Suara.com – PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) succeeded in winning an award with a platinum rating at the 2023 SNI Award event organized by the National Standardization Agency (BSN).
This highest appreciation from the Government is proof that Pupuk Indonesia products are ready to compete in global and international markets. The reason is, with the SNI Award, credibility in the eyes of consumers and stakeholders will increase and can strengthen product competitiveness.
“Thank you very much, this is proof of our commitment at Pupuk Indonesia Group to implementing SNI. “Thank you and appreciation to BSN and I dedicate this to all SNI Award participants and to all Pupuk Indonesia people,” said the Main Director of Pupuk Indonesia, Rahmad Pribadi in his statement, Saturday (18/11/2023).
As the largest nitrogen-based fertilizer company in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa region, Rahmad stated that the SNI Award is a benchmark for how a company will develop in the future.
“Of course, to be able to improve our performance, we have to use the standards set by BSN and this has really helped us during the 3 years of our transformation and Alhamdulillah, we have succeeded as a group in becoming one of the 10 largest companies in the world in the agrochemical sector,” he added.
The SNI Award from BSN also has a positive impact on Pupuk Indonesia Group, because it can improve the public’s image and trust in the products and services offered by the Company.
Furthermore, this highest award from the Indonesian Government is a benchmark for an organization’s superior performance and obtaining improvements in the form of opportunities for improvement (OFI).
The SNI Award is recognition of organizations that are committed to improving the quality of products and services and meeting the requirements of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI).
The SNI Award is a prestigious award given to organizations or companies that have implemented SNI in products and services consistently with superior and sustainable performance.
On the same occasion, the Head of BSN, Kukuh S. Achmad stated that the SNI Award is part of a stimulus effort that can encourage producers, consumers and the public to increasingly appreciate quality aspects and participate actively in the development and use of SNI for market supply and demand.
The use of SNI, said Kukuh, is something that must be done by business and industrial players amidst the slowing global economy and the prices of superior commodities on the global market which of course has an impact on the national economy.
“Facing these challenges is not an easy thing, business and industrial actors are required to continue to increase their competitiveness by improving the quality of products and services, one of which is through implementing SNI. “The implementation of SNI is expected to be able to strengthen the competitiveness of national business and industrial actors by implementing best practices to implement efficiency, improve product quality and safety so as to open new markets and opportunities to adopt new technology to increase production volumes,” said Kukuh.
“Apart from that, implementing SNI will increase the company’s value in the eyes of consumers because consumers believe that the production process and the quality and services produced can be consistent,” he added.
The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, appreciated companies, business actors and industries that have consistently implemented SNI.
Implementing quality aspects through SNI can answer challenges according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the future. Some of these challenges are economic, technological, demographic and environmental factors.
He hopes that holding the 18th SNI Award can increase public understanding regarding product quality and safety.
“Appreciation from the Government to business actors who have implemented SNI and also produced superior products and the government through BSN provides the SNI Award. “It is hoped that producers, consumers and the public will appreciate the quality aspect and the winners will become role models so that the application of SNI can be carried out widely,” concluded Airlangga.
At the 2023 SNI Award, BSN also gave awards to Pupuk Indonesia’s subsidiaries, namely PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur with a platinum rating, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang with a gold rating and PT Pupuk Kujang Cikampek with a gold rating, and PT Petrokimia Gresik with a gold rating. silver rank.