Stage set for Sultan Qaboos Industrial excellence award

07/10/2015 07:57 AST

Dr Ali Massoud Al Sunaidi, minister of commerce and industry, said that the ministry is proceeding to prepare for ‘Sultan Qaboos Industrial excellence award’, which is the new name for His Majesty’s Competition for the Best Five Factories.

Dr Ali Massoud Al Sunaidi indicated that the ministry is honoured to hold the competition with its new name granted by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos. The guidance of His Majesty requires granting the award in conjunction with Industry Day on February 9.

The ministry, in cooperation with the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates, had started promotional campaign for Sultan Qaboos Industrial excellence award on Tuesday. The campaign will include a number of workshops in each of Raysut Industrial Estate, Rusayl industrial Estate and Sohar Industrial Estate.

The competition started in 1991 and is held once every two years. The award went through several stages of development in evaluation criteria and categories which are based on the principle of total quality management. The competition gives an opportunity to all large, medium and small factories to compete for a place and allows the winner to use the name of the award in the following years.

Participation in such competition will allow establishments to obtain a comprehensive assessment of its performance carried out by specialised experts and thus will help in the discovery of strengths and aspects that need development to improve the performance.

The framework of the evaluation consists of nine criteria, five of them related to operations carried out by industrial establishments and the other four related to the results and achievements. The minister of commerce and industry encouraged factories to participate in this competition, which is honoured with holding the name of His Majesty the Sultan.

These workshops are organised to inform them of the changes in the new labour standards of the competition and to motivate them to participate.

Times of Oman