Program Peningkatan Kualiti Produk dan Perkhidmatan atau lebih dikenali sebagai Program Groom Big bertujuan melahirkan usahawan-usahawan Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana (PKS) yang berdaya saing di peringkat di peringkat domestik dan global bagi mempertingkatkan kedudukan sesebuah syarikat dari peringkat Mikro, Kecil hingga ke Sederhana yang bersedia untuk mengeksport produk-produk dan perkhidmatan ke peringkat global. Showcase Groom Big 1Malaysia Negeri Perak merupakan kesinambungan kepada Program Groom Big bagi megukuhkan segmen keusahawanan di Negeri Perak, agar berdaya saing dalam sektor - sektor utama ekonomi negara. Ianya juga bertujuan: • mempromosikan produk usahawan - usahawan di Negeri Perak • mencipta eksport - eksport baru • mewujudkan jaringan usahawan, • mengetengahkan budaya dan konsep business matching, handholding dan konsultasi perdagangan. Showcase Groom Big Negeri Perak akan dianjurkan seperti butiran berikut: Tarikh    :  05– 07 November...

The Malaysia-International Chinese Business Forum (MICBF), held from 1-3 December with the theme “Forging Connectivity, Sharing Prosperity”, attracted more than 700 local and foreign business leaders. The main objectives of MICBF were to: • promote Malaysia as the preferred destination for foreign investment; and • facilitate investment partnership in promoted activities and projects. MITI Minsiter officiated the forum and led a special dialogue session with participants from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. It must be noted that Malaysia’s trade with these four economies amounted to US$92.6 billion in 2009 , making up one third of the country’s total trade . Among the issues discussed include improving the implementation of  Malaysian foreign labour policy, visas for expatriates and foreign professionals and investment in Terengganu and East Malaysia. The outcome of the forum also suggested that the...

Showcase SDSI yang mula diperkenalkan pada tahun 2006 merupakan pameran tahunan terbesar yang menghimpunkan produk/perkhidmatan SDSI dari seluruh Malaysia dalam usaha untuk memasar dan mempromosikan keluaran SDSI di peringkat domestik dan global. Program ini dianjurkan di Pusat Dagangan Antarabangsa Melaka (MITC), Ayer Keroh, Melaka sejak tahun 2006 dengan kerjasama Kerajaan Negeri Melaka. Showcase SDSI pada tahun ini bertema “Dari Malaysia Ke Persada Dunia” akan berlangsung seperti butiran di bawah: Tarikh : 10 - 12 Disember 2010 Tempat : Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC), 75450 Melaka, Malaysia Waktu Showcase : 10.00 pagi - 10.00 malam Antara objektif SDSI adalah: • Membantu dan memudahkan pemasaran produk/perkhidmatan SDSI yang berkualiti; • Meningkatkan imej produk/perkhidmatan SDSI; • Memberi pendedahan kepada umum bahawa keluaran SDSI adalah berpotensi dan berkualiti; • Mewujudkan dan memperluaskan rantaian perniagaan ( networking ) di antara...

A plan is vital for the success of any venture - more so in the business world which presents new challenges every single day! Needless to say, productivity is important to increase your competitiveness and stay ahead of the game. Did you know about the E-Z Productivity Calculator? This tool, developed by the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), can compute Productivity and Labour Cost Competitiveness of your company and give you the Added Value automatically. Just be sure to have these documents handy before you start: financial Statement (1 year)   Balance Sheets (1 year)  Profit and Loss Statement (1 year) Total number of employees during the year - this includes paid part-time & full-time, working proprietors and unpaid family members You can watch a demo of the system first…………..   Use this online calculator to access your company’s productivity performance and let us have your feedback!   

This week’s MWB shares the success story of Noraini Cookies – a Malaysian brand that has gone global.Starting off as a traditional kuih supplier for a 5-star hotel in the 1980s, today, Noraini Cookies Worldwide Sdn. Bhd. produces a wide range of cookies from chocolate chips, cornflakes and raisins, oats and walnuts, ginger and almonds to jackfruit. It has two distinctive brand of cookies - the festival cookies “Noraini’s Cookies” and the all season cookies “Good Kiss”. So, what are some of the ingredients for their success? The founder, Pn. Hjh. Noraini Hj. Ahmad, attributes her achievements to strong family support and the three basic  principles she holds on to: negotiating skills, managing capital and marketing strategy. Heading the Research & Development unit herself, the founder is also a firm believer in continuous improvement and is in constant search for breakthrough ideas to improvise her recipes. The company is also committed in ensuring the quality of...

Are you a Malaysian seeking investment opportunities in APEC economies? You may be interested in the 7th edition (the latest) of the Guide to Investment Regimes which provides information relating to the investment environment in APEC member countries and help you make wise investment decisions. Among the countries covered in this edition are:

Malaysia.Among information available in this edition are:

Taxation on Investment.This article is adapted from the MWB Vol.128.

Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) dengan kerjasama Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) dan Kerajaan Negeri Pahang akan menganjurkan “Program Transformasi Halal” (PTH), di Gambang, Pahang pada 30 & 31 Julai 2011. Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak akan merasmikan majlis penutup pada 31 Julai 2011.   Objektif utama PTH adalah untuk: i) mewujudkan peluang perniagaan berteraskan Halal serta meningkatkan aktiviti keusahawanan. ii) meningkatkan lagi pelaburan domestik di Malaysia melalui penglibatan industri yang lebih agresif iii) mewujudkan sumber baru dalam usaha meningkatkan modal insan serta peluang-peluang berteraskan Halal.   Program ini menampilkan segmen Ekonomi, Pendidikan dan Edutainment (Hiburan berteraskan Pendidikan) di dalam industri Halal. Satu pameran besar-besaran yang melibatkan lebih daripada 100 ruang pameran dan astaka dapat dikunjungi oleh orang ramai. Di samping itu seminar bertajuk ‘Program Transformasi...

YB Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamad, Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), stressed that the uncertain global economic scenario reflects the importance of the multilateral trading system in ensuring that economies resist protectionism. MITI Minister said this in the APEC Ministerial Meeting held in Honolulu, United States of America, on 11 November 2011. Minister Mustapa highlighted that the WTO has been an important body in ensuring that global trade is conducted according to rules and disciplines that have been collectively agreed, and that markets are kept open. Dato’ Sri Mustapa also drew attention to the fact that global supply chains are more integrated today and therefore vulnerable to the impacts of natural disaster, as seen in the Fukushima incident and the Thai floods. “Given our interdependence, we must resist protectionism and instead focus on measures that facilitate trade.” On the Doha Round, MITI Minister noted that negotiations over...

Baru-baru ini pada 16 Nov 2011, Timbalan Menteri MITI, YB Dato’ Mukhriz Mahathir telah menghadiri majlis memeterai pengeluaran bersejarah panel solar yang ke 3,000 mega-watt di Kilang First  Solar Malaysia Sdn Bhd di Kulim Hi-Tech Park.Dato’ Mukhriz berkata melalui usaha kerajaan banyak syarikat berkelas dunia telah memulakan operasi pengeluaran panel solar di Malaysia. Dengan menawarkan insentif seperti pelupusan cukai keuntungan syarikat pengeluar panel solar selama 15 tahun, kadar faedah yang rendah dan infrastruktur yang baik, Malaysia kini menjadi pilihan utama destinasi pelaburan langsung asing (FDI) dalam sektor ini. Menurut Dato’ Mukhriz lagi, kerajaan komited untuk memastikan Malaysia menyediakan persekitaran terbaik bagi pelaburan asing dan domestik bagi memastikan sektor ini berkembang pesat. Penggunaan 100% tenaga kerja tempatan di First Solar Malaysia membuktikan kejayaan Malaysia sebagai destinasi pelaburan yang mampu bersaing dengan negara lain terutama...