HONG KONG TOTAL QUALITY FORUM 
promoting quality initiatives among the Hong Kong
community through sharing of success stories

5-S (五常法) Seminar
Presentation in English

Tuesday, 06 July 2004, 6:30PM - 8:00PM
VENUE:  Ocean Empire Training Room, 3/F, 29 Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kln

Who:

Professor Sam Ho has rich experience in researching, developing and conducting a proprietary set of 5-S training programs.  Brought up in Hong Kong, he taught in the UK from 1988 – 1997.  There, he gained the first UK Professorship on Strategy & Quality, and was also the first Chinese Professor in Management.  

He was the first Quality Expert to the Malaysian Government, working on the Asian Development Bank project to help the country to develop a five year quality plan in 1993-94.  There he developed the world’s first 5-S Audit Checklist. Since 1994, he has trained thousands of people in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, UK & USA on the 5-S Practice.

In 1998, he successfully bid for a HK$4.6 million project from the Industrial Support Fund to train 2,500 people over a 2-year period to become the world’s first 5-S Lead Auditors.  The response since launch has exceeded all expectations, and, as a result, the HK 5-S Association was founded by Pro. Ho in May 1999, and has now over 10,000 members.

What: 
Objective
To understand how the proprietary 5-S Quality Management can be used for improving the safety, hygiene, quality, productivity, image and competitiveness of your organisation.

Introduction
The 5-S technique is a key to improving the quality and productivity of work. It has been widely practised in Japan for many years, but without auditing.  In 1993, appointed as the Quality Expert by the Asian Development Bank for the Malaysian Government, Prof. Sam Ho redefined the terms and developed the World’s first and only 5-S Audit checklist.  Since the process has undergone 10 revisions, with over 70 group companies in HK and China (representing around 40,000 employees) certified as 5-S registered firm according to the 5-S certification scheme earmarked by the HKSAR Government.

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