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 a number of 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 represents 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 as well as the evaluation process that was applied by the field team under the supervision of representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Madayn. It should be noted that the evaluation phase has been completed and proposed marks have been placed, in addition to the relevant technical reports. All these reports were uploaded on the electronic system. The relevant documents and results were submitted to the jury committee to assess the findings of the consulting company and to approve the outcomes in the coming meetings.

It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with Madayn has formed a technical team to develop the Sultan Qaboos Award for Industrial Excellence through restructuring the award as per the requirements of realising a sustainable development of the industrial sector, and in line with the directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said towards achieving a comprehensive economic growth across all sectors.