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WHAT’S UP PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS ?! ISSUE 3: VOLUME 2 : 1-15 FEBRUARY 2020

DRIVING PRODUCTIVITY OF THE NATION AGRO-FOOD 3 Feb: Bengkel Semakan dan Penambahbaikan Syarat Peraturan 3P.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 4 Feb : Nexus Governing Commit-tee (NGC) Meeting 1/2020.

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE 6 Feb: Pharmaceutical Services Programme at Ministry of Health (MOH).

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE 6 Feb: Working Group (WG) 2 meeting on productivity enhance-ment programme.

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC 7 Feb: Strategic Meeting on Future Direction of E&E.

CHEMICAL 11 Feb : Chemical Productivity Nex-us Governing Committee Meeting No.1/2020.

RETAIL AND F&B 11 Feb: Meeting on R1 Initiative to provide support to high potential SMEs for digitalization of business operation and build e-commerce capabilities

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 14 Feb : Meeting with MIDA - Ma-chinery and Metal Division on the MIDA-SIRIM initiative to establish Malaysia Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC).

From the Editor’s Desk

2020 has certainly been a challenging year to begin with! Weak global market and epidemics! In this issue, I will ask “How socially responsible are you?”. Has each one of us, be you individuals or industries been taking due cognisance on how our consumption and production habits affect the environment? And, do you know that the many drastic environmental happenings since late Decem-ber 2019 until now have their root sources from how the noncha-lant ways of living have affected Mother Earth! Hence, there is now the urgent need for each one of us to inculcate social responsibil-ity, both individuals and industries. The pointers highlighted in the International Standard ISO 26000:2010 provide a means of achiev-ing the benefits of operating and living in a socially responsible manner. The main objective of social responsibility is to contribute to sustainable development as envisioned in United Nations’ Sus-tainable Development Goals (2016-2030) that have been included in our 11

th Malaysia Plan (2015-2020), the current Shared Prosperity

Vision (2019-2030) as well as the planning for our 12th

Malaysia Plan (2020-2025). A forum on ISO 26000 was recently conducted to educate people on the importance of social responsibility. I am pleased to know there are sectors that are keen to pursue respec-tive social responsibility; namely, Malaysia Institute of Accountants, the Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia, Malaysia Mo-bile Crane Owners Association, Pos Malaysia and even SMEs like Siti Khadijah Holding Sdn Bhd. What about you?

AGRO-FOOD PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (AFPN)

Event report by Pn Azlin from Kuala Lumpur. 3 February 2020: AFPN conducted a Bengkel Semakan dan Penambahbaikan Syarat Peraturan 3P. This was a collaboration between PEMU-DAH, NTMs and AFPN. A total of 40 participants comprising of 18 Agro-Food companies and 14 representatives from DoA, FAMA and MAQIS. The objective for this session was to en-gage with the private sector to obtain feedback and recommen-dation for continuous improvement of FAMA’s 3P regulation.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (PSPN)

Event report by En. Danial from Kuala Lumpur. 3 February 2020: PSPN organised the Focus Group Meeting 1/2020 for Ac-countancy Fraternity. Meeting agenda covers the confir-mation of 2020 projects, group leaders and members for each projects, project meetings and projects reporting of the Accountancy Fraternity.


Event report by En. Danial from Kuala Lumpur. 4 February 2020: PSPN held the Nexus Governing Committee (NGC) Meeting 1/2020. Meeting agenda covers the confirmation and feed-back of the previous minutes of meeting, updates of PSPN 2020 projects from 6 fraternities and 4 integrated groups as well as the introduction of the new PSPN logo.

RETAIL AND F&B PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (RFBPN)


Event report Pn. Azlin from MPC HQ. 5 February 2020: AFPN conducted the Sesi Libat Urus Kajian Penyelidikan Dasar Agro-makanan Negara 2.0 (DAN 2.0) 2021-2030 with MoA, KPMG dan AFPN. The purpose for this meeting was to get more information re-garding AFPN and how AFPN can help provide input in preparing DAN 2.0.

CHEMICAL PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (CPN)

Event report by Cik Ilina from Johor. 5 February 2020: CPN organised the Initiative Working Group 2 (IWG2) to dis-cuss with PTSN on developing a module and implement up-skilling process engineering program at Politeknik Tun Syed Nasir (PTSN) Pagoh, Johor.

Event report by En Akmal from MPC HQ. 5 February 2020: RFBPN conducted a meeting with Reducing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens on Business (RURB) teams. The meeting discussed on the following issues: - Architectural Submission costs ; - Approval of business licensing that took 3 months; and - Food Handling Training Certification (MOH vs PBT). The meeting was attended by Dr Nuraisyah from UITM Faculty of Law (MPC Associate) , Mr. Benjamin Lim (Secret Recipe), Ms. PY Lee (Secret Recipe ) , Mr. Stalin James Jamun (Secret Recipe), Mr Alex Chong (Sakura Kristal Group of Company ), RFBPN team and RURB team.

MACHINERY AND EQUIPEMENT PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (MEPN)

Event report by Pn. Nurul Alia from MPC HQ. 5 February 2020: MEPN organised the engagement and sharing session with Evolution Marketing & Engineering Sdn Bhd on MEPN initia-tives.

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (PHPN)

Event report by Cik Sofea from Selangor. 5 February 2020: PHPN conducted a session on Pembentangan Bagi Penam-bahbaikan Proses Dan Garis Panduan Teknikal Bagi Urusan Mendapatkan Lesen Bagi Membina Hospital Swasta Baru Di Ma-laysia Siri 2. A total of 27 participants comprising of 72 repre-sentatives from 12 Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) in Selangor, and representatives from Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR), Jabatan Kerajaan Tempatan (JKT), Ministry of Eceonomic Affairs (MEA), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), and Ca-wangan Kawalan Amalan Perubatan Swasta (CKAPS). JKT and Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) agreed to discussed with CKAPS regarding the standardize com-pliance requirements by PBT under KPKT.


Event report by En. Abdul Rahman from MPC HQ. 6 February 2020: MEPN organised the Working Group (WG) 2 meeting on productivity enhancement programme. Productivity report of two pilot companies have been presented during the meeting. The meeting agreed to: 1. Use the report format as benchmark; 2. Present the result to participating companies and provide recommendation; and 3. Work closely with MPC team for intervention.

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (EEPN)

Event report by Pn. Lee Wan Wei from Kuala Lumpur. 6 February 2020: EEPN held a coordination meeting for formulating electric and electronic (EE) Roadmap. The meeting was to discuss the engagement session with industry captains which will be held on 25-26 Feb at MIMOS Kulim. The objective for the engagement session is to set the strategic direction for EE sector in the New Industrial Master Plan (IMP) 4.


Event report by Pn Syafina from Kuala Lumpur. 6 February 2020: PHPN held the pharmaceutical services programme at Ministry of Health (MOH). The session discussed on developing a self regulation framework for the private hospital advertisements with Pharmacy Enforcement Division MOH, CKAPS, Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC), Malaysian Investment Devel-opment Authority (MIDA) & Malaysian Medical Council (MMC). The outcome for this session was: Association Of Private Hospi-tals, Malaysia (APHM) would send the proposal on Self- Regula-tion Framework to ILU and MMC.

Event report by Pn. Lee Wan Wei from Kuala Lumpur 7 February 2020: EEPN held a strategic meeting on Future Direction of E&E. The meeting was participated by industry captains, moder-ated by Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and MPC. The vision of E&E is to be the integrated, intelligent & innovative manufacturing hub of the world . The strategy is to build on our strength in Manu-facturing while emphasizing on design & development as well as local talents.

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (EEPN)

Event report by En. Danial from Selangor. 7 February 2020: PSPN organised the Technology Focus Group Meeting 1/2020. The meeting agen-da covers the confirmation of 2020 projects, group leaders and members for each projects, project meetings and projects reporting of the Technology Focus Group.



Event report by En. Abdul Rahman from MPC HQ. 10 February 2020: MEPN conducted the Working Group (WG) 2 Meeting on M&E Repository Action Plan. The meeting was updated on the progress of survey that has been rolled out in January 2020. Two suggestion were forwarded to increase the number of respondents: 1) Leverage on existing association programs; and 2) Conduct awareness program in Johor and Penang.


Event report by Pn. Syafina from MPC HQ. 10 February 2020: PHPN presented to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA) on the study of “Transforming The Healthcare Sector: Enhancing Invest-ment, Growth & Productivity Through Mapping of Malaysia’s Healthcare Capacity Planning and Providing Healthcare Facility Guidelines”.


Event report by Pn Nurul Alia from MPC HQ. 11 February 2020: MEPN held the Working Group (WG) 4 Meeting 1/2020. The meeting discussed on the progress of RURB projects and other projects related to procedures and policies in the M&E ecosystem.

Event report by Cik Ilina from Kuala Lumpur. 11 February 2020: CPN organised the Chemical Productivity Nexus Governing Committee Meeting No.1/2020. The meeting was chaired by CPN Champion, Datuk Dr. Abd Hapiz Abdullah.


Event report by En. Danial from Kuala Lumpur. 11 February 2020: PSPN held the Focus Group Meeting 1/2020 for the Man-agement Consultancy Fraternity. Meeting agenda covers the confirmation of 2020 projects, group leaders and members for each projects, project meetings and projects reporting of the Management Consultancy Fraternity.


Event report by Pn. Azlin from MPC HQ. 11 February 2020: AFPN conducted a briefing session on AFPN and its initiatives to TAEL Partners, a private equity compa-ny that is interested to collaborate with agro-food in-dustry players.


Event report by En Akmal from MPC HQ. 11 February 2020: RFBPN held a meeting on R1 Initiative to provide support to high potential SMEs for digitalization of business operation and build e-commerce capabilities with Mr. Woody Ang and Mr. Yong Yoon, PEMANDU Associate. The discussion was on Project R1.2: Digital Transformation Program for SMEs in Retail and F&B.


Event report by En Akmal from MPC HQ. 11 February 2020: RFBPN conducted the discussion session on Assessment Tool: Going International Readiness Evaluation (GIRe). The meeting was chaired by YBhg. Datin Rusiah from Matrade and attended by representatives from Malaysian Franchise Association (MFA),Tekun Nasional, Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia, MEDAC, FAMA, MARA, SME CORP and PUNB.


Event report by Cik Izzati from Cyberjaya. 12 February 2020: DPN held a coordination meeting on state digital competi-tiveness index on mobile infrastructure deployment. The meeting discussed on: a) State Digital Competitiveness Index (SDCI) on Mobile Infrastructure Deployment (proposed framework, objec-tives, parameters, study methodology and governance structure; and b) Updates of other proposals presented at the Economic Action Council.

DIGITAL PRODUCTIVITY NEXUS (DPN)


Event report by Cik Nadia from MPC HQ. 12 February 2020: AFPN organized a discussion on the progress of Agro-food Information Toolbox with TAR UC and UPM.

Event report by Pn. Nazahiah from Selangor. 12 February 2020: PHPN held a meeting to encourage online submission by all private hospitals to MyHDW. The PHPN team also went on a site visit to Unit Rekod Perubatan to observe the process of collect-ing information and data among private hospitals with Pusat Informasi Kesihatan, KKM.


Event report by En. Abdul Rahman from Selangor. 13– 14 February 2020: MEPN conducted a two days workshop on industry 4.0 management software - V-ONE by ViTrox. The objective for this workshop was to facilitate the machinery and equipment industry regarding data management.


Event report by Cik Nadia from Selangor. 12-13 February 2020: AFPN organised the two days program on agro-food bootcamp program on contract farming 2nd series. There were 15 participants consisting of buyers and producers from Pahang, Perak and N. Sembilan. The objective of the program was to concretise the contract between buy-ers and producers using the Contract Farming Frame-work. FAMA’s Senior Director of Contract Marketing, Tn Hj A. Rahaman Suleiman also attended the program.


Event report by En. Fazree from Kuala Lumpur. 14 February 2020: CPN held the Initiative Working Group (IWG) 4 on high value add products segment. Presentation was made to YBhg. Dato' Mohd Shafiq Bin Abdullah, TKSU (Pengurusan) Kementerian Kesihatan Malay-sia (MOH) on Developing Vaccine Industry to Ad-dress Malaysia's Preparedness for Pandemics . MOH will set on engagement session with Venture-Tech (wholly-owned subsidiary of MIGHT) on looking into Public Private Partnership (PPP) .


Event report by Dr Mazlina from Kuala Lumpur. 14 February 2020: MEPN held a meeting with MIDA - Machinery and Metal Division on the MIDA-SIRIM initiative to es-tablish Malaysia Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC). The centre is expected to be the hub of M&E CoEs and wil be launched in April 2020.



Event report by Cik Ilina from Kuala Lumpur. 14 February 2020: CPN conducted the Initiative Working Group (IWG) 4 meeting with Malaysia Croplife & Public Health Associa-tion (MCPA). This was a Post NGC meeting on biopesti-cide program.

More Vets needed – Veterinary Services Department (VSD). The Malaysian Veterinary Council recorded a registration of 2,512 veterinarians nationwide. This means that we have one vet for every 12,000 citizens. Despite this, there is an increasing demand for clinical practices contributed by enhanced awareness in animal welfare and higher number of pet owners. Hence, Malaysia experiences a shortage of vets. The council has addressed this short-age by giving temporary practising permits to qualified individuals and foreign veterinarians. The important role of vets need to be make known. The Director-General of VSD highlighted that “vets are the ones involved in controlling zoonotic diseases; diseases that can be transmitted from animals to people such as rabies and avian flu, and preventing their spread to human”. He added that, urbanisation has reduced the gap between wildlife and human. Thus, VSD places due im-portance on the role of specialist vets to continually monitor the situation and conducting numer-ous tests to detect any outbreak! Besides, the role of veterinarians is also important for food pro-duction as the food industry needs their expertise to help improve the productivity of farmers. Apart from productivity, vets also assist in ensuring food produced by farmers is safe for con-sumption. This opinion is supported by the Malaysian Association of Food Animal Veterinarians, especially so when modern living necessitated the food production industry produces disease-free meat. Perhaps, it is time we gave due recognition to vets so that Malaysia could have productive food industry as well as safe meat for consumption.

Publication Team

Editor : Dr Shaik Roslinah Bux

Member: Nur’Atikah Binti Asari

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