>>>  Deadline for 2010-APBEST Award Submission Document: 31 March 2010 <<<

VISION                                                                                                                       

Enable organizations in the Asia-Pacific countries to improve their Corporate Governance and achieve Business Excellence through the most pertinent Business Excellence STandard (BEST).

　

Awards for Corporations – According to the EQA, BNQA or JPD Criteria *

 

C-1

BEST Manufacturing in A-P

C-7

BEST Hotel in A-P

C-13

BEST Social Service in A-P

C-2

BEST Construction in A-P

C-8

BEST Tourism in A-P

C-14

BEST Education in A-P

C-3

BEST Finance in A-P

C-9

BEST Telecom in A-P

C-15

BEST Health in A-P

C-4

BEST Logistics in A-P

C-10

BEST IT in A-P

C-16

BEST Property Management in A-P

C-5

BEST Restaurant in A-P

C-11

BEST Entertainment in A-P

C-17

BEST Service in A-P

C-6

BEST Retail in A-P

C-12

BEST Media in A-P

C-18

BEST Utilities in A-P

   

 *  The highest mark corporation will also be awarded “APBEST Grand Award - EQA, BNQA or JDP”

 

Awards for Individuals – According to the EQA Criteria

 

I-1

APBEST Leader

I-4

APBEST Partnership Driver

I-7

APBEST Customer Service Driver

I-2

APBEST Strategist

I-5

APBEST Operation Driver

I-8

APBEST Social Responsibility Driver

I-3

APBEST HR Developer

I-6

APBEST HR Driver

I-9

APBEST KPI Achiever

  

Download Area`

 

Leaflet in English:

APBEST.doc

Application Form:

APBESTa.doc

Leaflet in 中文繁/简:

APBESTC.doc

Application Form:

APBESTCa.doc

  

#    Applications in other Asian Languages are also acceptable to the APBEST Academy, despite English is preferred.

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History of the APBEST Academy

       

The APBEST Academy is a non-profit organisation registered under the HK Company Ordinance.  It was founded by Prof. Sam Ho who was the first Professor in Strategic and Quality Management in the UK.

   

Prof. Sam HO  何廣明教授  PhD(Mangt.), FIQA, Lead Auditor (ISO 9000), EQA Assessor, 5S-6s Master Black-belt

                                                   Mob: +852-9128-9204, samho@apbest.org

u      Oshikawa Fellow of the Asian Productivity Organization (86-87),

u      Asian Development Bank Quality Expert to the Malaysian Government (93-94),

u      Chairman of the 1st-14th "International Conference on ISO 9000 and TQM - ICIT" (96-10),

u      Professor of Strategy & Quality, Luton Business School, UK (96-97),

u      Research Associate, Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge University, UK (96-97),

u      Guest Speaker, Said Business School, Oxford University, UK,

u      Professor of Strategic & Quality Management, International Management Centres, UK,

u      Visiting Professor in TQM at Uni. of Coventry / Paisley (UK), RMIT (Australia) & Vaxjo (Sweden),

u      Distinguished Professor in Business Excellence, Zhong Shan University (1st in China),

u      BA-TU (Hons.) Programme Director, Hang Seng School of Commerce (HK) / Coventry University (UK),

u      Consultant and Trainer for over 100 firms for ISO 9000 & 5-S implementation,

u      Director of HK 5-S Campaign & Founder Chair of the HK 5-S Association with over 20,000 members.

u      Author of over 100 papers & 20 books, including "TQM: An Integrated Approach" (#), translated into 5 languages

　

ICIT

Host  (around April every year since 1996)

Theme

Papers

Delegates

Countries

1

Leicester Business School, De Montfort Uni., UK

Inaugural

45

80

10

2

Luton Business School, Luton University, UK

Business Excellence

75

100

12

3

School of Business, HK Baptist University, HK

ISO 9000 & TQM

104

160

18

4

School of Business, HK Baptist University, HK

TQM & Innovation

130

180

20

5

Productivity Quality Research Centre, NUS, Singapore

Action 2000: Imperatives for Change

119

160

26

6

Paisley Business School, Uni. of Paisley, Scotland

Integrated Management

95

150

21

7

Centre for Management Quality Research, RMIT, Australia

Change Management

160

250

29

8

National Quality Institute, Montreal, Canada

Business Excellence

84

150

24

9

Foundation for TQM Promotion in Thailand

TQM Best Practices

80

280

20

10

Shanghai Academy for Quality Management, China

TQM & 6-sigma for Competitiveness

150

300

26

11

APBEST Academy – HK

Corporate Governance

85

150

25

12

APBEST Academy, National Chin Yi Uni. of Tech., Taiwan

Going for Gold

68

120

18

13

APBEST Academy, SIRIM, MPC, UITM, Malaysia

Innovation for Competitiveness

77

220

25

14

APBEST Academy & University of Scranton, USA

Lean Management

 

 

 

　

(#)    Through a series of research, the author developed a TQM model named as the TQMEX.  It stands for TQM EXcellence Model,

        which can be summarized as follows:-

         TQMEX*:   5-S* + L5S* => ( ISO 9000 / 14001 / 22000 + OSH 18001 +  6-s ) => APBEST*

                                                                                          *   Developed by Sam Ho

        5-S  =        Structuralise, Systematise, Sanitise, Standardise & Self-discipline [ Ho 1995, www.hk5sa.com ]

        L5S =       Lean 5-S Management  [ Ho 2007, www.hk5sa.com ]

        6-s =         6-Sigma Quality Standard  [ Breyfogle, 2001 & Ho, 2004 www.hk5sa.com/icit ]

　

RTHK Interview on APBEST Award in Cantonese Language