PAAM Johor Branch Vice Chairman
YB. Md. Salikon delivering his
inspiring welcome address. |
With the collaboration of Persatuan Alumni AOTS Malaysia, Johor Branch and JSKMC (Johor Skills and Knowledge Management Center), a full day seminar on Kaizen Applications in Manufacturing Companies has been successfully organized. This is the first time that a co-seminar has been carried out.
The response received from the related industries was indeed very encouraging. A total of 56 participants attended this seminar. Among them 90% were from manufacturing companies from Johor region, at the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsular.
There were three invited speakers for
this seminar:
1. Mr. Lim Eng Swee of PAAM CCM.
2. En. Mohamed bin Hassan, principal consultant of BPMI Consultant company
3. Mr. R. Narendranath a/l Rmana, principal consultant of TQS Manage- ment company.
The subjects discussed during the seminar were:
1. Start Implementing 5S, the basic of Kaizen.
2. Kaizen & Gemba Kaizen & developing an eye for waste.
3. Employee empowerment towards success of Kaizen in the factory
Two papers were presented by the main speaker i.e. Mr. Lim Eng Swee, an active Central Committee Member with PAAM, which lasted for a total of 3 hours. A very detailed explanation on 5S (Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu. Shitsuke) concepts, had been presented, followed by the practical approaches, the important aspects of applying team/group activities to 5S activities.
Later, Mr. Lim also provided important points to observe when implementing the 5S audits, how to get management support and various tools used in the 5S activities.
On the presentation of the 2nd paper, Mr. Lim had emphasized the relationship of 5S with the 3 T, VM and the relationship with Kaizen. 5S is the foundation to Kaizen. And Kaizen is the indispensable approach to strengthen Management Power.
Many questions were asked during the Q&A session of the lecture. Most of the questions asked related either directly and/or indirectly to the actual implementation of 5S. Being an expert at the field, Mr. Lim has been very generously shared his experiences with all the participants. It can be observed that the participants were very attentive throughout the whole of Mr. Lim's lecture.
Participants paying full attention during the presentations. |
Mr. Lim receiving the Certificate of Appreciation
from the co- organizer. |
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