SIRIM’s Best Practices Recognition Scheme is a scheme of recognizing the successful implementation of the chosen best practices by participating organizations. The scheme which is coordinated by SIRIM STS Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary under SIRIM Berhad, was introduced as an effort to promote the adoption of best practices amongst the Malaysian industries, in particular those organizations that have obtained ISO certification.
These best practices are important for organizations aspiring to go beyond the ISO certification in ensuring their business sustainability. Some of these best practices are needed for maintaining the ISO certification such as 5S and QCC.
Total Quality Management (TQM) Recognition Scheme was introduced in 2010 as the first recognition scheme. Other best practices schemes that were introduced in a later stage are Green 5S (2012), Customer Service Management (CSM, 2013), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM, 2014) and Lean Management Recognition Scheme
(LM, 2016).
TQM Recognition Scheme was established to promote total quality culture while Green 5S focuses on creating a safe, healthy, conducive and energy-saving working environment. While CSM emphasizes efficient and effective services to customers, TPM focusses on effective utilization of machineries and equipment. These schemes recognize that an organization has competent personnel in implementing the best practices that the organization has benefitted from.
As of March 2020, 213 organizations have been recognized under the SIRIM’s Best Practices Recognition Scheme.
Previously, each SIRIM’s Best Practices Recognition Scheme carried its own unique logo. However, SIRIM Berhad’s Management Committee has recently approved a standard logo for all its Best Practices Schemes. The logo which was designed by the Majlis Rekabentuk Malaysia is in line with SIRIM Berhad’s President’s idea to standardize the logo for all its Best Practices Schemes.
