G-TACR – One Stop Centre for Rubber Testing and Consultancy

Content

Other Services

Impact

Types of Payment

Sample Management

Scope of Testing

Operation Flow

Scope of Work & Function

Introduction

Introduction

•Laboratories are scattered

•Industry needs to deal with many labs/units as well as account unit

•Late delivery of test reports

•Late delivery of bills, invoices and receipts

Issues and challenges

Industry

Account Maintain client list,

Credit facilities

Process billing, invoice,

Collecting debt,

Receive payment

either direct or via unit

Lab 1 Reception & LO, record, billing ,

proforma, testing, maintenance,

report & deals with customer,

signatories

Lab 2

Lab 3

Previous MRB Testing Services

Introduction

Global Testing and Consultancy for Rubber (G-TACR)

is the newly formed one stop centre for rubber testing and consultancy.

Current MRB Testing Services

Industries or Researchers

Account Unit

Testing lab 3

Testing lab 2

Testing lab 1

12 NKEAs

NKEA 2: Palm Oil & Rubber

60% in 2009 (2009)

Growing at 13% YOY

65% in 2020 (RM30 billion)

EPP#3: Increase in world market share of latex glove

E1: Consolidation of

MRB testing services - ↑ delivery system

Location of G-TACR

AHM

G-TACR Main Office

Scope of Work & Function

•Receive samples & enquiries

•Register and label samples

•Distribute samples to laboratories

• Prepare bills/invoices/receipts

•Collect payment

•Collect / post of results & reports

One stop centre to:

Operation Flow

GTACR Office Collect reports from labs, prepare cover letter, fax/scan&email and mail reports*

Laboratories

Login sample, do analysis, validate results, print and sign the reports

G-TACR Distribution Section

Distribute samples to respective labs

G-TACR Sub-sampling Section

Do sub sampling and additional labelling for multiple lab analyses (If required)

G-TACR Payment Counter

Prepare either payment receipt, credit bill, proforma invoice or vote transfer bill

G-TACR Registration Counter

Receive, register, label and acknowledge test required, total charges and duration of testing

Scope of Routine Testing

• Accredited to MS ISO/IEC 17025 (SAMM NO. 008)

•Can undertake tests to ISO, MS, BS, ASTM, JIS etc.

• Laboratories include:

• Physical Testing Lab

• Tyre Testing Lab

•Calibration Lab

Product Testing & Calibration

• Accredited to MS ISO/IEC 17025 (SAMM NO. 069,151)

• Laboratories include:

•Chromatography Lab

•SMR Control Lab

• Latex and Raw Rubber Testing Lab

•RRIM DRC Testing Lab at Sg Petani, Kedah

Chemical Testing

Scope of Routine Testing

• Agroanalytical Testing Lab

• Protein Testing Lab

• Spectroscopy Analysis Lab

• Thermal Analysis Lab

•Microscopy Lab

• Ad-hoc Section

• Pollution Control Lab

Chemical Testing

•Not accredited to MS ISO/IEC 17025 as yet

• Tests include:

•Cytotoxicity Test

• Endotoxin Test

•Virus Penetration test

Biological Testing

Summary on Scope of Testing

No Unit Total type of test

No of accredited test methods

1 Product Testing and Calibration Unit (UUPT)

361 301

2 Materials Characterisation Unit (UPB)

226 153

3 Pollution Control Lab (UPPC) 48 36

4 Biological Test Lab (USTL) 3 -

5 Engineering Test Lab (UKRP) 24 -

6 Material Testing (UTGT) 7 -

• Detail accredited test list [UUPT, UPB, PCL]

• Detail overall scope of testing

Scope of Testing

Video of Testing Facilities

Web address: ◦ Product testing and calibration

http://www.lgm.gov.my/testservices/producttest.aspx

◦ Chemical testing

http://www.lgm.gov.my/chemtest/chemicaltesting.aspx

◦ Pollution Control Lab

http://www.lgm.gov.my/RnD/ppru.aspx - PCL

Detail scope of testing as in:

Sample Management

FrontPages of LIMS

Sample Monitoring

Accepted Types of Payment

Cash

Cheques

Postal Order

Credit Cards

Debit cards

Electronic Fund Transfer

Impact of One Stop Centre

Reduce redundant work

Reduce miss communication between parties involved

Improve sample management & monitoring

Improve delivery of bills, invoices and receipts

Improve delivery of testing & consultancy services ◦ Increase world market share of latex glove

◦ Also benefited other rubber sectors

◦ Increase export earning for Malaysia

Advisory & Consultancy Services

Setting up an analytical facilities

Training of personnel on specific analytical instruments & techniques

Environmental management for rubber processing & rubber products manufacturing industries

Solving the operational problems & designing of wastewater treatment plants

Testing of effluent parameters

Compliment Technical Services

RRIM Consult Cooperation

Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC, UK)

Technical Information & Advisory Unit

Product Certification

International Rubber Product Exhibition Centre (IRPEC)

Proficiency Testing Provider

General Contact

ADDRESS:

GLOBAL TESTING AND CONSULTANCY FOR RUBBER (G-TACR)

Technology and Engineering Division

RRIM Experimental Station

Malaysian Rubber Board

47000 Sungai Buloh

Selangor, Malaysia

TEL: +603-61459471/746

FAX: +603-61412907

EMAIL: gtacr@lgm.gov.my

TOLL FREE: 1-800-88-GTACR (48227)

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