MIME launches business award

17 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment
5S / 5S Productivity Award / AEC / ASEAN Economic Community / business award / food manufacturing company / food manufacturing industry / industry award / Japanese aid / local entrepreneur / Meng Saktheara / MIME / MIME’s award scheme / MIME’s general director of Industry / Ministry of Industry / National Productivity Centre of Cambodia / National University of Management / private sector / productivity / Productivity Promotion Office of the NPCC / productivity standards / public sector / service industry / sorting / standardising / Um Serivuth / Workplace organisation method / Yea Bunna / Yi Samphy

The government wants to play a bigger role in helping local businesses remain competitive and, to this end, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) has launched a new award to recognise companies that have achieved high produc-tivity standards. Ten companies will be awarded in September this year under the initiative, called the 5S Productivity Award. 5S is a Japan-based workplace organisation method – which will also be used as judging criteria – focusing on increasing efficiency and safety through methods such as “sorting”, or eliminating unnecessary processes, and “standardising”, or keeping procedures simplified. …

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