STANDARDISATION FOR PRODUCTIVITY : SINGAPOREs STORY

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STANDARDISATION FOR PRODUCTIVITY SINGAPOREs
STORY

• Seminar
• on the
• Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Standard Pallet
  Implementation Project
• 30 May 2001
• Ms Susan Chong
• Deputy Director
• Centre for Standardisation
• Standardisation and Metrology Division
• Singapore Productivity and Standards Board

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NATIONAL STANDARDISATION PROGRAMME

• Strategic Intent
• To be one of the global standardisation leaders
  through excellence in the use of standardisation
  to
• facilitate trade and improve environment, health
  and safety
• improve productivity through the deployment of
  standardisation practices and harmonisation of
  standards
• transfer and create knowledge by leveraging on
  standards
• for the social and economic betterment of
  business, industry consumers in Singapore

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STANDARDISATION FOR PRODUCTIVITY

• Increased emphasis on standardisation as tool to
  enhance the competitiveness of industry
• Increased efforts to facilitate the
  implementation of national standards as well as
  industry standards practices
• Standards Implementation for Productivity(SIP)
  commenced as programme in 1997
• Industry Productivity Fund available for pilots
  feasibility studies

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Standards with High Impact on Interoperability

• Pallet Standard for the Fast Moving Consumers
  Goods (FMCG) Industry- 1st SIP
• Pallet standardisation maximises asset
  utilization by
• providing interoperability along the supply chain
• eliminating the need for manual transfer of goods
  to another pallet and thus raise productivity
• leading to a reduction in delivery and transfer
  costs
• allowing standardisation of racking and warehouse
  design for economy of space and facilitate
  automation
• Pilot study completed in Yr 2000 resulting in
  155 IRR
• 65,000 standard pallets currently in use

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Standards with High Impact on Interoperability

• Logistics - Radio Frequency Communication
  Protocol for Electronic Seal of Freight
  Containers
• Developed by ISO WG led by Singapore
• Ensures interoperability along logistics supply
  chain
• Enhances productivity increases cost savings
  from manpower time savings
• Reduces claims liabilities, enhances security
  more accurate tracking of container movements
• ISO standard completion expected in 2002

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Standards with High Impact on Quality
Productivity

• Technical Reference for Cold Chain Management -
  Milk and Diary Products(TR2 2000)
• Improvement in
• the quality of milk diary products sold and
  safety in the consumption of these products
• the efficiency and productivity of the supply
  chain, which would result in higher sales with
  higher consumer confidence
• integrity of cold chain management at critical
  points
• SIP commenced in Apr 2001 with ECR Singapore as
  project manager.
• key stakeholders NTUC FairPrice, Cold Storage,
  Carrrefour Shop Save as well as 4 suppliers

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Construction IT Standards for Interoperability

• The development of IT standards
• is in line with the Construction 21 Committees
  aims to promote the use of IT
• enables the efficient exchange of electronic
  information between the various professionals
  namely, developers, architects, engineering
  consultants, contractors quantity surveyors.

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Construction IT Standards for Interoperability

• Code of Practice for Classification of
  Construction Cost Information (CP 80 1999)
• With one classification system, this code will
  help to improve productivity by
• - reducing duplicative work
• - improving interoperability significantly for
  the industry
• - expediting work process minimising errors in
  interpretation
• Expected to be used by property developers,
  architects, mechanical electrical engineers,
  civil structural engineers, quantity surveyors
  contractors

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Construction IT Standards for Interoperabilty

• Code of Practice for Construction Computer Aided
  design on the Organisation and Naming of CAD
  Layers (CP 83 Part 1 1999)
• The intent of the code is to
• - aid communication of technical documentation
  on CAD systems in the construction industry
• - improve interoperability
• The code covers
• - the general principles of the layer structure
  within CAD files
• - the organisation allocation of layers that
  are used in CAD files for building
  construction projects

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Standards with High Impact on Interoperability

• Technical Reference for Pipeline Service
  Corridors
• Productivity would be improved through
• the provision of centralised utilities common
  pipeline service corridors for liquid gaseous
  materials
• the use of the same standard for external
  pipelines of all plants
• facilitating safe transfer of raw materials,
  finished products utilities outside the
  boundaries of the plants

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Standards with High Impact on Productivity

• Technical Reference on Cleaning Performance for
  Commercial Buildings (TR 1 1999)
• First service standard that provides an objective
  system as basis to determine standard of cleaning
  services according to customers requirements
• Performance-based that provides service providers
  the incentive to invest in automation training
  to improve productivity competitiveness

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Standards with High Impact on Interoperability

• RosettaNet Standards for Collaborative Commerce
• RosettaNet Singapore, non profit standardisation
  organisation, launched on 29 Sept 2000
• Addresses global interoperability needs of
  infocomm, electronic components semiconductor
  industry
• Consortia standards used based on international
  standards
• Current emphasis on product information, order
  management, inventory management marketing
  information management
• E competency centre to be established to serve
  local regional needs

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Potential SIP projects

• TR for Cold Chain for Milk Dairy Products
• Roll Cages for FMCG industry
• TR for Exhibition Management Services-Safety,
  Health Operational Efficiency
• TR for Cleaning Performance standards
• TR for Medical Devices

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Standardisation for Productivity

• What you can do if you wish to initiate more SIP
  projects
• Fill in the new standards request form posted on
  the front page of the PSB website at
  www.psb.gov.sg or the standards website
  www.standards.org.sg send it in to the Centre
  for Standardisation
• Call us at Tel [phone] or send e mail to
  cfs.gov.sg for a discussion on your needs

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Standardisation for Productivity

• Thank you