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Article Published : Friday,November 14th 2008, Bernama.
Company Name : Anas Butik
Consumer Goods Field : Clothes.
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Kecacatan bukan penghalang untuk Tengku Anas untuk berjaya
Golongan orang kurang upaya (OKU) kini bukan sahaja mampu menonjolkan kejayaan mereka sebagai penjawat awam malahan dalam bidang keusahawanan.
Golongan ini dilihat begitu gigih serta memiliki kesabaran yang tinggi apabila menceburi satu-satu bidang, seolah-olah kecacatan bukan penghalang untuk mengecapi kejayaan.
Bagi Tengku Arman Harris Tengku Ismail, 36, yang cacat pendengaran, kegigihan dan ketabahannya menjadikan beliau antara usahawan OKU yang berjaya dalam perusahaan membuat batik sutera di Terengganu.
Menceritakan pengalaman sebelum menceburi perusahan berkenaan sejak 10 tahun lepas, beliau mula bekerja sebagai pengimpal di sebuah bengkel kenderaan di Kuala Lumpur pada 1990 selepas menamatkan persekolahan di Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas di Pulau Pinang dan Sekolah Menengah Vokasional di Shah Alam, Selangor.
Setahun selepas bekerja di ibu kota, beliau yang merupakan anak sulung daripada enam beradik terpaksa pulang ke Terengganu untuk mengambilalih tugas sebagai ketua keluarga selepas kematian bapanya, yang terkorban dalam nahas jalan raya.
TIMBA ILMU
Mengimbas pengalamannya dalam industri pembuatan batik sutera, Tengku Arman mula bekerja di kilang Romi Batik di Chendering di sini, pada 1991 serta sebuah syarikat batik di Batu Burok, selama beberapa tahun sebelum membuka syarikatnya sendiri.
Menurut ibunya, Wan Zaitun Wan Mansur, 59, semasa bekerja di dua tempat berkenaan, Tengku Arman mempelajari pelbagai cara pembuatan batik sehingga 1996 sebelum membuka sendiri syarikatnya iaitu Arman Batik di rumahnya di Kampung Tebauk di sini.
Zaiton, yang merupakan jurubahasa isyarat anaknya, berkata dengan keazaman untuk berjaya dalam industri tersebut, Tengku Arman mendirikan sebuah bangsal berhampiran rumahnya, dengan mengusahakan pembuatan batik secara kecil-kecilan. Berbekalkan bakat dan kebolehan anaknya, beliau berkata Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) Terengganu telah memberi bantuan kewangan sebanyak RM2,000 kepada Tengku Arman untuk mengembangkan perusahaannya.
Beliau berkata, setelah perusahaan anaknya itu menampakkan kejayaan, Tengku Arman memohon pinjaman sebanyak RM20,000 daripada Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) dan perusahaannya bertambah maju sehingga mampu membayar balik pinjaman dalam tempoh yang singkat.
DUA KEDAI BATIK
"Saya rasa puas apabila Tengku Arman dapat menyelesaikan pinjaman Mara dalam tempoh yang singkat kerana ia memberi keyakinan kepada Mara untuk memberi pinjaman kepada golongan sepertinya pada masa akan datang.
"Ini kerana, agak sukar bagi golongan OKU untuk menceburi bidang perniagaan kerana terdapat segelintir masyarakat yang memandang serong terhadap mereka," kata Wan Zaitun.
Tengku Arman berkata selain dibantu isterinya, Azizah Md Yassin, 32, yang juga cacat pendengaran, beliau mempunyai tiga pekerja bagi membantunya mencating kain-kain batik.
Atas usaha gigihnya, Tengku Arman kini boleh berbangga kerana memiliki dua buah kedai batik sutera iaitu "Anas Butik" di Subang Jaya, yang diurus oleh diknya. Katanya, beliau menghasilkan kain-kain batik sutera dengan dua kaedah iaitu melalui blok serta mencating dan ia dijual antara RM200 dan RM400 sepasang.
TOKOH OKU
"Gerai musim perayaan, saya akan mengambil ruang di Subang Parade untuk menjual kain-kain batik sutera saya dan alhamdulillah, sambutan yang diterima sangat baik," katanya.
Tengku Arman yang mendirikan rumahtangga dengan Azizah sejak tiga tahun lepas dan belum dikurniakan cahaya mata, berkata beliau sering berulang-alik ke Kuala Lumpur untuk menghantar kain-kain batik sutera yang dihasilkannya.
Katanya, beliau berhasrat untuk memperluaskan lagi perniagaannya dan bercita-cita untuk membuka sebuah kedai di sini, tidak lama lagi.
Kesungguhan Tengku Arman dalam industri itu mendapat pengiktirafan dan beliau merupakan Presiden Persatuan Kebajikan Orang Cacat Pendengaran Terengganu (PKOCPT) yang pertama sejak ia ditubuhkan pada 2001.
PKOCPT mencapai kegemilangan di bawah kepimpinan Tengku Arman apabila diiktiraf sebagai persatuan OKU terbaik Terengganu sempena Hari Orang Kurang Upaya peringkat negeri anjuran JKM pada 2003.
Kebolehan dan pencapaian Tengku Arman itu juga telah melayakkan beliau menerima pengiktirafan termasuk sebagai Tokoh OKU Bahagian Ekonomi pada 2007 dan Tokoh OKU Keseluruhan pada 2005.
-- BERNAMA
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/bm/news_lite.php?id=335520
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Article Published : Friday October 2nd 2009, Utusan Malaysia.
Company Name : Sabdariffa Enterprise.
Consumer Goods Field : Drinks.
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Rohayu usahawan roselle
SAMBUTAN Aidilfitri kali ini bukan sahaja dirayakan dengan penuh kegembiraan kerana menyambut kemenangan mengharungi Ramadan, malah bagi Rohayu Ayub, beliau mahu mengambil kesempatan memajukan lagi perniagaannya.
Rohayu, 38, Pengarah Sabdariffa Enterprise, memberitahu, syarikatnya antara syarikat tempatan berasaskan roselle yang jumlahnya boleh dibilang dengan jari.
Namun usahanya menceburi bidang tersebut sejak 2005 semakin menampakkan kejayaan.
Beliau pada mulanya merupakan seorang tukang jahit. Kerana minatnya itu, dia hampir terlupa untuk meneroka bidang-bidang lain sehinggalah diperkenalkan dengan tanaman tersebut oleh seorang rakan.
"Saya terpikat dengan khasiat roselle,'' katanya mengukir senyum apabila ditemui di kilangnya di Desa Melor, Serendah, Selangor, baru-baru ini.
Beliau ketika itu sedang sibuk melayani tetamu yang bertandang dan menghidangkan makanan serta minuman berasaskan roselle.
Menghimbau semula liku-liku penglibatannya dalam industri tersebut, Rohayu menceritakan, beliau membuat pinjaman Mara sebanyak RM10,000 untuk memulakan perusahaannya serta mengikuti kursus asas keusahawanan.
Beliau memulakannya dengan menghasilkan produk pada Ogos 2005 selepas menjalankan kajian sendiri selama tiga bulan.
Rohayu bertuah kerana nasib sentiasa menyebelahinya meskipun cabaran datang menguji kesabaran.
Agensi Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani seperti Lembaga Pemasaran Pertanian Persekutuan (FAMA) serta Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI) banyak membantu beliau.
Beliau bekerjasama dengan FAMA untuk program perladangan kontrak yang mana penanam roselle akan menjual hasil tanaman kepada agensi tersebut yang kemudian dibeli oleh beliau.
Syarikatnya memerlukan antara satu dan 1.3 tan bahan mentah sebulan untuk menghasilkan pelbagai produk.
Bersama MARDI, Rohayu menggunakan teknologi makanan yang dibangunkan agensi tersebut terutama hal berkaitan penghasilan makanan yang menggunakan bahan pengawet.
Beliau pada mulanya hanya menghasilkan produk roselle dengan membuat halwa yang dipelajari daripada ibu mertuanya sebelum menghasilkan banyak produk lain antaranya kategori minuman seperti pati roselle, jus sedia diminum.
Bagi kategori makanan, Rohayu berjaya menghasilkan halwa yang digunakan sebagai bahan tambahan dalam ramuan membuat kek, muffin dan biskut manis (cookies).
Selain itu, beliau juga menghasilkan roselle kering untuk dijadikan serbuk.
Beliau juga merancang mengeluarkan produk baru iaitu kordial dalam bentuk paket. Dengan tiga kakitangan, Rohayu boleh berbangga dengan pencapaiannya ketika ini tetapi beliau mengucapkan penghargaan kepada agensi kerajaan yang membantunya.
"Satu ketika apabila krisis bekalan gula melanda, saya tidak dapat mengeluarkan produk dan terpaksa menghentikan operasi,'' katanya berkongsi pengalaman pahit satu ketika dulu.
Ketika masalah sama berulang baru-baru ini, beliau mendapat kerjasama penuh daripada Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna yang membantunya supaya bekalan gula tidak terputus.
"Saya meminta mana-mana usahawan supaya tidak selalu mempercayai dakwaan kononnya agensi atau jabatan kerajaan sukar menghulurkan bantuan,'' ujarnya.
Sebagai contoh, selain agensi-agensi terbabit, Rohayu mendapat bimbingan daripada FAMA, SMI Corp (dulu Perbadanan Pembangunan Industri Kecil dan Sederhana -SMIDEC), Majlis Pembangunan Ekonomi Belia dan menerima pinjaman peralatan kilang berjumlah RM20,000.
Beliau pada masa sama mendapat bantuan hasil usaha seorang pelangannya Shuhaila Saidon yang memperkenalkan konsep hamper barangan berasaskan roselle untuk ditempah.
Hamper tersebut mengandungi halwa, teh, cookies, kordial dan pelbagai biskut mengunakan roselle seperti suji, almond london, biskut kelapa dan biskut irfan dan tart .
Tempahan boleh dibuat dengan menghubungi 019-6964038 atau 012-2661812 pada harga antara RM18 dan RM150 bergantung kepada kuantiti dan jenis barangan.
Mengenai harapannya pada masa akan datang, Rohayu memberitahu beliau bercita-cita untuk mengeksport produk yang dihasilkan dalam tempoh beberapa tahun akan datang tetapi buat masa ini masih banyak perlu dilakukan ke arah itu.
Ketika ini beliau sedang mempromosi Planet Roselle sebagai jenama produk keluaran syarikatnya.
Syarikat tersebut boleh dihubungi di talian 019-622 4566 atau 012-3157930 atau e-mel : sabdariffa2005@yahoo.com.my
-Utusan Malaysia
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=1002&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Keluarga&pg=ke_01.htm
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Article Published : Thursday January 29th 2009, The Star.
Company Name : One Drop Sdn Bhd.
Consumer Goods Field : Perfumes.
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Single mum and son make it big in perfume business
After three decades working as a factory production worker in Penang, Saffar Noor quit her job and started a perfume business with her only son.
The single mother and her son Josafri Johari, 31 pooled all their money and opened a perfume factory in Glugor, Penang, in April 2007.
Josafri quit his job as a senior executive handling foreign exchange and country reserve in Bank Negara.
A collection of eight bottles is sold at RM40. And in just nine years, they have come a long way.
Their company One Drop Sdn Bhd has over 2,000 dealers, with businesses in Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, Australia and – since December last year – Britain.
They employed a perfumer, who formerly worked at the houses of Escada and Armani, and is now in Paris creating a new range of perfume for them. And the products are sold through dealers and distributors with more than 500,000 users in Malaysia.
Saffar, 50, said she worked 12-hour shifts and did overtime to make extra money at the factory.
“There’s nothing like working for yourself and being your own boss,” she said.
Saffar started working as a production worker in 1978 when Josafri was only 10 months old and had to fend for him and her ailing father when her husband left her a few years later.
Her introduction to sales started in the mid-1990s when a friend asked if she was interested in selling tudung material to her colleagues and earn a commission.
Saffar reluctantly accepted as she did not know how to sell anything but would leave the material in her locker and invite her colleagues to check out the tudung during their tea break.
She managed to sell them and received RM150 in commission at the end of the first month.
Saffar then started selling other products like cosmetics and perfume.
Meanwhile, Josafri was doing a triple degree in economics, accounting and finance in Britain under a Bank Negara scholarship and brought home an Egyptian college-mate who was the son of a fine fragrance manufacturer.
Saffar liked the perfume Josafri’s friend was using and asked for some of it for her to sell.
The perfume sold so well that she appointed “agents” at other factories, hotels and hospitals to sell it. Now, success smells so sweet.
-The Star
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/29/nation/3045274&sec=nation
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Article Published : Monday August 16th 2004,
Company Name : Healwell Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd.
Consumer Goods Field : Health Products.
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Healing power of gamat
Golden sea cucumber or gamat is a traditional medicine of the Malays. For over 500 years, Malays, particularly of the northern region of the peninsula, use gamat as a folk remedy for various ailments.
Royal families and Pulau Langkawi’s legendary Mahsuri purportedly used air gamat (literally gamat water) and clay as a beauty mask. This is because gamat is also believed to give skin a soft and smooth texture. Nowadays, the use of gamat is more widespread.
The Malays boil and drink air gamat to treat cuts, sores and inflammation, peptic ulcers or to revitalise the body. Mothers who had recently given birth also take gamat for quick healing.
As a young boy, Prof Hassan Yaacob, 47, had heard about gamat but didn’t think much of it. As a researcher with the Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Malaya, he was sceptical about its healing powers.
But when he saw how his grandmother’s wound had been healed after taking gamat, he decided to do research on it.
“In 1989, I had just returned from England and heard someone groaning in our house in Kota Baru. I learnt that my grandmother was in pain as she had just undergone a laparectomy (operation to remove part of the wall of the abdomen),” says Prof Hassan, a PhD holder in clinical pharmacology from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, who at that time had just returned after nine years abroad.
Her agony was due to an infected wound. Prof Hassan advised her to get the wound cleaned and re-stitched but she was reluctant.
“Elderly kampung folk are afraid of going to the hospital. It’s taboo to go against their wishes if they do not want to go,” he says.
A few days later, Prof Hassan found that his grandmother’s wound had “dried” up and she was no longer in pain. She had taken air gamat.
He became curious and asked his mother for the recipe for air gamat, a stinky and fishy concoction.
“Put four to five sea cucumbers in a pot of water and boil for a few hours. The stench of the gamat would stink up the whole house like frying ikan kering (salted fish),” says Prof Hassan with a laugh at an interview in his office in Shah Alam. He resigned from Universiti Malaya in 1998 to become an entrepreneur in products based on purified gamat extracts.
The Chinese eat sea cucumber as a delicacy, stewing them, stuffing them and adding them to “superior” seafood soups. Whilst urban Malays do not eat gamat, those from the coastal areas of Pulau Langkawi and Pulau Pangkor enjoy gamat in kerabu (a salad). Tiny pieces of the sea cucumber are blanched, cut into small pieces and tossed with spices.
“When gutting gamat, some nenek (Malay for grandmother) would slurp down the yellowish mucus from the intestine of the sea cucumber with gusto. They claim that it is good for energy,” says Prof Hassan squeamishly.
When he joined Universiti Malaya as a lecturer in September 1989, Prof Hassan discussed gamat with several lecturers. Gradually, he felt inspired to go out to sea to learn more about it.
In November 1989, his first pilot study on gamat, which the locals also refer to as lintah laut (sea leech), in Pulau Pangkor met with failure. He was in high spirits after collecting some sea cucumber from several dives only to learn from the boat owner that they were not gamat.
“There are some 29 varieties of sea cucumber in Malaysia and more than 180 varieties worldwide, but not all are gamat. Only one species, Stichopus horrens, or the golden sea cucumber, is gamat,” he says.
Seven months later, he visited a gamat producer in Pulau Pangkor to find out how gamat was harvested and how its extract was made.
In 1990, he obtained a grant for Intensive Research in Priority Areas from the Science, Technology and Environment Ministry to study gamat. The research used more than RM500,000.
Prof Hassan went off to Pulau Pangkor again. This time, he discovered a sub-species of sea cucumber, which is reddish with yellow tentacles.
In the laboratory, he boiled several kilograms of gamat and partially purified the extract to remove salt and saponin as well as reduce its smell. Saponin, says Prof Hassan, is not good for the body system, especially the heart muscles as it causes constriction of blood vessels, thereby preventing and reducing blood flow.
He conducted tests with rabbits using gamat extract. Wounds on rabbits treated with gamat dried up on the second day while those left untreated had infected wounds, and the wounds of rabbits treated with iodine were still wet. Rabbits given gamat extract orally also showed marked improvement. By observing the behaviour of the animals, he concluded gamat is a powerful painkiller.
In 1994, Prof Hassan won a gold medal at Mindex for his research on sea cucumber (gamat) as a potential therapeutic, wound-healing and anti-inflammatory agent. In the same year, he was presented with an International Union of Pharmacology Congress Award in Montreal, Canada, for his research on gamat and blood vessels. The award included cash and an air ticket to Montreal to present his research studies.
A year later, he applied for a Hitachi Research Fellowship Award (from Hitachi Scholarship Foundation) through Universiti Malaya and got the award based on his “outstanding research and contribution in the development of gamat-based products”.
He says: “Once a year, only one award is given out in South-East Asia for scientific research. The award offered me a chance to undertake any scientific research I wanted in Japan for a year.” He was given RM10,000 monthly allowance and all research expenses were borne by the foundation.
He decided to continue his research on how gamat can activate cell proliferation at the Research Institute for Traditional Medicine in Toyama, Japan.
As researcher and external professor to the Medical and Pharmaceutical University of Toyama, Sugitani, Prof Hassan produces articles and publications in academic journals and travels there every three or four months. He also receives professors and supervises students from Japan who consult him in research work on gamat.
In Japan, gamat saved a life. A Japanese professor decided to test oral gamat on a 24-year-old girl who was in a coma due to the degeneration of her right lung at the University of Kyoto Hospital.
Prof Hassan says: “Investigations showed that the girl’s lungs had collapsed and she had a slim chance of survival. She was given antibiotics and steroids but did not respond to treatment.
“After giving her gamat through intranasal drip, the girl blinked her eyes in less than 24 hours. After five days, she showed signs of recovery. Three weeks later, she was discharged and new X-rays showed that her lung had rejuvenated.”
After 10 years of research in Universiti Malaya and the Japanese universities, Prof Hassan says that they have discovered the active substance in gamat and the mechanism of its action.
“Besides its proven efficacy in enhancing the body’s resistance towards various diseases, it is also known that it contains a cell-growth factor that has the ability to accelerate the regeneration of biological cells, bone, collagen and rejuvenate skin,” he says.
“We’ve now refined the extract and come up with new generations of scientifically prepared products based on this purified substance.”
In 1996, Prof Hassan set up Healwell Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd in Shah Alam. He is executive chairman and director of Healwell and Eastern Biotech Resources Sdn Bhd, a local company dealing in production and consultation of gamat and anti-ageing skincare products. He is also chairman of Dermatech Sdn Bhd, a joint local and Singaporean company exporting cosmetic products to the United States.
The company manufactures health supplements and skin and body care products based on purified gamat extract. Prof Hassan claims that gamat also behaves like an aphrodisiac and has “anti-ageing” properties. To date, the company has 34 gamat products and is exporting them to Japan, Jakarta, Dubai and Bahrain. Three new markets are China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Healwell products, he says, are manufactured using gamat cultivated in two “secret locations” on Malaysian islands. Cultivation began some five years ago. The sea cucumbers are processed and purified into a white powder before being used in product manufacturing.
-The Star
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2004/8/16/features/8536104&sec=features
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Article Published : 2009, Thebrandlaureate.
Entrepreneur : Berjaya Corporation Berhad.
Consumer Goods Field : Fast Food Franchise, Retail Store, Super Market, Etc.
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The BrandLaureate Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan, 58, started his business from humble beginnings in 1971. Through his entrepreneurial skills and leadership, and a series of acquisitions and organic growth, he transformed a steel company which he acquired a major controlling stake in 1984 into Berjaya Corporation Berhad, a diversified conglomerate in Malaysia listed on Bursa Malaysia.
A Pioneering Entrepreneur
Tan Sri Vincent is a pioneer in many innovative business sectors in Malaysia and has always worked towards providing new experiences to Malaysians. In the early 1980s, he brought in the McDonald’s franchise business into Malaysia. Besides businesses held through the Berjaya Corporation group of companies, Tan Sri Vincent is involved through other holdings in Internet-related businesses, water utilities, broadcasting and telecommunications.
The Berjaya Group is currently involved in diverse businesses such as consumer marketing, multi-level direct selling, hotels and resorts, recreational development, property investment and development, financial services, food and beverage, media, education, motor vehicle distribution, gaming and lottery management, and the environmental sanitary landfill business.
Among Tan Sri Vincent’s most notable accomplishments is the acquisition of Cosway Malaysia Sdn Bhd in October 1993, a very successful direct selling marketing company in Malaysia. He later introduced eCosway.com in 2001, an online business portal to tap into the international market.
In the food and beverage industry, Tan Sri Vincent is the master franchise holder for Kenny Rogers Roasters’ restaurants worldwide with over 300 restaurants. In Malaysia, he is the franchise holder for Starbucks Coffee since 1998, Wendy’s restaurants since 2007 and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts restaurants since 2008. He is also the franchise holder for Papa John’s Pizza restaurants in Malaysia since 2008 and granted the first right of refusal for the potential expansion of the business to Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and The Philippines. Tan Sri Vincent is also the franchise holder for Borders Bookstore in Malaysia since 2005.
In property development and investment, the Berjaya Group entered into several joint ventures in countries like Vietnam, China, South Korea and Thailand to undertake various property related developments, infrastructure and hotel and resort projects. The Group owns and operates a chain of 18 four- and five-star hotels in cities and tropical island resorts in Malaysia and abroad, offering over 4,000 rooms.
In 2008, Berjaya University College of Hospitality, Malaysia’s first university college specializing in Hospitality, Tourism and Services education opened in Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur. He also owns the SUN newspaper since 1993, the third national English daily and Malaysia’s first and only free national newspaper.
Better Malaysia Foundation
Tan Sri Vincent is more than just being a successful businessman, he is also a notable philanthropist. He has contributed substantial sums in support of various social and community projects, partnering with non-profit organizations and charitable institutions, geared to help the community achieve a better quality of life.
Preferred to keep a low personal profile, Tan Sri Vincent spearheads corporate involvement in numerous noble causes where millions of ringgit have been donated annually, both privately and through the Berjaya Group of Companies.
Tan Sri Vincent has also set up a personal foundation, the Better Malaysia Foundation (formerly known as VTCY Foundation) in 1997, to provide aid and relief for medical and charitable purposes. He also sponsors the Sathya Sai Medical and Dental Clinic at Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur, which offers free medical services to the underprivileged community and a feeding programme which provides for the poor and needy in the Klang Valley. In addition to that, he is sponsoring a clinic in Jalan Klang Lama known as OKR Acupuncture Centre that offers acupuncture treatment for free.
-The BrandLaureate
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Article Published : Monday, December 5th 2011, Sinar Harian.
Company Name : Mizi Sports Centre.
Consumer Goods Field : Sports Retail Store.
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Mizi Sports giat cipta nama
Bagi menunjukkan kepelbagaian dan memberi lebih pilihan kepada pelanggan, butik jualan pakaian dan kelengkapan sukan milik Bumiputera, Mizi Sports Centre (Mizi Sports) memperkenalkan koleksi seluar jean Levis sebagai produk baru dalam melengkapkan rangkaian perniagaannya.
Pengarah Urusannya, Mohd Azmi Mat Nayan berkata, pada masa ini, Mizi Sports mempunyai 13 cawa-ngan, dua daripadanya ber-operasi menjual produk Levis dan kebiasaannya sebanyak RM200,000 stok pakaian Levis ditempatkan di sesebuah butik jualan.
“Sambutan terhadap butik di Kuala Terengganu yang ber-operasi menjual pakaian itu begitu menggalakkan. Seluar jean Levis bakal melengkapkan rangkaian produk seterusnya akan memacu jualan dan menghasilkan pertumbuhan sehingga 40 hingga 45 peratus ke atas jumlah keseluruhan jualan tahunan kami,” katanya selepas hadir menyempurnakan majlis perasmian pembukaan cawangan butik ke-13 di KL Festival City, Kuala Lumpur.
Menurutnya, syarikat menyasarkan pertumbuhan ke atas jualan bagi semua butik jualan sehingga akhir tahun ini mencecah 30 hingga 40 peratus.
“Bagi mencapai sasaran itu, kami terus mengukuhkan jenama dengan merancang membuka sekurang-kurangnya satu cawangan baru setiap bulan dan sebagai penutup tahun ini, cawangan baru di Bandar Seri Permaisuri ba-kal dirasmikan tidak lama lagi,” katanya.
Beliau berkata, setiap modal dan pelaburan bagi membuka cawangan baru adalah menerusi dana persendirian.
Katanya, kos pelaburan cawangan baru akan mencecah RM800,000 hingga RM1 juta bersama bekalan stok yang dianggarkan RM600,000 hingga RM800,000.
“Lokasi baru yang bakal menjadi tumpuan kami pada masa hadapan adalah Kuantan, Johor Bahru, Melaka, Sabah dan Sarawak serta Lembah Klang,” katanya.
Mohd Azmi berkata, setakat ini butik yang paling banyak menghasilkan jualan adalah Kuala Terengganu dan Kota Bharu yang begitu berjaya menarik perhatian pelajar, remaja dan kanak-kanak.
Bagi menunjukkan kepelbagaian dan memberi lebih pilihan kepada pelanggan, butik jualan pakaian dan kelengkapan sukan milik Bumiputera, Mizi Sports Centre (Mizi Sports) memperkenalkan koleksi seluar jean Levis sebagai produk baru dalam melengkapkan rangkaian perniagaannya.
Pengarah Urusannya, Mohd Azmi Mat Nayan berkata, pada masa ini, Mizi Sports mempunyai 13 cawa-ngan, dua daripadanya ber-operasi menjual produk Levis dan kebiasaannya sebanyak RM200,000 stok pakaian Levis ditempatkan di sesebuah butik jualan.
“Sambutan terhadap butik di Kuala Terengganu yang ber-operasi menjual pakaian itu begitu menggalakkan. Seluar jean Levis bakal melengkapkan rangkaian produk seterusnya akan memacu jualan dan menghasilkan pertumbuhan sehingga 40 hingga 45 peratus ke atas jumlah keseluruhan jualan tahunan kami,” katanya selepas hadir menyempurnakan majlis perasmian pembukaan cawangan butik ke-13 di KL Festival City, Kuala Lumpur.
Menurutnya, syarikat menyasarkan pertumbuhan ke atas jualan bagi semua butik jualan sehingga akhir tahun ini mencecah 30 hingga 40 peratus.
“Bagi mencapai sasaran itu, kami terus mengukuhkan jenama dengan merancang membuka sekurang-kurangnya satu cawangan baru setiap bulan dan sebagai penutup tahun ini, cawangan baru di Bandar Seri Permaisuri ba-kal dirasmikan tidak lama lagi,” katanya.
Beliau berkata, setiap modal dan pelaburan bagi membuka cawangan baru adalah menerusi dana persendirian.
Katanya, kos pelaburan cawangan baru akan mencecah RM800,000 hingga RM1 juta bersama bekalan stok yang dianggarkan RM600,000 hingga RM800,000.
“Lokasi baru yang bakal menjadi tumpuan kami pada masa hadapan adalah Kuantan, Johor Bahru, Melaka, Sabah dan Sarawak serta Lembah Klang,” katanya.
Mohd Azmi berkata, setakat ini butik yang paling banyak menghasilkan jualan adalah Kuala Terengganu dan Kota Bharu yang begitu berjaya menarik perhatian pelajar, remaja dan kanak-kanak.
-Sinar Harian
http://www.sinarharian.com.my/bisnes/mizi-sports-giat-cipta-nama-1.10027
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Article Published : 2011, Berita Harian.
Company Name : Cemara Food Industries.
Consumer Goods Field : Fruits.
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Cip nanas Johor tembusi pasaran Asia
Selepas menembusi pasaran eksport ke Asia Barat dalam tempoh enam bulan operasinya, Cemara Food Industries Sdn Bhd, kini mengintai peluang untuk menerjah pasaran China pula.
Pengarah Urusan Cemara Food, Mohd Nazar Ishak berkata permintaan mencapai dua tan sebulan dari Asia Barat terhadap kerepek nenas yang dikeluarkan syarikat itu, meningkatkan keyakinan pihaknya untuk meluaskan pasaran ke China bulan depan.
Kejayaan syarikat itu bermula dengan projek penyelidikan dan pembangunan (R&D) bersama Lembaga Perindustrian Nenas Malaysia (LPNM) tahun lalu, sebelum mula menghasilkan cip nanas mulai awal tahun ini.
Selain memasuki pasaran tempatan, Cemara Food mengambil langkah berani untuk menerokai pasaran Asia Barat. Bermula Januari tahun lalu, pihaknya sudah menghasilkan kira-kira empat tan cip nanas sebulan dengan tiga kontena untuk dieksport ke Asia Barat.
“Kebanyakan pembekal dari negara Asia Barat amat gemarkan makanan serta produk berasaskan nenas. Apabila kami menghasilkan cip sebegini secara tidak langsung turut menarik minat dan perhatian mereka terhadap rangkaian yang ada sehingga menerima permintaan yang tinggi dan memberansangkan.
“Malah, pada bulan depan pula kami akan ke Nanning, China untuk melebarkan sayap dalam perniagaan dan jualan cip nanas sekali gus berharap mendapat permintaan lebih baik lagi daripada peminat makanan ini pada masa depan,” katanya ketika ditemui di Kilang Penghasilan produk cip nanas di Pontian, Johor, baru-baru ini.
Syarikat berkenaan antara lain juga bakal beroperasi di Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang selewat-lewatnya pada tahun depan berikutan bekalan nanas juga turut diperoleh daripada ladang di Kulim dan Baling di Kedah seluas 120 hektar selain beberapa pekebun kecil di sekitar Johor termasuk Pontian.
Mohd Nazar berkata, idea untuk menghasilkan cip nanas timbul selepas mengetahui wujud banyak lambakan buah-buahan termasuk nanas yang tidak dapat dijual sehingga mendatangkan pembaziran sebelum pihaknya sepakat untuk menghasilkan sesuatu yang lebih bermakna daripada lambakan terbabit.
“Alhamdulillah, menerusi idea ini akhirnya membolehkan kami menghasilkan cip nanas yang digemari ramai, malah lambakan nanas berkenaan juga sebenarnya dapat digunakan pada ternakan seperti lembu yang boleh memakan kulit nanas selepas proses kupasan dan potongan untuk dijadikan cip.
Katanya, walaupun bakal beroperasi di Pulau Pinang tidak lama lagi, pihaknya masih lagi meneruskan operasi kilang di Pontian yang kini lebih terarah kepada penghasilan produk selain membuat pemasaran ke atas produk cip nanas yang perlu melalui 10 proses dalam masa tiga hari sebelum boleh dieksport.
Beliau berkata, antara proses menghasilkan cip nanas ialah mengupas dan menyejuk; memotong kepada saiz yang sama dan endaman bersama glukosa sebelum digoreng dalam tiub dan ditinkan.
Katanya, proses untuk menghasilkan produk berkenaan bermula dengan mencuci nanas terlebih dahulu sebelum mengupas menggunakan mesin khas yang dibeli dari Thailand supaya ia lebih mudah dipotong.
“Ketika dipotong, ia masih dikendalikan dengan mesin khas supaya saiz yang dihasilkan sama. Saiz sama adalah amat penting sewaktu menggoreng dalam tiub supaya warna dan teksturnya tidak berlainan daripada yang lain.
“Selepas itu, nanas berkenaan akan melalui laluan air panas bertujuan membunuh kuman dalam tempoh masa lima minit pada suhu 100 darjah Celcius sebelum ia disejukkan dalam bilik sejuk beku pada suhu -20 darjah celcius semalaman, katanya.
Mohd. Nazar berkata, selepas semalaman berada di bilik sejuk beku, nanas berkenaan direndam di dalam cecair glukosa untuk megekalkan bentuk dan teksturnya selepas proses penyejukan dengan suhu tiga darjah Celcius.
“Selepas itu, nanas dimasukkan ke dalam tiub menggoreng selama 90 minit pada suhu 90 darjah Celcius dan di sini kita boleh melihat ia digoreng secara sama rata sehingga menghasilkan warna kuning-kekuningan.
Akhir sekali, ia akan melalui proses membuang minyak yang diletakkan dalam mesin khas dengan wapnya disalurkan ke saluran khas sebelum ia boleh dibungkus dengan berat bersih 50 gram dengan harga RM5 saja” katanya.
-Berita Harian
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Article Published : Wednesday, January 5th 2011, Utusan Malaysia.
Company Name : Lanbaharin Boutique.
Consumer Goods Field : Clothes.
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Pilihan untuk lelaki
APABILA berbicara tentang fesyen, sering kali wanita akan dikaitkan dalam perkara ini dan biasanya hanya wanita sahaja yang dikatakan arif tentang fesyen.
Seiring dengan zaman kemajuan teknologi, lelaki pada masa kini juga tidak ketinggalan dalam berfesyen dan tidak kurang juga yang berani bermain dengan warna apabila mengenakan pakaian.
Bagi kaum lelaki yang inginkan kelainan dalam berfesyen, butik Lan Baharin mungkin dapat memenuhi cita rasa mereka.
Menggunakan khidmat pereka sendiri, pakaian lelaki di butik ini mencipta kelainan tersendiri dengan menghasilkan rekaan corak mengikut kehendak pelanggan
Menurut pengurus butik Lan Baharin, Mohd. Farhan Sabli, fabrik yang biasa digunakan di butik tersebut adalah daripada jenis linen sama ada yang diimport ataupun daripada pasaran tempatan.
"Kami mengutamakan fabrik yang bermutu tinggi seperti linen dan pakaian yang dihasilkan juga lebih kepada konsep kasual dan formal.
"Pakaian yang dihasilkan di sini juga adalah daripada idea kami sendiri dan kami menggunakan lima tukang jahit bagi merealisasikannya," katanya.
Antara pakaian lelaki yang dihasilkan butik ini adalah kemeja linen lengan panjang bercorak.
Kemeja ini sesuai dipakai untuk majlis-majlis formal dan bagi mereka yang sukakan warna, kemeja ini mungkin akan menjadi pilihan utama.
Kemeja linen lengan pendek bercorak jam tangan juga sesuai digayakan sama ada di majlis formal ataupun kasual.
Kemeja jenis abstrak sebegini sentiasa menjadi tumpuan golongan lelaki matang yang sentiasa inginkan kelainan.
Menurut Farhan, corak abstrak pada setiap baju biasanya sangat rumit dilakukan dan ia memakan masa yang agak lama iaitu tiga hingga empat hari untuk disiapkan.
"Biasanya corak abstrak sebegini lebih sesuai digunakan untuk majlis formal seperti makan malam dan majlis rasmi.
"Pelanggan kebanyakannya lebih sukakan corak abstrak yang kelihatan eksklusif. Ada juga pelanggan yang inginkan corak abstrak mengikut cita rasa mereka sendiri," jelasnya.
Kemeja lengan pendek viscose mungkin akan menjadi pilihan bagi yang gemarkan gaya kasual dan santai. Kemeja tanpa corak ini sesuai digayakan dengan jeans dan membuatkan si pemakai kelihatan bergaya walaupun dalam keadaan santai.
Rekaan fesyen ala-kurta pula khusus untuk menonjolkan ciri-ciri seperti fesyen baju Melayu. Biasanya rekaan ini lebih digemari pelanggan lantaran potongan yang berkonsepkan islamik dan sesuai digayakan ke majlis yang lebih kasual.
Butik Lan Baharin bukan sahaja menyediakan pakaian untuk golongan lelaki, bahkan pakaian dan aksesori wanita juga tidak ketinggalan seperti kasut dan beg tangan. Harga yang ditawarkan di butik berkenaan juga amat berpatutan iaitu dalam lingkungan RM100-RM300 sahaja.
Kepada mereka yang berminat dengan fesyen yang ditonjolkan oleh butik Lan Baharin, anda boleh berkunjung sendiri ke butik tersebut di lot 80, Jln. Burhanuddin Helmi, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.
-Utusan Malaysia
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=0105&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Keluarga&pg=ke_02.htm
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Article Published : 2010, Ifranchisemalaysia.
Company Name : Focus Point Holdings Bhd.
Consumer Goods Field : Optical Care.
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Interview with Focus Point Franchisor
Focus Point celebrated its 20th anniversary last year sustained by a vision ‘to be the leading vision care provider in Malaysia.’ As a bonus to its profound contribution in the eyewear-retail industry for the past two decades and as a testament to the successful franchise programme it initiated, Focus Point was awarded the prestigious “Franchise of The Year” for 2009 complemented with “Best Homegrown Franchisor” and “Best Outlet Growth” awards from Malaysian Franchise Association (MFA). Franchise Asia spoke to CEO of Focus Point, Dato’ Liaw Choon Liang on how he keeps the company looking ahead.
Can you tell us briefly on the background of Focus Point?
The first Focus Point outlet, well I can’t say it was an outlet, as it was a small counter, was started by my brother and I back in 1989 in Muar, Johor. It had neither an elaborate arrangement nor a comprehensive product range. At that time we did not envision that our company would one day grow to become the leader in the eyewear-retail industry in the country. Our first shop was doing well, which gave us the confidence to open another two outlets within a span of three years which proved successful as well. After more than ten over years of experience operating around 40 outlets, we ventured into franchising as part of our growth plan.
Did Focus Point plan to franchise the business from the start?
Not really. Our business was growing organically for over ten years or so, and naturally we bounced off ideas on how we can grow our business further. An easier and much faster way would have been to get the investors in. The other option was to go into franchising. We know it would have been expensive for every franchisee to employ a qualified optometrist (as Optical Act Malaysia 1991 requires this) at each outlet. After much thought, we asked ourselves, why not develop our business holistically by nurturing our employees who are already qualified optometrists or opticians themselves into our franchisees. Our greatest resource has always been our employees who have been with us through thick and thin. And it’s our responsibility to create a good future for them. So we modified the franchise programme, and instead of offering to the public, we offered the franchise option to our qualified staff to inspire them to become entrepreneurs themselves. We know it would not be easy for someone who is just starting out now to achieve a similar success like ours. This is our way of repaying our staff for their sacrifices by distributing the wealth and opportunities. We applied for a franchise license in early 2000 and officially launched our franchise programme on 3rd April 2003. We promoted the programme aggressively from 2003 to 2004, with many staff taking up the offer and within just six years, we opened 74 franchise outlets.
Were there challenges in becoming a franchisor when you first started?
There were many. The success of our first three franchised outlets, which were basically converted from company owned outlets were pivotal in convincing our staff to become Focus Point franchisees. The overall response was so overwhelming although we know the investment for a franchise outlet is almost RM300,000 to RM400,000 to operate, inclusive of renovation and merchandise. We understand the amount was beyond our staff’s financial capacity and to ease their financial burden, we approached Malaysian Franchise Association (MFA) who introduced us to Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNS) and Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) to develop some form of financial schemes to assist the new franchisees, especially Bumiputera franchisees. We also sought the assistance of other financial institutions to offer better credit terms for non-bumi franchisees. In addition we also offered our own easy payment schemes to our franchisees.
Another major challenge faced was the ‘mindset change’ where we found it extremely difficult convincing our employees to become business owners overnight. When we started our franchise model in 2003, many were reluctant in the beginning as they felt it was a major risk to have to juggle so many new tasks as a business owner, e.g., rental, inventory, employees, etc. Pulling someone from a comfortable position into an unknown territory was not easy. Our first three newly converted franchise outlets which became extremely successful motivated the employees greatly to become Focus Point franchisees. Now we have a long waiting list.
Does this mean any Focus Point staff can become a franchisee?
Not so. To become a Focus Point franchisee, he or she should be a qualified optometrist or optician as required by the law to operate an optical outlet in Malaysia. They need to be hands-on, with high levels of experience and product knowledge, good communication skills, high amount of passion and commitment to create a successful business out of Focus Point. All our outlets are manned by highly qualified optometrists/opticians as required by the Optical Act of Malaysia 1991 as opposed to many optical shops which are often operated without any qualified professionals due to lack of enforcement.
We also analyse our employees’ track record in operating our company owned outlets before we qualify them as franchisees. If they have at least three to five years of experience and have proven themselves at Focus Point, then we are confident that they can manage franchise outlets. This is very important as we believe that only through working with us for some time can they imbibe our company culture, management’s working style and expectations - something which cannot be expected from investors. That is not all, once our franchisees prove themselves with a single-unit franchisee, we encourage and support them to manage multiple-units if they are ready.
How many Focus Point outlets are company owned and how many are franchise outlet? What is the difference in managing them?
Currently 60 outlets are company owned and around 70 are franchisee owned. There is a big difference in terms of managing them. For example, an employee may not go out of the way to complain to the management if for example, when stock arrives late, or not up to their expectation, fearing a repercussion but a franchisee will do it as his or her business is dependent on timely intervention, or the business suffers. In short, we deal with employees for company owned outlets whereas business owners for franchised outlets.
What are some of the ways Focus Point support its franchisees?
Besides financial support and easy payment schemes mentioned earlier, we offer them low cost price on merchandise purchased directly from our manufacturers in Italy, France, Japan, USA and other countries. The fact that these manufacturers are willing to deal directly with us is indicative of their confidence in us, even though they have an appointed local distributor in Malaysia. By dealing directly with the manufacturers and purchasing in bulk, Focus Point is able to cut down the cost of the merchandise by almost 40%. The savings allow our franchisee to enjoy a higher profit margin, and pass down better discounts for customers to enjoy.
We also undertake aggressive advertising and PR campaigns to promote the Focus Point brand, which benefits our franchisees. We also invest heavily on Research & Development (R&D). The best part of it all is that our franchisees can capitalise on all our company resources including R&D, branding, business know-how, expertise, market research, industry data, etc. for the 5% royalty fee that they are charged for. We take the bulk of the risk and don’t mind the small percentage of royalty fee earnings as we see our relationship with our franchisees as a long-term investment.
We also have long standing close business relationship with hypermarkets and big chain stores like Tesco, Carrefour, Jusco, etc, where we are always given the first priority to select shop lot spaces of our choice which our competitors or even single optical shop operators could not enjoy. The strategic location of Focus Point outlets at high-traffic shopping areas offers a steady or even highly profitable business earning opportunities for our franchisees.
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-ifranchisemalaysia
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Article Published : Saturday, November 14th 2009, New Straits Times.
Company Name : MM Vitaoils Sdn. Bhd.
Consumer Goods Field : Edible oil product.
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MM Vitaoils climbs up value chain
MM VITAOILS Sdn Bhd is inviting venture capitalists to invest in its business as it moves up the value chain to produce specialty fats.
"Specialty fats is a high-growth sector and in great demand in the export market. We're investing about RM18 million to put up a refinery and specialty fats plant," managing director Mazlan Muhammad said.
"We are targeting capacity of 150 tonnes a day and for the plant to be up and running at the end of 2010."
Sindora Bhd, a unit of Johor Corp Bhd (JCorp), bought 35 per cent of MM Vitaoils for RM9.5 million in June 2005.
ln an interview with Business Times in Shah Alam, Selangor, Mazlan said the partnership with JCorp seemed strategic in the beginning.
The state government-linked company, which owns oil palm plantations through Sindora, had wanted to venture downstream with MM Vitaoils tu produces specialty fats.
Later, it became apparent that it was logistícally impossible for MM Vitaoils to be competitive as the feedstock come from Johor while its packing facility was in Shah
Alam.
“We’ll complete the 35 per cent stake buyback for RM13.5 million from Sindora at the end of this year. But than again, we’ll keep the door open to strategic, investors
who share our expansion plans into the specialty fats business, which yields higher profit margins,” Mazlan said.
MM Vitaoils, set up in 1999, makes shortening, cooking oil, margarine, pastry margarine and vegetable ghee for export te 76 countries.
QualiTaste, Golden Treat, Rise & Shine, Blossommm, Marvelloso, Serimas and Palmas are among its more visible labels sold in Central Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Last year, MM Vitaoils made RM4.3 million gross profit on RM101.1 million revenue. Domestic sales of cooking oil make up only 2 per cents of its revenue.
Although MM Vitaoils is exportoriented, Mazlan Said he will continue to apply for a bigger quota from the govornment to sell subsidised cooking oil in the country.
This year, the government has approved 70,000 tonnes a month of subsidised cooking oil, up from 35,000 tonnes a decade ago.
-NST
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