Samjin Pharmaceutical, Vice President Jo Gyu-seok and 'Feed Forward' Team Win 'National Quality Management Competition' Award

Samjin Pharmaceutical announced on the 23rd that on the 22nd, at the ‘49th National Quality Management Competition’ held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Vice President Jo Gyu-seok received the ‘Industrial Medal’ in the individual category, and the Feed-Forward quality team from the Hyangnam Plant received the Presidential Award.

The Feed-Forward team from Samjin Pharmaceutical, which won the Presidential Award (Gold Prize) at the National Quality Management Competition, is taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Samjin Pharmaceutical]

The National Quality Management Competition is hosted and organized by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s National Institute of Technology and Standards and the Korean Standards Association, and is held every November during ‘Quality Month.’ It is an awards ceremony that recognizes individuals and outstanding companies who have contributed to enhancing national competitiveness through continuous quality innovation activities.

Jo Gyu-seok, Vice President and Head of Management at Samjin Pharmaceutical, was recognized at this year’s National Quality Management Competition for his contributions to ▲establishing a company-wide quality management system ▲implementing systems across company management including ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery Management System), 17025 (Internationally Accredited Testing Laboratory), 9001 (Quality Management System), 14001 (Environmental Management System), and 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) ▲supporting excellent quality teams, and other efforts to ‘activate quality innovation activities,’ receiving the Industrial Medal.

The Feed-Forward quality team from the Hyangnam Plant, which received the Presidential Award, carried out on-site improvement activities for over a year under the theme ‘Reducing reagent waste by improving quality inspection processes.’ Through these efforts, they significantly reduced the use of hazardous reagents and practiced environmental management associated with improved working conditions. Since 2019, Samjin Pharmaceutical has continuously conducted quality innovation and related environmental management activities through quality teams.

Vice President Jo Gyu-seok expressed his gratitude, saying, “I thank the members of the Feed-Forward team at the Hyangnam Plant who worked hard to improve on-site issues. It is especially meaningful that these efforts have been recognized as excellent achievements in improvement activities that align with the spirit of practicing environmental management.” He added, “Taking this award as an opportunity, we will actively engage in quality innovation activities to further develop the company-wide quality management system.”

The name of the quality team at Samjin Pharmaceutical’s Hyangnam Plant, Feed-Forward, means ‘better results can be achieved by focusing on the future that can be changed rather than the unchangeable past,’ and embodies the idea of ‘anticipating various possible improvements on-site in advance and deriving optimal ideas for them.’ This team has represented Samjin Pharmaceutical’s excellent quality management system and competitiveness externally for five consecutive years, following ‘Alhwakhaeng’ in 2019, ‘Upgle Samjin’ in 2020, ‘Pretect’ in 2021, and ‘Majungmul’ in 2022.