BoC wins 5S awards
The Bank of Ceylon (BoC) won awards for the implementation of the '5
S' concept in branches and became the only bank to win awards at the
19th Japan-Sri Lanka Technical and Cultural Association (JASTECA) -
Taiki Akimoto 5S Awards ceremony.

Bank of Ceylon, Deputy General Manager, Product and
Development Banking, Senerath Bandara, AGM, North Central
Province, H.M.P.B. Herath, AGM, Central Province, S.
Hewawitharana, AGM, North Western Province, E.M. Jayarathne,
BPRP, Chief Manager J.A.L Jayakody and BoC officials with
the awards. |
This event is dedicated to promote 5S, Kaizan and Corporate Social
Responsible initiatives among private and government sector
organisations in Sri Lanka.
BoC Kandy 2nd City, Alawwa and Hingurakgoda branches won awards.
Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Nobuhito Hobo was the chief guest.
JASTECA is one of the prominent not-for-profit organisations that is
dedicated to improving productivity and efficiency in private and
government sector organisations and improve their overall contribution
towards the economy.
This is not the only occasion that BoC has won recognition for its
improvement initiatives. The BoC Hingurakgoda and Kandy 2nd City
branches were also selected as one of the best in the service sector -
small organisations category at the National Productivity Awards
Ceremony organised by the National Productivity Secretariat.
The Bank of Ceylon as a part of its corporate strategy enhances the
bank's effectiveness and efficiency as a continuous process. Therefore,
the bank strategically strove for excellence by carefully improving its
business processes through the 5 S concept. "The Bank has set up a
Business Process Re-engineering Unit, to look into all processes and
procedures to increase efficiency and effectiveness," said General
Manager, Bank of Ceylon, D.M Gunasekara. |