to the enthusiasm and

willing participation o Indonesian enterprises, institutions, organizations, and

environmental groups as well as the support o GPAC members, comprising

Japanese corporations with demonstrated environmental expertise. The air

eatured 119 Indonesian and 36 Japanese exhibitors along with nine exhibi-

tors rom Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, all o which combined

to make this years air the largest in terms o number o exhibitors. Their

booths were specically designed to demonstrate the innovativeness, com-

petitiveness, and marketability o eco-riendly products and services. An un-

paralleled display o products, technologies, and activities o local exhibitors

ranging rom high-end manuacturing goods to traditional and cultural items

added greatly to the color and excitement o the air.

The strong support o the Indonesian government or the EPIF also meant

that Minister o Industry Mohamad S. Hidayat and Minister o Environment

Gusti Mohammad Hatta took time rom their busy schedules to visit the air.

They encouraged the environmental eorts o local industries and the public

and expressed their appreciation to all the international and local exhibitors.

The EPIF 2010 also served as the venue or launching a new eco-initiative,

The Green Industry Award. Its irst conerment ceremony was held at the

EPIF venue, presided over by Minister Hidayat.

A two-day parallel international conerence and two days o related activi-

ties on the same theme also began on 4 March with opening remarks by

Chairperson Kitayama. While the international conerence was open to all,the two-day site visit was only or APO international participants. Around 30

international and local speakers rom high-level governmental and institu-

tional bodies were invited, including Japans Administrative Vice-Minister o

the Environment Hikaru Kobayashi; Deputy Director-General or Environ-

mental Aairs or the Ministry o Economy, Trade and Industry Jun Arima

deputy ministers rom Indonesian divisions and bureaus; and representatives

rom Indonesian ministries o Forestry and the Environment. The discussion

explored low-carbon growth and the global economy; green supply chain

and green procurement; and 3R policies and programs. Other topics, such as

eco-nance, eco-business, and climate change were also covered by speak

ers rom inancial groups. The two-day orum was packed with some 300

international and local audience members who enthusiastically participatedin each session with insightul observations and questions.

This years conerence produced a signicant outcome, the Jakarta Recom

mendations. The delegates and experts o the conerence committee drew

up a list o 10 recommendations or the Indonesian government. The signed

document was oicially handed over to the Minister Iskandar and APO

Secretary-General Takenaka by the conerence coordinator, Dr. Payaman J

Simanjuntak, at the closing ceremony o the conerence.

Like its predecessors, the EPIF 2010 also played host to a wide array oevents and activities promoting the GP spirit. The main stage at the BSJCC

Plenary Hall was lled with a constant stream o workshops, talk shows, eco

presentations, games, and classes. Three groups o special guests also visited

the venue. The rst was the 20-member Singapore Manuacturers Federation

mission led by President Renny Yeo. Secretary-General Takenaka personally

welcomed them to the venue and recounted the history o the EPIF and the

tangible results it had generated in the ve previous host countries o Malay

sia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Yeo in turn shared his

experiences beore and during the EPIF 2006 held in Singapore. The second

group was led by Tan Sri Datuk Mustaa Mansur, President o the Federation

o Malaysian Manuacturers, accompanied by ocials rom the Ministry o

Energy, Green Technology and Water, Government o Malaysia. The lasgroup comprised three delegates rom Indias National Productivity Counci

(NPC), led by Director General N.C. Vasudevan, IAS. On behal o India, the

next EPIF host country in 2011, they accepted the EPIF fag rom Indonesia

at the handing-over ceremony. The NPC representatives promised to dedicate

themselves to ensuring that the EPIF 2011 will continue the success o previ

ous airs. The APO hopes that the spirit o GP embodied in the pursuit o

higher productivity in harmony with the environment will spread worldwide

through the EPIFs.Batik-clad guests o honor shakingangklung, a traditional Indonesian musical in-strument, to open the EPIF 2010

EPIF fag handed over to representatives o India, the EPIF 2011 host country


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Eco-strategy for eco-business

Environmental Management or Sustainable Productivity Enhancement was

the topic o the 26th Top Management Forum, one o the longest-running

APO projects, held in the historic city o Kyoto, Japan, 2224 February, in

collaboration with the Japan Productivity Center. This orum, which started back in

1985, has provided opportunities or Asian top managers to become amiliar with the

state-o-the-art management strategies utilized by leading Japanese corporations to

maximize their productivity, stated APO Secretary-General Shigeo Takenaka in his

opening address. Speaking on the orums ocus in connection with the APOs GreenProductivity (GP) concept, Secretary-General Takenaka remarked that, As time went

on, more and more people in the business community understood the importance o

taking sustainability actors into consideration. He expanded on this by detailing the

establishment o the Green Productivity Advisory Committee (GPAC) by the APO

and its continuing support or Eco-products International Fairs and the publication o

theEco-products Directory series.

This years orum ocused on current environmental management strategies and prac-

tices adopted by Japanese companies including GPAC members. GPAC Chairperson

Teisuke Kitayama, Chairman o the Board o Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

(SMBC), gave a presentation entitled Social Responsibility o the Financial Sector or

the Realization o a Sustainable Society. Chairperson Kitayama introduced initiativesintroduced by the SMBC nancial group to promote environmental protection through

nancial instruments such as loans, deposits, investment trusts, and carbon credits. Dr.

Ryoichi Yamamoto, University o Tokyo Proessor and a GPAC Vice Chairperson,

spoke on sustainable business development and environmental management to coun-

teract global warming,

including commitments

t o g r e e n h o u s e g a s

reductions. Yu Murata,

Japanese Ministry or

Economy, Trade and

Industry, introduced

policies to encourageenvironmental man-

agement and business

sustainability.

Speakers representing Nippon Mosaic Title Co., Ltd., Shiseido Co., Ltd., Toray In-

dustries, Inc., and Panasonic Corporation regaled the audience with details o newly

developed, cutting-edge concepts and management tools used by their companies.

The orum participants also visited the Hitachi Maxell Ltd. Kyoto plant. Maxells

environmentally riendly processes, including waste sorting and recycling methods,

were demonstrated during the plant tour.

During a group session, participants discussed how to adapt and apply the environmentalmanagement strategies explained during the orum in their own settings. Proessor Kun-

Mo Lee o Ajou University, Republic o Korea, who spoke on eco-business at the orum,

acilitated the session. A publication will summarize all the presentations including the

group discussion, which will be available on the APO Web site in the near uture.

A

sian countries produce a wide range o processed ood grown in vary-

ing agroclimatic conditions. However, many o those products do not

reach overseas markets in other regions due to a lack o awareness oconsumers elsewhere and inadequate export promotion. Recognizing the huge

potential or Asian agriood exports and their contribution to economic devel-

opment in member countries, the APO has held projects to encourage exports

over the last two years. This year, the APO organized a multicountry study

mission on Export Promotion in Tokyo, Japan, 16 March, to demonstrate

tools and approaches or promoting ood-related exports to global markets.

International experts on export acilitation and market research rom the

USA and importers and distributors o agriood products in Japan served

as resource persons. Speakers shared their experiences and expertise and

gave us several tips about how to penetrate new markets. It opened up new

options to overcome issues that we could ace in starting agriood exports todicult countries such as the USA and Japan, mentioned Director Abdul

Rashid Bahri, Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority, Malaysia.

Extensive site visits gave participants new insights into the promotion o ag-

ricultural and ood products as well as market trends in modern supermarket

chains in Japan. One important venue was FOODEX 2010, the biggest an-

nual international ood air in Asia, held at Makuhari Messe near Tokyo, 2

5 March. The visit to FOODEX 2010 gave me the opportunity to view new,

innovative products produced by other competing countries, commented

Bahri. The participants also visited the Ota Wholesale Market and amed Tsu-

kiji Wholesale Fish

Market in Tokyo. I

learned a lot rom thevisit to Ota Market,

including varieties o

imported and local

produce; international

qua l i ty s tandards

such as or reshness,

size, shape, color,

etc.; and packaging,

labeling, and cool-

chain management including transportation. I also observed the importance o

inrastructure development, hygiene, roles o wholesalers, and how auctions

proceed, commented Assistant General Manager Mohammad Raqul Islam,Hortex Foundation, Bangladesh.

Participants concluded that there are many methods to promote agriood ex-

ports, including: inormation and/or product samples mailed, shipped by air,

or uploaded to a Web site; promotion campaigns in wholesale and retail out-

lets; and participation in international trade expositions or exhibitions like

FOODEX. They also commented that the APO should continue this type o

project as SMEs and small-scale ood producers and traders in many Asian

countries do not have sucient inormation and resources to promote their

products in overseas markets.

Promoting Asian agrifood products in global markets

At Ota Wholesale Market

Forum participants discussing how to adapt eco-strategies


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APO/NPO UpdateNew APO Alternate Director or Republic o KoreaMr. Jae Hoon Chung, Director General or Industry and Knowledge Economy, Oice o

Industrial Economic Policy, Ministry o Knowledge Economy, the Republic o Korea, was

appointed new APO Alternate Director or Republic o Korea, w.e.. 17 February 2010.

New NPO Head, APO Alternate Director, and APO Liaison Ofcer or Nepal

The Secretariat was inormed on 10 March 2010 that Mr. Pushpa Kumar Karki, Ociating Gener-

al Manager, National Productivity and Economic Development Center, Nepal, had been appointed

new NPO Head, APO Alternate Director, and APO Liaison Ocer or Nepal w.e.. August 2009.

June

Republic of ChinaMulticountry Observational Study Mission on Applications ofBiotechnology in the Production of High-value Crops, 28 June2 July 2010.Objective: To review the current status o applications o biotechnology

in agriculture, assess its contribution to improving productivity, andidentiy high-value horticultural crops.Participants: Researchers and consultants in government and privateorganizations, ocials o government and industry associations involvedin promoting and regulating the biotechnology business, and entrepreneursand managers o biotechnology-based enterprises.

e-Learning Course on Food Saety Management and Food Traceability(via the Global Development Learning Network o the World Bank Platorm)Phase 1: 710 June or Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and ThailandPhase 2: 58 July or Cambodia, IR Iran, Lao PDR, Mongolia, and VietnamPhase 3: 2023 July or Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.Objective: To equip participants with the knowledge and skills toimplement a modern ood traceability system to meet ISO22005:2007

requirements and identiy critical success actors in the ood industry.Participants: Managers or oicials o ood industry associationsand SMEs; government oicials, proessors, teachers, researchers, andscientists; and consultants involved in ood saety management.

Program calendar

Kindly contact your NPO or details o uture activities, including eligibility orparticipation. The project details along with the address o your NPO are avail-able rom the APO Web site at www.apo-tokyo.org.

Muhammad Idham bin Mohd. Zain joined the Industry

Department o the APO Secretariat eective rom 7March. Ater receiving a BHSc in communications, theMalaysian native previously spent nine years at the MalaysiaProductivity Corporation, where he was involved in numeroustraining and consultancy projects. Productivity areas ospecial interest include 5S, total productive maintenance, andthe ISO series. Muhammad Idham is already appreciated bySecretariat colleagues or his calm good humor. He is married with two daughtersand enjoys photography in his spare time. While at the Secretariat, he hopes to gainmore knowledge and experience, especially in managing and handling internationalprojects, as well as help other countries achieve greater socioeconomic development.

New ofcer in the Secretariat

New APO publications

TRAINING MANUAL ONENERGY EFFICIENCYFOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

APO 127 pp. February 2010ISBN: 92-833-2399-8 (print edition)

ISBN: 92-833-7084-8 (e-edition)

ECO-PRODUCTSDIRECTORY 2010Containing 1,000 eco-materials, -components, -product

and services

APO 549 pp. March 2010

ISBN: 92-833-2404-8 (print edition)

ISBN: 92-833-7089-9 (e-edition)

The APO is seeking a highly qualied Program Ocer in the IndustryDepartment o its Secretariat. Candidates must have demonstratedcompetency in a similar position, be enthusiastic about improving

productivity in the Asia-Paciic region, take a comprehensive strategicviewpoint, and have a strong sense o responsibility. We welcome thosewith experience in the productivity movement who enjoy working withvarious nationalities rom dierent cultural backgrounds.

Candidates must be citizens o APO member countries, in excellenthealth, and preerably between 30 and 40 years o age. Salary will becommensurate with qualications and experience, tax exempt in Japan orinternational recruits, plus other benets. Appointment will be on xed-term basis or two years and renewable thereater upon mutual consent.

Please send your curriculum vitae together with a recent photo (4 cm 5 cm) and a short statement in English explaining why you are applyingand how you are qualied or the post. Applications must reach the APOSecretariat by 25 April 2010 via postal mail or e-mail. Only those whoare shortlisted will be contacted.

Administration & Finance DepartmentAsian Productivity Organization1-2-10 HirakawachoChiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093

Phone: 03-5226-3923Fax: 03-5226-3950e-Mail: [email protected]

Please visit the APO Web site at www.apo-tokyo.org or inormation onthe mission and work o the organization.

Recruitment announcement


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Published monthly byAsian Productivity Organization, Hirakawa-cho Dai-ichi Seimei Bldg. 2F, 1-2-10 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan;

People behind the scenes: Nora Ekaliana

The details are important. The bigger the task, the more impor-

tant attention to detail and scrupulous preparation become. At

the beginning o March, the APO held its biggest annual event,

the Eco-products International Fair (EPIF), in Indonesia. This years EPIF

had the most exhibitors and about 90,000 local and international visitors.

The conerence in conjunction with the EPIF had around 300 participants.

One key person working behind the scenes at the EPIF 2010 was Nora

Ekaliana, Head o the Indonesia Productivity Improvement Center, under

the Indonesian Ministry o Manpower and Transmigration.

Nora was always quick in responding to e-mail and taking any necessary

action. I was also very impressed with her wide network o connections

within government ministries and private industry. She expertly managed

the meeting arrangements to promote the EPIF and provided invaluable

advice on how best to approach and invite local exhibitors, said a Secre-

tariat sta member.

Like many other NPO, Indonesia sta, Nora assumed many roles during

the preparations or and during the EPIF 2010. She requently travelled to

Tokyo or discussions and promotional events,

assisted in the run-up to and holding o the

conerence, promoted the events among local

companies and industries to ensure their partici-

pation, and coordinated the arrangements or

attending VIPs.Despite a hectic schedule and enormous pressure, Nora

was always pleasant and maintained her composure. She remembered

every detail discussed at the meetings and took proper ollow-up action

in a very proessional manner, commented a colleague.

Nora credited the success to the other sta o the NPO Indonesia and the

Secretariat team,all o whom worked so hard to manage the event. She

is now back in her usual busy routine. As the Head o the Productivity Im-

provement Center, she is in charge o managing planning ormulation, con-

ducting the human resources development program, promoting productivity

improvement and productivity consultation, and overseeing training courses.

While she enjoys her job, she also likes seeing riends, singing or un, and

window shopping. TheAPO News can confrm that she is a great singer and

dancer ater many in Tokyo witnessed her ater working hours.

APO demonstration projects showcase practical applications o productivity

tools and techniques in the industry, service, and agriculture sectors. These

projects represent a concerted eort by demonstration companies, national

productivity organizations (NPOs), the APO, and designated experts to establish

models o productivity improvement. The outcomes can then be shared with other

enterprises within the country as well as with other APO member countries or greatermultiplier eects.

Pakistan is a recent beneciary, ater hosting a demonstration project on Six Sigma

and Total Productive Maintenance. The project started in November 2008 with the

arrival o APO expert Masaji Tajiri to assist the two selected companies: Nishat Mills

Private Limited, a weaving unit; and Interloop Private Limited, a hosiery manuactur-

er. The project was successully completed in August 2009, providing both companies

with enormous potential or uture improvement in terms o productivity and monetary

savings, explained General Manager Ejaz Rasul Chawdhry o the NPO, Pakistan.

In an eort to communicate the success o the project more widely, the NPO, Pakistan

organized national conerences in two major cities, Lahore and Karachi, on 17 De-

cember 2009 and 8 February 2010, respectively, in collaboration with the All Pakistan

Textile Mills Association, Lahore Chamber o Commerce and Industry, and Federa-

tion o Pakistan Chambers o Commerce and Industry (FPCCI). Leading industrialists,

association members, and senior ocers rom public-sector organizations attended to

hear presentations by demonstration company representatives.

The recent conerence held in Karachi was attended by Federal Minister or Industries

and Production Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, who inaugurated the conerence by stress-

ing that the NPO should reach out

and expand its services to Sindh,

Punjab, Balochistan, and Sarhad

provinces. FPCCI President Sultan

Ahmed Chawla delivered the wel-

come address, while NPO PakistanCEO Khawaja Muhammad Yousu

brieed the participants on the APO

and the role o the NPO Pakistan.

At the conerence CEO Yousu

told participants that he was reor-

ganizing the NPO and developing

increased linkages with public- and

private-sector stakeholders. We

believe that or enhancing regional

and national competitiveness,

Pakistani industrialists/experts should implement the concepts o total productive

maintenance, he explained, conrming the commitment o the NPO to oer techni-

cal assistance and consultancy to ensure productivity improvement domestically.

Innovation and Quality Manager Syed Salman Masood and Best Practice Oicer

Sajeel Siddique, NPO, Pakistan, who were assigned to the demonstration companies,

presented an overview o the projects and the details o productivity tools and tech-

niques adopted by the companies.

Contributed by Manager Innovation and Quality Syed Salman Masood, NPO Pakistan.

Productivity conferences on successful demonstrationcompanies in Pakistan

CEO Yousu (L) presenting a memento to Fed-eral Minister Bijarani (2nd R)

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