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South East Asian Water Utilities Network (SEAWUN)
Continuous Improvement and Benchmarking Workshop

18-22 February 2008; Bangkok, Thailand
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Day 1 Monday, 18 February
08:30 - 08:40 Welcome remarks
08:40 - 08:55 Objective of Workshop
What we expect to achieve
  • Competency in techniques
  • Capacity to initiate program
  • Launch NRW as first subject
09:30 - 11:30 Overview of benchmarking and continuous improvement
11:30 - 12:30 Summary of learning and key elements in the process
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch break
01:30 - 02:00 Process steps
02:00 - 03:30 Choosing the subject
04:00 - 05:00 Breaking services into processes
05:00 - 05:15 Overnight assignment
07:30 Dinner

Day 2 Tuesday, 19 February
08:30 - 09:00 Recap of prior day and learning presentations
09:00 - 09:05 Admin announcements
09:05 - 09:30 Measuring performance
Brief overview of key points and introduction to the next worksheet
09:30 - 09:45 MIS Self assessment of their own information system
09:45 - 10:15 Measurement in terms of first benchmarking subject
Presentation on NRW and discussion on Unaccounted For Water
10:15 - 10:30 Tea break
10:30 - 11:30

Preliminary Comparison at Indicator level

11:30 - 12:30 Analysis – process mapping and other tools
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch Break
01:30 - 02:30 Case work on Mapping as it applies to Water Service Delivery Processes and NRW
03:30 - 03:45 Break
03:45 - 04:35 Usefulness of why- why diagram to reach root causes
04:35 - 04:50 Quick Quiz Indicators and Mapping
04:50 - 05:00 Overnight assignment

Day 3 Wednesday, 20 February
Field Visit to Pranakorn Sri Ayutthaya Waterworks treatment plant, Bang Sai, Ayutthaya province
07:20 Assembly
09:00 - 10:30 Plant visit
10:30 - 11:00 Leave for Pranakorn Sri Ayutthaya Waterworks Office
11:10 - 11:30 Tea break
11:30 - 13:00 Briefing on Billing & Collection, GIS
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

Day 4 Thursday, 21 February
08:30 - 09:00 Recap of prior day and learning presentations
09:00 - 10:00 Knowing the customers perspectives
10:00 - 10:05 Objective - Benchmark and Innovate Introduction
10:05 - 10:20 Tea break
10:20 - 11:00 Comparisons and Developing Options
11:00 - 11:15 Achieving change in Pakistan – WSP
11:15 – 12:30 Pairing – Solution Options
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
01:30 – 02:00 WOPs Twinning Program
02:00 - 02:30 Risks and constraints
02:30 - 03:45 Develop preferred solution
03:45 - 04:00 Tea Break
04:00 – 05:00 Preferred solution continued and implementation plan steps
05:00 - 05:30 Quick Quiz
05:30 - 05:45 Overnight assignment

Day 5 Friday, 22 February
08:30 - 09:00 Admin announcements
Overnight assignments
Implementation Planning
09:00 - 09:30 Forming a team and training your team members
09:30 - 10:00 Making CI Operational in own utility - organisational aspects
10:00 - 10:30 Making CI Operational in own utility - process aspects
10:30 - 10:50 Tea Break
10:50 - 11:15 Communication Flow after workshop
11:15 – 12:30 What we each of us do next ADB steps, Utility steps, Timetable
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
01:30 – 02:30 Meeting expectations and evaluation
02:30 - 03:00 Closing Remarks and Distribution of Certificates