Productivity Promotion Seminar:
The entity mandated with the promotion of employment growth and productivity thereby contributing to South Africa’s socio-economic development and competitiveness, as contemplated in section 31 of the Employment Services Act, No. 4 of 2014 held a Productivity Promotion Seminar on Application of Japanese 5s and Kaizen Concepts for Productivity Improvement on 25 January 2018 at the Hilton in Sandton.
The aim of the seminar was to showcase the success of the implementation of Japanese best practices within manufacturing implemented in South African manufacturing companies. Some of the companies made presentations and highlighted how they implemented the 5s and KAIZEN Concept for Productivity Improvement in South Africa thereby increasing their productivity levels. The event also marked Productivity SA ‘s partnership with The Japan Productivity Center (JPC) and the support of Japan ‘s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Five model companies which were made out of two companies from South Africa (Bambanani and Directech) and Botswana (Feura Sports and Lucius Dry Cleaners) respectively and one Zimbabwe company (Superior Footwear Investments) gave presentations through which they shared how KAIZEN has improved their companies.
As an entity of the Department of Labour, Productivity SA is closely aligned with the department’s role of reducing unemployment, poverty and inequality through a set of policies and programmes developed in consultation with social partners, aimed at:
• Improved economic efficiency and productivity;
• Skills development and employment creation;
• Sound labour relations;
• Eliminating inequality and discrimination in the workplace;
The chairman of Productivity SA, Mr. Mthunzi Mdwaba emphasized in his welcome address the need for government to recognize productivity as an economic enabler and not only productivity as a concept but to also recognise and support Productivity SA as an institution and enable to get the necessary to be enabled to recognize the mission of enabling a competitive and productive South Africa.
The Deputy Minister of the Department of Labour, the Honourable Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa delivered a keynote address. In his speech the deputy minister urged South Africans companies to take advantage of Productivity SA’s Enterprise Support Programmes that are implemented in partnership with the Japan Productivity Centre. He further said that the focus of the Enterprise Support Programmes is on achieving a productive high-income economy which is globally competitive, targeted at the productive sectors of the economy that have a potential for labour absorption.
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