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Validation Workshop

Payroll Management

Need Assessment Analysis

NPO & IFC

TES Program at Karachi

TQM Session at Sukker

Training Courses at OGDCL

Session on Leadership Skills

at Multan

Value Stream Mapping

Statistical Process Control

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elegates from 20 Asian Productivity Organization (APO) member states took part in the

53rd international workshop of Heads National Productivity Organization (NPO) in Bali Dwith Indonesian Minister of Manpower and Transmission H.E. Muhaimin Iskandar. CEO-

NPO Mr. Khawaja MOHAMMAD Yousuf along with Mr. Abdul Basit , Additional Secretary

Food Safety represented Pakistan. In this session Pakistan's proposal for expanding APO

membership was accepted discussed which was already by GBM. While speaking to the

delegation CEO-NPO Mr. Khawaja MOHAMMAD Yousuf stressed that non-member country

missions should be revived, member countries should collaborate more by increasing the I-

OSMs to fully capitalize on NPOs' productivity enhancement initiatives and also should increase

linkage with other international Productivity Organization like the WNPO and other major

International agencies working in this field. He also pointed out that more Pakistani resource

persons should be utilized by APO as there is active engagement done with other member

countries.

While talking about the government of Pakistan's medium-term socioeconomic development

agenda, Mr. Yousuf said that the main focus was on issues of energy, water, internal security,

human development, civil service reforms and provisions of infrastructure. He highlighted a plan

focusing on macroeconomic growth initiatives executed by NPO that offers efficient industrial

mechanism through Result Based Management. NPO Pakistan is supporting public and private

sector by promoting innovation and efficiency sessions, building high skilled human capacity

through skills development programs, providing technological up-gradation, promoting

research and development activities and encouraging exports by meeting demands of

competition, technology and higher labor productivity.

The meeting was also attended by three observers from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for

Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), and Botswana National Productivity

Centre (BNPC). The main agenda items of this WSM were to reconfirm the APO Program Plan

for the 2013–2014 biennium, prioritize the policy statements from APO Directors at the 2012

GBM, review the current center of excellence and proposals for a new one, and review the

proposed new public-sector productivity framework.

NPO-Pakistan proposal for expanding APO membership accepted

at International conference

Chief Executive – NPO on behalf

of himself, BOD's and NPO staff

welcomes Mr. Shafqat Hussain

Naghmi for taking charge as

Secretary Ministry of Industries.

We are glad to see him to take

up this responsibility and are

confident that he will add lot of

value to government due to his

past vast experience. We assure

you Sir, of our full support and

cooperation.

Welcome Note

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due to the aligned mandate of both institutions. NPO and

UNIDO are working on multiple projects for promoting and

accelerating sustainable industrial development in Pakistan.

Under this project UNIDO will focus on the industrial sectors to

facilitate the sustainable energy projects through developing the

policy and regulatory framework on use of EE/RE in Industry,

create an investment platform for promoting investments in

RE/EE and scaling up the market and establish an accreditation

center for energy experts on EMS & Re applications in industry.

National Productivity Organization (NPO-Pakistan) in

collaboration with United Nations Industrial Development

Organization (UNIDO) Pakistan organized a workshop on

projects for “Sustainable Energy Initiatives for Industries in

Pakistan” under GEF funding in collaboration with Government

of Pakistan. The Chief Guest of the Workshop was Mr.

Muhammad Basharat Raja, Advisor to Prime Minister said that

government supports initiatives carried out by UNIDO and

NPO. He said that energy stands at the forefront of the complex

and interconnected challenges that define our increasingly

globalized world. He stressed that we should ensure universal

access to sustainable energy as this is pre-requisite to achieving

sustainable development and driving new models of economic

growth. Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Yousuf , CEO-NPO said that

NPO through its energy audits has been successfully been

saving energy cost of various industries to 15% and thus this

mindset need to be created among masses. He said that energy

efficiency is more important than energy generation. Adding he

said that UNIDO-NPO partnership has always been in favor

A training program of Payroll Management was taken place at

NPO Karachi office. Mr. Amir Inam was the resource person for

this training program. The resource speaker said that to succeed

in a world with greater time demands and leaner profit margins,

it must find alternatives to the way we do business. One

alternative is to simplify our work environment by outsourcing

non-core functions, such as payroll. Payroll Management can

help you avoid penalties for miscalculations by doing this work

for you.

NPO-Karachi organized a training program on “Need

Assessment Analysis." Sabahat Saeed Khan was the resource

speaker. He said that training needs assessment is a critical

activity for the training and development function. He said that

whether you are a human resource generalist or a specialist, you

should be adept at performing a training needs assessment. This

session began with an overview of the training and development

function and how the needs assessment fits into business process

and training needs assessment.

Workshop on Sustainable Energy Initiative

ior Industries in Pakistan Held

Training program on Payroll Management

& Preparation

Workshop on “Training Need Assessment & Analysis”

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National Productivity Organization (NPO) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) in order to

develop critical mass in Pakistan have launched Business Edge Trainings for SME's in Pakistan. These

trainings focus six key areas like HR, Marketing, Finance & Accounting, Quality & Operations, Soft

Skills and Tourism.

NPO and IFC recently signed a deal which enables NPO to conduct Business Edge™ specialized

trainings for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) in Pakistan. The objective of this agreement is to

enhance the performance and competitiveness of SME's in the Country by delivering Business Edge™

trainings using the Business Edge™ Training Materials. These programs will introduce career path for

the undeveloped and developed working professionals who would like to act as a catalyst in

promoting management techniques as a professional trainer, consultant and auditor.

In this regards recently “Train the Trainers” program was successfully concluded by an Egyptian

resource speaker Ms. Heba El Soussy. IFC is schedule to conduct programs on SME related topics

with its partner organization like NPO, MDI, ECI and Fulcrum. These specialized trainings on Business

Edge™ will be developed by International Finance Corporation (IFC) and will focus on core

management skills, such as financial, operational, marketing, human resource management and

sound leadership skills.

NPO and IFC Launches Business Edge Trainings for SME's in Pakistan

APO TES program at NPO Regional office Karachi

Under the TES program on Kaizen, Poka-Yoke and 5S, Mr.

Satoru Tajima visited Karachi from 17th to 21st of

December 2012. This program was in cooperation with

Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Tokyo, Japan. The

visit of Mr. Tajima started with a lecture at NED University

of Engineering & Technology, Karachi. This lecture

covered the topic of Waste Removing Activities through

Kaizen & 5S. Faculty members and students of NED

University attended the lecture in large number. This

program was organized with patronage of Dr. Muzaffar

Mahmood, Pro Vice Chancellor of the University and

cooperation of Dr. Muhammad Tufail, Dean Faculty of

Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering and Dr. Syed

Aamir Iqbal, Chairman department of Industrial &

manufacturing Engineering. Mr. Tajima delivering the

lecture at NED University of Engineering & Technology,

Karachi. Mr. Satoru Tajima delivered a lecture at the office

of Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and

Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM).

Munir K. Bana, Chairman of PAAPAM welcome the

delegation of NPO and appreciated the efforts of NPO in

improving the Quality and Productivity of economic

sectors. Small Kaizens in working areas. Mr. Tajima

showed a video in this session and explained the

participants how productivity can be improved with the

help of cohesive well defined efforts. Bridging concepts

with various case studies gave audience a chance to see

things from practical approaches by keeping challenges

of Pakistani industries.

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Addressing the importance of Total Quality

Management in Pakistani Industries

Awareness & Implementation of ISO17025:2005

Laboratory accreditation in accordance with an international standard has become a significant pre-requisite in the international trade. Pakistan is still lagging behind in this field. keeping in view the importance of internationally accepted accreditation of local laboratories National Productivity Organization (NPO) Regional Office Karachi organized two days training course on “Awareness & Implementation of ISO.17025:2005” at NPO House Regional office Karachi. Mr. Zainul Ibad was the trainer of the program. Thirteen participants from different local laboratories participated in this training course. They asked relevant questions from the trainer which made the event a very informative and successful program.

In-House Training Courses at OGDCL Tando Alam

Oil Field Hyderabad Sindh.

The National Productivity Organization (NPO) Regional Office

Karachi organized a Training course on “Hazards Risk Analysis

and Assessment” on at Oil & Gas Development Company

Limited (OGDCL), Tando Alam Oil Field Hyderabad Sindh. The

purpose of the above training courses was to aware the

participants about Health Safety & Environment (HSE) issues

faced in the oil fields and the way these issues are addressed.

HSE trainer Mr. Asif Iqbal delivered the meaningful lecture to

the participants.

such kind of programs will be organized at Sukkur Chamber of

Commerce & Industry in order to collect related industrialists and

focus oriented audience. The closing ceremony was headed by

the Director Quality Enhancement Cell Sukkur IBA, Mr Altaf

Hussain Samo. Mr. Samo appreciated the efforts of NPO-

Pakistan on organizing the training program for educational

sector and industrial sector in Sukkur Sindh especially in interior

Sindh and he added that in future Sukkur IBA & NPO-Pakistan

will continue the activities for educational & industrial sector.

Syed Arshad Ali was the trainer of the training course and Syed

Arshad Ali delivered the meaningful lecture by covering all parts

with a professional approach. Participants from industries &

Sukkur IBA asked valuable questions on TQM from the trainer

and the trainer satisfied the participants.

The National Productivity Organization (NPO), Ministry of

Industries, Government of Pakistan, organized many training

programs for different sectors especially for industrial &

educational sectors in Sindh province. NPO, Regional office

Karachi continue this practice by organizing a one day training

program on “Total Quality Management” in collaboration with

Sukkur Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur.

The purpose of this training program was to enhance the

capacity of students, academia members, industrialist and

develop the bridge between industries, IBA Sukkur students &

academia members by using the platform of National

Productivity Organization (NPO) and spread the knowledge

about “Total Quality Management” between the participants

and to aware the participants about modern techniques of

TQM. More than 53 participants from different industries and

from different areas of Sukkur Sindh attended the training

course. Mr. Muhammad Aslam Pathan, Secretary General of

Sukkur Chamber of Commerce & Industry, was invited by NPO

in this training program, Mr. Muhammad Aslam Pathan

appreciated the NPO team for organizing the training jointly for

educational & industrial sector. Mr. Pathan said that in future

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In-House Training Courses at OGDCL Tando Alam Oil Field Hyderabad Sindh.

The National Productivity Organization (NPO), Ministry of Industries & Production, Government of Pakistan in Collaboration with

Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Multan conducted training on “Effective Managerial and Leadership Skills”.

The objective of this training course was to embed the essence of good leadership qualities and educating about how to be a Leader

& Manager with good communication skills, excellent team building capacity and the ability to bring the best out of everybody. In this

session several managerial and soft skills of how to be a good manager and a leader were delivered. Real Time cases were shared

among the participants. They were distributed among different groups and competed with each other. This is acted like an ice

breaking and in this way participants were also involved in training and this was appreciated by the representatives of different

organizations. Training was conducted by the trainer “Mr. Muhammad Ahmed”.

After the session lunch was offered to the participants by NPO. 45 participants attended the training and all of them appreciated and

requested to conduct these types of trainings in future.

The program shall develop understanding, vis-à-vis the

fruitfulness of Value stream Mapping and its succeeding

implementation in Pakistan. The latest practices in Lean

Production System shall help us to develop the capacity of

individuals (participants from various economic sectors). The

program will be very favorable to develop a pool of

professionals which are directly or indirectly linked with the

production & shop floor (Plant Managers, Production Heads,

and Consultants etc.) which are equipped with established

Japanese productivity tools.

This program is aimed to enlighten the participants to achieve

Achieving Quality, Zero Defects, Zero Accidents, Zero

Wastages, Cost Reduction, Reduced Maintenance Cost, and

Zero Machine Losses. Dr. Lee who is the Senior Research

Manager for IDC Manufacturing Insights Asia/Pacific, based in

Singapore was the resource speaker and expert of this session.

In his role, William is responsible for analyzing manufacturing

best practices through the use of IT, the priorities and deployment

strategies of manufacturing firms, and emerging ICT trends and

opportunities in the sector to the sector.

Value Stream Mapping for Achieving Lean Production System

.The core competencies developed under this program shall

enable the participants to better mechanize the organizational

resources, Increased organizational productivity overall

operational effectiveness ,Initiate the synergy of world's best

productivity tools to emerge as an effectively organized and

strategically productive organization, more efficient and quality

conscious in their respective fields The Program shall enable

their Company/ Organization, to achieve zero defects and zero

accidents at their production floors.

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Capacity Building in house program on Statistical Process Control

NPO organized an in house capacity building on the topic of

“Statistical Process Control” at English Biscuit Manufacturers

(EBM), Karachi a leading name of Pakistan in biscuit

manufacturers. It was a series of trainings which was organized

for two groups of employees of EBM. The sessions were not

limited to class rooms activities only but a shop floor follow up

exercises were also a mandatory part of the capacity building

program. Participants were later trained on Minitab software

for using the Statistical tools. Nabeel Afzal, Management

Associate of NPO, Regional Office Karachi solely organized

and conducted the all sessions of the programs. The program

received an excellent feedback from not only the participants

but the concerned departmental heads, to whom the

participants report in their routine duties. This program was

spread over the months of October and November 2012.

A Focus on ISO – 5000 Energy Management Systems & Clean Development Mechanism

In this program about 50 participants from various Industries like steel, Textile, Engineering, Pulp & Paper, Cement, Telecom etc attended the session. This program was conduc ted th rough an In te rna t i ona l Expe r t , Mr. G. Subramanyam, Director Siri Energy & Carbon Advisory Services, Hyderabad, India. Mr. Aftab from NPO, Pakistan

introduced participants about NPO activities and back ground

of ISO-50001 and linkage of NPO with APO, Japan. Mr G.

Subramanyam, APO expert Spoke about the training program

objectives and said there is 15-20% potential for energy

conservation in Pakistan in almost all sectors like, Industry,

Transport, Agriculture and Domestic. He also made a

presentation on climate change and how to save energy in

various sectors and Government initiatives to save energy.

As part of 2 weeks training program, there were 11 days of class

room sessions and one day filed visit to local Industries. The

topics covered during the program focused on Need for Energy

Conservation ,Electrical Load Management, Energy Efficiency

in Motors, Energy Efficiency in Transformers, Energy Efficiency in

Pumps, Energy Efficiency in Fans, Energy Conservation

Compressed Air, Energy Efficiency in HVAC, Energy Efficiency

in cooling Towers, Energy Efficiency in Boilers, Energy Efficiency

in Steam Distribution, Energy Efficiency in Power Generation /

DG sets/Gas engines, Energy Management Systems (EnMS) –

ISO 50001,Implementation of Energy Efficiency Projects

through ESCO model, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),

Case Studies ,Industrial Visit to Textile ( Garments) & Steel

Rolling Mill. Based on the various studies it estimate that there is

potential savings to the tune of 15 to 20% in all the sectors like

industry, domestic, agriculture, Municipalities, Transport &

commercial buildings. So by the implementation of ISO 50001

Energy Management Systems, we can release energy saving

and reduce our carbon emissions. Some of the projects can also

be taken up under Clean Development Mechanism and we can

get additional revenues. The NPO Management has established

centre of energy and environment management- CEEM and

have highly professional foreign trained team to address the

energy crisis through energy management services.

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GLORIOUS PRODUCTIVE YEAR 2012Commemorating some of the main events of 2012

International Training Program on

Strategic Management ConsultancyInternational Productivity Congress (IPC PAP's Mega Cycling Ride

NPO & UNIDO54th session of the Asian Productivity

Organization (APO) Governing Body

NPO to Assist LPG Cylinders Manufacturers

for Technology upgradation.

PAP Annual Session – Federal ChapterAverting Boiler Explosions Sessions

and Audits

Energy Conservation Poster

Exhibition 2012

PAP Annual Session – Sindh/

Baluchistan ChapterTPM Session at Faisalabad IFC Training for senior officers

Master Training on Lean Manufacturingst1 Governing Council Meeting of PMQA NPO signs deal with MoT

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