Sultan Qaboos Award for Industrial Excellence jury reviews field results

MUSCAT: The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates – Madayn hosted recently the first meeting held by the jury of the Sultan Qaboos Award for Industrial Excellence to review the results of the field visits to the industrial units that have applied for the award.

The meeting was chaired by Eng. Hussain bin Hathieth Al Bat’hari, head of the award’s jury committee and head of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry branch in Dhofar governorate. This meeting was attended by members of the jury, and representatives of the consulting company which has been assigned to hand over the evaluation outcomes of the industrial units to the committee.

During the meeting, Al Bat’hari thanked the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for assigning him to chair the jury and Madayn for hosting the first meeting of the committee. The members of the jury were then briefed on the adopted criteria of the award. The award’s criteria take into account several international excellence models comprising the European and American models as well as the fourth generation excellence model. These standards have been harmonised in line with the environment, regulations and laws applied in Oman, and additional standards have also been adopted in this regard.

Al Bat’hari explained that the standards used in the new system represent a real incentive for the development of the Omani factories through identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their performance and advancing their production and management. The electronic system associated with the award was highlighted at the meeting.