Annual Report 2009 - Asian Productivity Organization

esource persons, workshop participants have been
exposed to GP diagnostic activities and applications
of tools and techniques during in-plant practices.
The 2009 Training of Trainers in Green Productivity
was held 30 March–24 April in Kuala Lumpur and
Penang, Malaysia, with the collaboration of the MPC
and Malaysian Institute of Public Administration
(INTAN). A total of 22 participants from 17 member
countries attended, along with two international
resource persons and five local ones invited by the
MPC and INTAN.
Program coverage: GP concepts and principles of
ecology; Management; Engineering; and Economics,
productivity, and quality management. Field visits were
made to Advanced Micro Devices, Penang plant, a
US-based company involved in processing microchips,
to observe the energy conservation and environmental
protection initiatives by the company. For field work,
participants were dispatched to four companies: Utusan
Melayu Bhd., a large company publishing a major
local newspaper; MM Vita Oils Sdn. Bhd., a mediumsized
producer of edible oil products for local and
overseas markets; ROS Enterprise, a small agrofood
maker for the local market; and Percetakan Selaseh
Sdn. Bhd., a small printing company.
Energy Auditing
Energy prices are a main concern for socioeconomic
development, and it is a cost component in every sector
of the economy. Therefore, implementing energy
audits in organizations, large building complexes,
manufacturing plants, public utilities, and SMEs can
decrease energy consumption and increase energy
efficiency by reducing unnecessary use and waste.
Energy auditing involves gap analysis with regard
to energy consumption and efficiency and identifies
areas for improvement including the incorporation of
energy-efficient techniques. The main purpose of an
energy audit is to improve profitability and save costs.
Moreover, in the context of productivity improvement,
adopting energy-efficiency techniques is necessary.
The APO organized an e-learning course on Energy
Auditing based on the Global Development Learning
Network of the World Bank in three phases: phase I,
25–28 May 2009 for Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Thailand,
and Vietnam; phase II, 15–18 June for India, IR Iran,
Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan; and phase III, 7–10
July 2009 for Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, and
the Philippines. The course was organized in association
with the NPOs of the participating countries, and
323 participants attended virtually.
Program coverage: Energy efficiency concepts and
fundamentals; Energy efficiency and energy audits;
Japanese experience in energy auditing; Energy
audit methodology; and Energy audit case studies on
industrial applications. An examination was conducted
on the final day of each phase. Site visits to industries/
buildings were organized for the participants to
observe practical aspects of energy auditing in each
locale.
OHSAS 18001
OHSAS 18001 is an assessment specification standard
for occupational health and safety (OHS) first published
in 1999 and revised in 2007. OHSAS 18001:2007
helps organizations to manage health and safety
hazards and risks in a systematic, proactive manner
while making continuous improvements and being
more responsible to employees, the environment, and
the global community. To promote a healthy, safe
work culture for overall productivity improvement in
the region, the APO has been implementing training
courses on the OHS management systems for the past
few years to develop trained manpower in member
countries.
To develop a pool of auditors to help organizations
in the region implement OHS management systems
and acquire OHSAS 18001:2007 certification, the
training course for Certified Lead Auditors for the
Occupational Health and Safety Management System:
OHSAS 18001:2007 was organized following IRCAapproved
methodology in Yogyakarta, 22–26 June,
in cooperation with the Directorate of Productivity
and National Occupational Safety and Health Center,
Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration. The
objective was to provide in-depth knowledge of how
to develop, implement, audit, and improve OHS
management systems. The course was attended by 20
participants from 12 member countries.
Program coverage: Overview of management systems,
audits, and certification process; Understanding the
OHSAS 18001 standard; Requirements of OHSAS
18001; How to plan and conduct an audit; Audit reporting
and follow-up. An examination was conducted
at the end of the course.
Green Productivity and the Environmental
Management System (ISO14001)
The establishment of the environmental management
system (EMS): ISO14001 was the result of worldwide
focus on the environment, encouraging a cleaner,
safer, healthier world. It allows organizations to make
environmental efforts using internationally accepted
criteria and becomes part of the overall management
system that addresses the impact of its activities,
products, and services on the environment. It also
helps organizations to identify and take control of
the environmental impacts that they generate and
functions as a tool to improve both management and
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