ABB Malaysia`s

ABB Malaysia’s
January / February 2009
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Llona Maier
Lim Chin Oon
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ABB robot at the PEPS-JV
manufacturing facility
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Karel Endlicher and John Gaskell
launching the Customer Day
Training Programme
Year 2009
MONTH
SUBJECT
February
REF542 Plus Relay – Release 2.6
February
Surge arrester March
Auto Recloser April
Distribution
Transformer
April
LV & MV capacitors
May
ZX Family
(Primary GIS)
June
ABB Customer
Day 2009
July
SCADA System
August
Protection Relay
and Control System
September
Cable terminations
and bushings
October
Ring Main Units
October
Low Voltage
Switchgear
November
Is Limiter
December
UniGear ZS1
December
Motor and Drive
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DOMAIN
EXPERT
ABB Germany
ABB Switzerland
ABB Malaysia
ABB Singapore
ABB Australia,
ABB Thailand
ABB Germany
ABB Malaysia
ABB Malaysia
ABB Malaysia
ABB Sweden
ABB Beijing
ABB Malaysia
ABB Germany
ABB Malaysia
ABB Malaysia
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APS 4Ps’ Concepts
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• Grow leaders who live the philosophy
• Respect, develop, and challenge your people and teams
• Respect, challenge, and help your suppliers
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People and Partner
but
(Continuous
Improvement
and Learning)
(Respect, Challenge,
and Grow Them)
• Continual organizational learning through Kaizen
• Go see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation
(Genchi Genbutsu)
• Make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroughly considering all
options implement rapidly (Nemawashi)
Gen
Problem
Solving
• Create process “flow” to surface problems
• Use pull systems to avoid overproduction
• Level out the workload (Heijunka)
• Stop when there is a quality problem (Jidoka)
• Standardize tasks for continuous improvement
• Use visual control so no problems are hidden
• Use only reliable, thoroughly tested technology
Process
(Eliminate Waste)
Cha
• Base management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at
the expense of short-term financial goals
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Philosophy
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(Long-Term Thinking)
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IDEAS
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Q4 08
Q4 07 Change
US$ millions unless otherwise
indicated
Orders
7,183
8,868
Order backlog 23,837
22,715
(end Dec)
Revenues
9,140
8,713
EBIT
459
1,145
as % of revenues
5.0%
13.1%
Net income
213
1,753
Basic earnings)
per share($
0.09
0.76
Dividend
per share (CHF)1
Cash flow
1,395
1,469
from operations
Free cash flow
as % of net income
Return on
capital employed
US$
Local
-19%
5%
-11%
14%
5%
-60%
15%
2008
2007
US$ millions unless otherwise
indicated
Orders
38,282
34,348
Order backlog (end Dec)
Revenues
34,912
29,183
EBIT
4,552
4,023
as % of revenues
13.0%
13.8%
Net income
3,118
3,757
Basic earnings)
1.36
1.66
per share($
Dividend
0.48
0.48
per share (CHF)1
Cash flow
3,958
3,054
from operations
Free cash flow
2,888
2,429
as % of net income
93%
65%
Return on
30.8%
35.3%
capital employed
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Change
US$
Local
11%
7%
20%
13%
16%
ABB’s Long Service Award recipients for 2008 are:
NAME
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DIVISION
Colin Ng Teck Sing
Automation Products (LVP)
Chen Kah Siong
Automation Products (LVS)
Loong Chek Fai
Automation Products (LVS)
Ahmad Hadafi Bin Jus
Corporate
Geraldine Lourdes A/P Anthony
Corporate
Mohd Hamzani Bin Mohamed Ghazali
Corporate
Francis Foo Voon Kong
Front End Sales
Mohamed Zaimir Bin Mohamed Suffian
Front End Sales
Mohan A/L Selvaraj
Process Automation
Elaine Sow Kim Lan
Process Automation
Kok Nget Chin
Power Products
Chuah Seong Ban
Power Systems
Fauzi Bin Wahid
Power Systems
Lim Hock Hin
Power Systems
Lim Yew Hooi
Power Systems
Moses Foo Voon Heong
Power Systems
Yang Kuang Meng
Power Systems
Yap Ching Boon
Power Systems
Chiu Suat Hoon
PS F&A
Joseph Puspam A/L S Robert
PS F&A
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ABB draws in the crowd
ABB Malaysia took part in several exhibitions and workshops recently
and its booth proved to be a crowd puller at these events. These
exhibitions, held in various parts of the country are:
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“Wisdom is to
the mind what health
is to the body.”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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