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Kathmandu Sunday September 30, 2001 Ashwin 14, 2058.
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Convention on quality management begins
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Sept 29 – The Second Regional Convention on
Quality Management with the theme ‘Building Competitive Environment Through
Quality’ kicked off in the capital here today.
The aim of the two-day convention was to share international
quality management practices with around 70 participants attending the programme and to
help in the implementation of different quality control tools.
Furthermore, it also schemed to develop human resources and
entrepreneurship by sharing the techniques of quality management. Various resource persons
from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Mexico and India, including some from Nepal,
are presenting papers on quality management during the convention.
Speaking on the inaugural session of the convention, Chitra
Lekha Yadav, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, said that Nepal cannot develop
itself by staying in isolation when the concept of globalization is sweeping the world.
"This is the age of competition. If Nepali products are
not able to compete in the international arena, there can be no development. To ensure
competitiveness, attention must be paid on quality," she said.
Similarly, Mitsuaki Kojima, Japanese Ambassador to Nepal,
said that sound development of the private sector is the key to building a
self-sustainable economy in any developing country, including Nepal."
He further stressed that the private sector must vitalize
itself by strengthening its activities in the domestic market, and by expanding into the
international markets as well.
"Consumers in both the domestic and the international
markets should be attracted by developing attractive products, and by competing
successfully with other countries in terms of product uniqueness, quality, price and
timely delivery," he said.
The convention was organized jointly by Association for
Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), Japan and Nepal AOTS Alumni Society (NAAS).
On the same occasion, Nagaaki Yamamoto, former president of
AOTS, Japan, said that consumers are quick to observe change in the quality of products.
"There is a need to ensure that consumers continue using
the products for which quality and attractiveness is a must," he stressed.
The present challenge in such a competitive environment is to
improve quality of products both for internal and international markets, said other
speakers.
NAAS in April 1999 had organized the first Regional Quality
Convention with the theme Improving Work Life Through Quality Management.
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