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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Sikkim Milk Union in third phase of process to become a Demonstration Company


GANGTOK, 09 Mar: The Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Japan had selected the Sikkim Milk Union to be developed into a Demonstration company. Under this project the APO and National Productivity Council, New Delhi [designated principal implementing agency] will provide international and national expert and consultancy services to Sikkim Milk Union free of cost for productivity improvement and food safety management.
Mr. Pieter Willem de Jongh, the International Dairy Expert from Netherlands deputed by APO to work on the processing improvement and productivity alongwith NPC, India expert, KVR Raju had made their first visit to Sikkim Milk Union in the months of March and August in 2011.
A press release informs that in order to continue the improvement missions, the APO organised their third and final visit between 07 to 17 March. A review meeting of the project was organised at Sikkim Milk Union Dairy Plant on 08 March to review the mission progress and the achievements made and the strategies for achieving the unfinished improvement tasks.
With the support of International expert, the Sikkim Milk Union is putting all its efforts and resources to achieve productivity improvement and develop itself into a model dairy enterprise. It is expected that the APO experts will provide outcome of the project and also improvement tools needed in the days to come by Sikkim Milk Union in the closing ceremony to be held on 16 March, the release mentions. The project was started in the year 2010 and expected the active phase of the project to get completed with this visit.
The objective of the project is to showcase how a company in public sector can successfully design and implement productivity improvement initiatives with the commitment and active participation of all productivity stakeholders; Demonstrate visibly and tangibly how productivity improvement initiatives lead to outstanding results for the company; illustrate the benefits of productivity gain sharing in boosting the motivation, morale, welfare and overall achievements of the workers; and serve a model to inspire other enterprises, workers, and all stakeholders to promote productivity more vigorously in their workplaces.

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