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August 2006Event:SAP SummIT 2006Visit:German Ambassador’s visit to Siemens Industrial ComplexSpecial Report:Solutions for Megacities - TransportationExcellence:More Awards for Siemens Pakistan

Message fromthe MDDearColleaguesAs we complete thelast quarter it istime to consolidateour success andpush forward to notonly attain our goals but to give a pleasantsurprise by surpassing them in a big way.It was Vince Lombardi who said “The priceof success is hard work, dedication to thejob at hand, and the determination thatwhether we win or lose, we have appliedthe best of ourselves to the task at hand.”This is the only way to go in the fiercelycompetitive world of today where onlythe best can survive. We have the tools ofand the fit4more principles to guideus and the resources of a world classcompany at our disposal. I see no reasonwhy we cannot achieve and surpass thetargets we had set for ourselves last year.As I see it there are a few things on whichwe need to concentrate in order tosucceed. The first thing is discipline. If wedo not have discipline in our lives we cannever succeed. If you look at the successfulcountries of the world you will realize thatthe cornerstone of their success isdiscipline. Without discipline all efforts arewasted and while you might be very busyand work till late at night if you are notdisciplined you cannot produce the desiredresults. It was Thoman Jefferson who said“That government is best which governsthe least, because its people disciplinethemselves.” This is also true forcompanies. If you are disciplined in yourwork you will not need constant guidancefrom the top.Another important factor is productivity.This is the benchmark for investment in acountry. You might find cheap labor in acountry but if it is not productive accordingto world standards then investors will bereluctant to invest. Now there are worldfigures on the productivity index ofdifferent countries and they form the basisfor international investments. We need toincrease our productivity by every meansat our disposal and the tool providedby the company should be used as itensures maximum productivity andminimum waste of time and resources.I have always said that smart work is betterthan hard work and now as you aresteaming ahead to surpass your targets togive us a pleasant surprise you will do wellto think about smart work. This is the sumof all the qualities described above.Increasing productivity through disciplineand smart thinking. Not wasting time inbeating around the bush but facing theproblem squarely and finding lastingsolutions. Inspire others by your exampleand lead from the front.I wish you every success and look forwardto the pleasant surprise you will give atthe end of the last quarter.Sohail Wajahat H. SiddiquiMore Awards forSiemens PakistanSiemens Pakistan receives two moreawards.Award For Environment ExcellenceSiemens Pakistan has received the“Environment Excellence Award” presentedby the National Forum for Environmentand Health. This award was instituted threeyears ago and Siemens has been a recipientever since. Mr. Mansoor Iqbal, GM, QualityManagement Systems, received the awardfrom the Minister for the Environment Mr.Malik Amin Aslam at a special ceremony.Diesel Generating Sets AreConsumer’s Choice In PakistanSiemens Pakistan Diesel Generating Setswon the “Consumer’s Choice Award,” whichis based on a customer survey thatmeasured not only the product but alsothe service quality. This award waspresented by the leading industrialist ofthe country, Mr. S.M. Muneer, and receivedon behalf of Siemens by Mr. MurtazaAbbas, General Manager A & D.German AmbassadorVisits Our IndustrialComplexThe German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. GunterMulack visited Siemens Pakistan recently.TheGerman ambassador accompanied by Mr.HelmutHolzheur Consul and Deputy Head of Mission inKarachi were warmly welcomed upon their arrivalby the Managing Director and CEO of SiemensPakistan Mr.Sohail Wajahat H.Siddiqui and theCFO Siemens Pakistan Mr.Gerhard Wilcke.After touring the industrial complex andattending a briefing about Siemens operationsin Pakistan the German Ambassador lauded theefforts of Siemens and said Siemens was theflag bearer of Germany in Pakistan. He latertoured the Industrial complex which he foundvery impressive and of a very high standard.The Managing Director of Siemens Pakistan inhis welcome speech on the occasion said thatSiemens has a long association with the IndoPakistan Sub Continent and has always been apartner of Pakistan in it’s journey of progressand building of it’s infrastructure. Mr. Siddiquisaid that not only was Siemens Pakistan savingvaluable foreign exchange through transfer oftechnology and local production but also earningforeign exchange through export of engineeringgoods and services. He thanked the GermanAmbassador for his visit and said this will greatlymotivate the employees of the company.Sitara-e-Imtiaz for Sohail Wajahat SiddiquiPresident of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has included Mr.Sohail Wajahat Siddiqui, ManagingDirector & CEO, Siemens (Pakistan) Engineering Co. Ltd. in the list of civil awards announced onthe occasion of the 59th Independence day of Pakistan. He has been awarded the " Sitara E Imtiaz"(Star of Excellence). The award will be presented in a special ceremony on 23rd March 2007.MED PAKISTAN LAUDED FOR EFFORTSIn a letter to our Managing Director Mr.Sohail Wajahat H.Siddiqui, Medical Solutions Siemens A.G. have lauded efforts by MedicalSolutions Siemens Pakistan for following the initiative “Siemens in Health Care” or “Siemens One Sector Health Care” specially inthe case of Tabba Heart Centre which is cited as a good opportunity to showcasemany of Siemens' strengths in supporting the delivery of better Healthcare in a clinicalenvironment.The letter written by Mr.Klaus Wecker Speaker of the Sector Support Team, Ms.MartinaKnappe Speaker of the Sector Marketing Team and Mr.Werner Reinhold Speaker ofthe sector Portfolio team points out that during the last months and years SiemensMedical Solutions has followed the strategy of creating and demonstrating "ProvenOutcomes" in the Healthcare sector.The team has expressed confidence to see the good results in a higher customersatisfaction, sustainable partnerships and of course winning new customers.Siemens maintains leadership in global and U.S. patentsThe Intellectual Property Owners Association Ranks Siemens Ninth inU.S. Patents Granted in 2005The American patent authority Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) ranked Siemens ninth on its list of top U.S. patentowners in 2005. Siemens was granted 1,345 U.S. patents last year in key infrastructure areas such as healthcare, transportation,energy, water, automation and business technologies.Globally, Siemens was the third largest applicant in 2005 for “international patent applications” via the PCT filing system of the WorldInternational Patent Organization (WIPO), once again validating the company’s position as a global leader in innovative solutionsand products and services. In addition to the WIPO ranking, in 2005 Siemens was ranked as Germany’s largest patent applicant onceagain by the German Patent Office (DPMA) and as Europe’s second largest patent applicant by the European Patent Office (EPO).1 2

Editor SpeakingDearReadersHere is anotherissue ofSiemens KiDunya. I amimpressed bythe interestthis magazinehas generatedamongst the employees. Not only dowe receive suggestions from all overthe country for the continuousimprovement of the magazine but havealso developed a network ofcontributors who are keen to submitarticles on various subjects for eachquarter. We also get feedback fromoutside the company and that showsthe interest with which the magazineis received by our customers. Theeditorial team is greatly inspired by allthis and are constantly looking toimprove this magazine both in terms ofcontent and lay out. Let me leave youwith a quote."Real excellenceand humility are notincompatible one withthe other,on the contrarythey are twin sisters."Zia-ul-Islam ZuberiNEW APPOINTMENTWelcome to a new member of theSiemens team Syed Imran Raza,who has joined us as Head of theLahore office. Mr. Imran is achartered accountant and BSc inEconomics, Statistics andMathematics. He has completed hisHONORABLE MENTION FORSIEMENS MEDICAL EQUIPMENTSiemens HomeEntertainment solutionwins iF Design AwardThe Surpass Home Entertainmentsolution from SiemensCommunications has won the‘Oscar’ for industrial design.Industrie Forum Design in Hanoverchose the user interface as winnerof its 2006 iF Design Award in thecategory Digital Media Interface.The prize is regarded as aninternational stamp of quality. TheiF product design award is one ofthe world’s three leading designprizes and can look back on a morethan 50-year history.training fromPriceWaterhouseCoopersand has three yearsindustrial experiencein a Multinationalcompany in Lahore.Siemens medical equipment ArtisDFC found honorable mention at thefirst Echocardiography and DopplerWorkshop organized by theCardiology Department of Post -Graduate Medical Institute Peshawar.A dedication ceremony was also heldon the occasion to honor three seniorcardiologists Dr.Abdul WahidSahibzada, Dr.Karamat Ali Shah and( late) Dr.Aziz Gul Mufti.In his welcome address Dr.Hafizullahhead of Cardiology Departmentinformed the participants about thenew equipment installed at thecardiology department and saidmore than 60% present procedureswere being carried out free of costfor deserving patients. He said thedepartment now has three functionalCardiac Catheterization laboratoriesincluding the new Siemens AxiomArtis DFC. He said the departmentoffered latest interventionalvalvuplasty and implantation of newdevices like Cardiac Defibrillators andresynchronization therapy.Woman Manager of the year AwardAt the International Conference on Women Leadership and Women’sExcellence Award organized by TripleE and supported by FPCCI, Ms.Sowaba Imran, head of Siemens Home Appliances is receiving awardfor ‘Woman Manager of the year’ from Ms. Nasreen Jalil, Deputy MayorKarachi and Khushbakhat Shujat. Siemens, an equal opportunityemployer has women in top managerial positions in the company. Thisnews also appeared in the International News Magazine of SiemensAG, “Siemens World” and was presented as an example of “PeopleExcellence” to the worldwide audience.Organizational ChangesFollowing organizational changes took place within ISP Division with effect from 11/05/20061. BU IT Services shall be headed by Mr. Waqas N. Siddiqui. At the same time, Mr.Aijaz Saleem shall look after BusinessDevelopment/Special Projects within ISP Division.2. BU PWT (Process Industries and Water Technologies) shall be headed by Mr.Mukarram Saeed.3. Mr. Ghufran Uppal has been appointed as Business Manager, SBT.• Mr. Mohsin Ali shall be acting Regional Head of PTD Lahore effective 27th August 2006.• Mr. Schleiffer will assume the responsibility as Regional Head of PTD Lahore Effective 01.11.2006,New ResponsibilitiesMr. Samiullah Siddiqui has been assignedthe responsibilities of BusinessAdministration, PTD Division w.e.f.16.06.2006.Mr. Safdar Ibrahim has been promotedas Divisional Director, BU PG, ISP Divisionwith effect from 01.10.2006:Mr. Ishtiaqul Haque has been promotedas Divisional Director, BU TR, PTD Divisionwith effect from 01.10.2006.In addition to his responsibilities as BAShared Services, effective immediately Mr.Khalid Jamal will assume responsibility inECC-PGL reporting to Mr. Shaheen Ahmedand effective 01.10.2006 Mr. Khalid Jamalwill join ECC-PGL Department.Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi takes theresponsibilities of BusinessAdministration, Shared Services effective01.10.2006.Mr. Naukhez Arslan has been appointedas DGM A&D Business Development witheffect from 11/05/2006.For personal enhancement anddevelopment of individual as well as forthe business growth Mr. Naveed Ansarishall be on job rotation to BU TD EA, inaddition to his present responsibilities asRegional Compliance Officer. This will gointo effect from 01.08.2006. Mr. M.Javaid, GM CA will act as RCO for BU TDEA.Mr. Irfan Umar takes the overallresponsibilities of Business Admin. of BUTD and shall be on deputation to Dubaiw.e.f. 16.06.2006.Mr. Tahir Javed resumes office of BusinessAdministration, COM Division, in additionto his present responsibilities at CTI w.e.f.16.06.2006Mr. Usama Rashid shall continue to lookafter Business Admin. of BU TD inPakistan.Mr. Raja Muneer has been promoted asGeneral Manager, Personnel &Administration, HR with effect from01.10.2006.Ms. Romana P. Akhtar has been appointedas acting General Manager, PersonnelDevelopment. She joined HumanResources Department of SiemensPakistan in June 2006 and brings anextensive HR experience in organizationand development areas.Mr. Rana Abdul Waheed Khan hasassumed his responsibilities as our newBA PTD Islamabad.Mr. Burhan Yousuf Khan has beenappointed as Deputy General Manager,Financial Controlling with effect from01.09.2006.Mr. Nurul Abedin assumes office ofBusiness Administration, BU TR duringMr. Tariq Salam’s deputation w.e.f.16.06.2006.34

Bosicor Goes Live on SAPFirst Row from Left to Right Mr. Asad A. Siddiqui, Vice President Treasury & CFO-Bosicor Pakistan Ltd; Mr. Ijaz Saleem, SAP ITS; Mr. M. Wasi Khan, President & CEO-Bosicor; Mr. Masood Raza, Vice President Admin & HR, Bosicor; Mr. Javed Ahmad,Vice President Plant, Bosicor.Second Row (Standing), From Left to Right Mr. Kamran I. Lari, Senior ManagerCommercial- Bosicor; Mr. Nawaz Ahmed Khan, Project Leader, SAP Bosicor; Mr.Rashid Inam, Project Manager,SAP Bosicor; Mr. Sualeh QamarProject Manager SAP, SiemensBosicor Pakistan Limited, a large refineryestablished in 1995 and involved inproduction of Liquid Petroleum Gas,Kerosene, High Speed Diesel and• The king of hearts is the only kingwithout a mustache.• Mosquito repellents don't repel.They hide you. The spray blocks themosquito's sensors so they don'tknow you're there.• Apples, not caffeine, are moreefficient at waking you up in themorning.• Barbie's full name is BarbaraMillicent Roberts.Furnace Oil, nowruns on SAP, themost successfulERP solution inPakistan which isbeing adopted bymajor industriesinPakistan,including Oil &Gas industry.implementationinBosicorPakistan Limitedexpands SAP'salready strongpresence• The citrus soda 7-UP was created in1929; "7" was selected because theoriginal containers were 7 ounces."UP" indicated the direction of thebubbles.• No piece of paper can be folded inhalf more than 7 times.• Oak trees do not produce acornsuntil they are fifty years of age orolder.• A Boeing 747's wingspan is longerthan the Wright brothers' first flight.• The albatross drinks sea water. Ithas a special desalinizationapparatus that strains out andexcretes all excess salt.• Cats purr at 26 cycles per second,inPakistan’s privateoil sector. Thisfeatwasachieved on June23, 2006 with a Go Live ceremony atBosicor’s Head Office which wasattended by Bosicor and Siemensmanagement and project teammembers.Siemens Pakistan, the implementationpartner for this project, once againproved its competence in SAP bysuccessfully delivering another SAPproject roll-out on-time. Theimplementation at Bosicor wascompleted within scheduled time ofsix months, with full support andcooperation of BPL management andemployees.SAP, the world’s leading ERP solutionhas now over 32,000 implementationsworld-wide, and has a strong presencein Pakistan and growing rapidly. Someof the key industry sectors such asAutomotive, Oil and Gas,Pharmaceuticals, Packaging,Chemicals, Consumer goods, Cementand Utilities and Engineering havebeen the main beneficiaries of SAP inPakistan.Some Interesting Facts . . .the same as an idling diesel engine.• The first product to have a bar codewas Wrigley's gum.• A duck's quack doesn't echo, and noone knows why.• All porcupines float in water.• Non-dairy creamer is flammable.• If you could count the number oftimes a cricket chirps in one minute,divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2again, you would have the correcttemperature in Celsius degrees• Margaret Higgins Sanger, the birthcontrolpioneer, was one of elevenchildren.• Your stomach has to produce a newlayer of mucus every two weeks orit will digest itself.Finish What You StartBy: Babar Baig, MD Sect.If you don't finish what you start, you will be distracted by amountain of unfinished business.It is a sign of character and professionalism to live up to yourcommitments. It has been said that the most valuableemployees are the ones who consistently do what they saythey will. The same can be said of managers. Closing businessgives people confidence in their leaders. It also inspires (andsubtly demands) that they do the same.Exciting Trip By MED GroupA two days site seeing trip to NorthernAreas of Pakistan was arranged by MedService employees Lahore. Places visitedinclude Murree and Nathiagali.Murree is known as the "Queen of thehills" (Malika-e-kohsar). At 2,100 metersabove sea level, Murree is only an hour'sdrive (some 54 km) northeast ofIslamabad. It's cold pine forests, amidstmagnificent mountain scenery, makesit the first choice for a day's outing fromthe capital. Hiking is the favorite pastimeOBITUARYMr. Gul Hazrat Hussain passed away on 23 rdMay 2006 due to heart failure. Mr. GulHazrat Hussain joined the Company in1975. He was presently working as fitter inA & D(MA Production) He was a very niceperson, sincere to his work and loyal to theWith Profound GriefWith profound grief andsorrow we announce thatduring traveling from Multan toLahore Mr. Masroor MubarikKhan (Executive Engineer) of BUbecause the valleyoffers a variety ofwalks. It was foundedas a hill station by theBritish in 1851.Nathiagali, clad inPine, Walnut and OakMaple trees, is themost picturesque hillstation in the Galliatregion. It can beapproached fromAbbottabad andMurree via a newlywidened all weatherroad. Distance fromboth sides is 34 KM. Nathiagali is 2501meters above sea level and is surroundedby lush green, lofty mountains. Itcommands fine views of the snowcoveredmountains of Kashmir, Kaghanand Kohistan on one side and the plainsPWT Lahore and Mr. Ismail Rana(Driver) lost their lives, in a caraccident near Sahiwal, in thesame accident Mr. Hassan Turabof BU-PWT Lahore was badlyinjured. The Management andthe editor and staff of SiemensKi Dunya express their deepAnother angle on this is your ownexample of productivity and efficiency.The more "loose ends" you have in yourwork style, the greater the likelihood of mistakesor poor work. A pile of unfinished work creates a situation inwhich you lack focus and drain your mental energy.Confucius once said:The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability;he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize theability that he has.(L to R Standing) Shakil Mehdi, Farhan Ahmed, Haroon Younas, Rahat Hussain(L to R sitting) Ibrar Haider, Shoaib Rashid, Sahibzada Hussnain, Sajid Ahmedof Rawalpindi on the other. In theforeground, to the north-east, rise thegreen slopes of Miranjani Top (9763 ft)and Mukshpuri Top (9243 ft) in thesoutheast. These two mountains are thehighest in the Galliat range.Company. He possessed a friendly,sympathetic and amiable personality andwill be remembered by his colleagues fora long time to come. The Management ofSiemens expresses their very sincere andheartfelt condolence to the bereavedfamily. May Almighty ALLAH rest his soulin eternal peace and tranquility.shock and grief over thisunfortunate accident and prayto God to give eternal peace tothe departed souls and theirfamilies the courage to bear thisirreparable loss. We also pray forearly and full recovery ofMr.Hassan Turab.56

Siemens Oncology - High Definition Leading EdgeWorkflow SolutionsBy: Syed Abdul Qavi (Executive Engineer)Siemens Medical SolutionsIonizing radiation is used as a standardmethod of cancer treatment.Radiotherapy can be used alone or incombination with chemotherapy andsurgery. One type of treatment ormodality of treatment may be chosenover another for its advantage in cureand for its advantage in minimizing sideeffects. For treatment purposes, mostradiation oncology departmentsgenerally use a linear accelerator thatproduces high energy electrons and X-rays (about 100 times more energeticthan diagnostic X-rays). The radiationbeam is shaped using a complexcollimator device (typically a multileafcollimator – MLC), while the patient lieson a high-precision table. Additionally,a linear accelerator can be equippedwith an imaging system (electronicportal imaging device – EPID) used toverify correct patient position prior totreatment delivery.Every day around the globe,approximately 77,000 patients receiveradiation therapy delivered by Siemenslinear accelerators. And next year alone,2.6 million newly diagnosed cases willbe reported worldwide, pressuring clinicsAt the convocation of Institute of Costand Management Accountants ofPakistan held in Islamabad MianMohammad Soomro (Chairman Senate)who was the chief guest on theto narrow the “15-minute slot.” Ourvision is to deliver evidence-basedsolutions that can fast-forward thecapabilities of even modest oncologypractices. Many customers are nowusing advanced techniques, such asIntensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy(IMRT) and Image- Guided RadiationTherapy (IGRT) in their clinics. IMRTrequires the clear visualization of thetarget area with the patient in treatmentposition. IGRT uses linearaccelerator–based 2D and 3D pretreatmentimaging to identify dailytumor displacement, locate organs atrisk, and provide other pertinentinformation to help determine if patientpositionadjustmentsshould bemade prior totreatment.IMRT and IGRTboth use linearacceleratorbased imagingto moresuccessfullytreat a widerrange of tumorsites. Siemensoffershardware andsoftwaresolutions thatenableclinicians tocost-effectively deliver these types ofhigh-quality treatment applications.The Siemens linear accelerator offeringis comprised of two product lines:PRIMUS and ONCOR. As with all SiemensNaeem Akhtar Graduates From ICMAPoccasion, giving certificate ofcompletion to Mr.Naeem Akhtar of FCthe Export Control representative inIslamabadAddition ToSiemens FamilyMs.Cheryl, BU SB, gave birth to a lovelygirl . In the picture Cheryl her husband,Merwyn and the baby, Ashita. Wemedical equipment lines, our linearaccelerators are highly integrated witha common SYNGO software platform.Both PRIMUS and ONCOR offer a widechoice of photon (X-ray) ranging from4MV to 18MV and electron energiesranging from 5MeV to 21MeV toaccommodate all clinical needs andspecific treatment techniques. ONCORis the latest addition to Siemens linearaccelerator portfolio. We recently setupS.I.U.T Hanifa Suleman DawoodOncology Center at Karachi with ourstate of the art ONCOR Linearaccelerator, Vsim andKONRAD/PROWESS Treatment PlanningSystems. This center is first among allhospitals in Pakistan which is equippedwith Virtual Simulation and IMRTtechnique. Beside this, we have aboutfive more PRIMUS Linear acceleratorsinstalled all over Pakistan showing ourleading position among our competitors.welcome Ashita to the Siemens familyand hope we can all meet her at thenext family day in January.SAP Textile solution launched in SAP summIT 2006SUCCESSFUL SUMMIT CONCLUDES IN LAHOREAmid participation by more than 500leading corporate sector organizationsin Pakistan represented by businessleaders andinformationtechnologyprofessionals, theannual SAPsummIT ’06, heldat Hotel PC, Lahoreremained a bigsuccess this year aswell.Organized by SAPwith SiemensPakistan being the‘Platinum Sponsor’,the theme for thisyear’s SAP summIT was“ACCELERATING INNOVATION andENERGIZING GROWTH”.In his keynote address in theinaugural session, Mr. SohailWajahat Siddiqui, MD SiemensPakistan stated that the event wasbeing held at an important timewhen in the post-WTO eracompanies are trying to streamlinetheir business processes in orderto stay competitive. He was of theview that SAP has led to radicalimprovement in the working andefficiency of several public and privatesector organizations in Pakistan andacross the world and that the summITwould provide an opportunity tobusiness and industry leaders in Pakistanto gain knowledge of SAP’s readyindustry solutions and interact with SAPprofessionals to learn more about SAPsolutions.He further highlighted that SiemensPakistan had played a pioneering rolein introducing SAP in the local marketas early as 1999, when companies hadlimited knowledge regarding SAPsolutions. As of today,Siemens is reaping thebusiness benefits in theform of being the largestmultinational in Pakistanwith maximum exportsand number one status inthe industry. Besides,Siemens Pakistan has hada major contribution inSAP implementation inmore than 40 organizations in Pakistantoday.Besides MD Siemens Pakistan, theinaugural session was also addressed byEric MacDonald, MD SAP Malaysia.Mr. Eric said that the businessorganizations in Pakistan are increasinglyacquiring integrated business softwaresolutions like SAP, which is helping themSIEMENS A KNOWLEDGE BASED COMPANYZEESHAN JAWAID IMPARTSKNOWLEDGE ABOUT “MOBILEMARKETING AND CUSTOMERSATISFACTION”Mr.Zeeshan Jawaid of CommunicationMobile Networks ,Telenor Project wasrecently invited by (PAF-KIET)PakistanAir Force-Karachi institute ofEconomics and Technology (MainCampus) as a guest speaker on thetopic “Mobile Marketing & CustomerSatisfaction”.The Guest Speaker Sessions andSeminars at this institue provide, anopportunity to the students andfaculty to benefit from the experienceof prominent corporate executivesand technology professionals. Allprominent speakers are invited fromindustry and education sector once aweek to highlight current issues,trends and concerns of the industry.These opportunities provide an overallperspective to the students forevaluating theoretical concepts andtransforming them into realistic plans.The presentation by Mr.ZeeshanJawaid was very well received by theparticipants and as a token of theirappreciation a memento waspresented by their Associate Professorto cut their costs and improveproductivity.He said that major business concerns inPakistan including PSO, ICI, PackagesLimited, Indus Motors, Dewan group,Honda Atlas, National Refinery, PIFRAare already running SAP solutions.Taking the lead once again, SiemensPakistan also launched the SAP solutionfor Textile industry. The solution demoswere greatly appreciated by a largenumber of senior executives from thetop export-oriented textilecompanies who had visitedthe event just to get moreknowledge on SAP textilesolution being launced bySiemens for the first timein Pakistan.Another highlight of theconference was the CEOForum which was attendedby Top-level executives. Theforum discussed theapplication of SAP solutionsin Pakistan and appreciatethe benefits offered by thesolution.The conference featured abroad range of SAPsolutions presentations,demos and panel discussions.SAP summIT is a comprehensivebusiness and technology forum wherecustomers and prospects gain clearinsights into how SAP’s businesssolutions can enhance theirorganization's performance. It is also anopportunity to witness the latestdevelopments in SAP Technology.Prospects can see why Open &Mr. Tariq Jalees.Siemens a knowledge based companyencourages it’s executives to sharetheir knowledge with the community.78

SPECIAL REPORTDear ReadersBANGKOKSiemens played a major role in theconstruction of Bangkok's local publictransport system. In fact, all the light railsystems in Bangkok are based on Siemenstechnology.A new subway and the Skytrain, whichtogether move half a million passengersper day, are relieving traffic congestionand helping to improve air quality. TheSkytrain travels 12 meters above thestreets of Bangkok at a speed of up to 80km/h, while the average speed of the carsbelow frequently stagnates at 10 km/h.The turnkey package provided bySiemens for the subway and theSkytrain included signaling systems,the entire telecommunications system,power supply, monitoring technology,some of the track work and the trainsthemselves. After only 39 months ofSolutions For MegacitiesTransportationWe are starting a new series with this issue entitled “Solutions for Mega cities”. Siemens has been providing solutionsto mega cities of the world in almost every field that helps to make these cities become better places for their citizenswho can than enjoy a better quality of life and avail the fruits of modern technology. From Transportation to watertechnologies and from Power Generation to distribution and transmission and in many more fields Siemens solutionsare changing the face of mega cities in the world. The proof of the pudding according to an old proverb is in the eating.Here are some examples of Siemens providing successful solutions to major problems faced by mega cities around theglobe. In this issue we will focus on transportation related solutions.MUMBAIMillions of people ride the commuter trainsfrom Mumbai's suburbs to the city centerevery day. The Indian Railway Ministryhas awarded Siemens a major contractthat will stretch over three years for theproduction and delivery of the completeelectrical equipment and drive systemsfor 170 three-section trains. The scope ofdelivery includes pantographs,transformers, traction and auxiliaryinverters, traction motors, a train controlsystem and a passenger informationsystem. The new motor train sets to bedelivered will be used on regional lines inthe Mumbai region. The systems, whichhave been adapted to local climatic andenvironmental conditions, will reduceenergy consumption by up to 30 percentand also lower maintenance and servicingcosts. Passenger comfort will be enhancedby IGBT electric inverters that make forlurch-free acceleration and braking.construction time, the customer wasable to put the system into operation,with everything coming from a singlesource and at a fixed price.A long-term maintenance contract wasalso signed to ensure the safety,reliability and punctuality of the trains.In the first five years of its operation,the Skytrain exceeded all agreed-uponavailability targets: More than 98.5percent of the trips taken arrived attheir destination with no more thanone-minute delays. As a result, theoperators of the subway system alsoopted for a turnkey solution fromSiemens.The new 28-kilometer Airport Raillinkshuttle from Siemens, which willconnect the New Bangkok InternationalAirport with downtown Bangkok, isscheduled to go into operation beforethe year is out.HONGKONGHong Kong's public transport systemmoves more than 7.7 million peopleevery day, and the traffic density of itsroad network is one of the world'shighest. Every day almost four millionpassengers use the over 200 kilometerlong railway system of the two largestrailroad companies (MTRC and KCRC).This is one of the most intensively usedsystems in the world. Some of the linestransport 70,000 passengers per hourduring commuting hours. Siemens isone of the prime partners of the railoperators: as supplier of the rollingstock and the traction power, thesignaling, control and communicationssystems, and the electrification of theroutes. Siemens is also a key providerof the communications systems for trainstations.Just as the railway system, the roadnetwork also has one of the highesttraffic densities in the world. Siemenshas been awarded a contract todevelop, deliver and install an extensivetraffic control system for the fastgrowingadministrative districts of TuenMun and Yuen Long in Hong Kong. AtCHINAthe moment, the traffic light systemremains uncoordinated - i.e. eachintersection is individually controlled.That will soon change, however, thanksto the new Urban Traffic Control (UTC)system, which will regulate vehicle andpedestrian traffic and coordinate trafficlights. It will reduce vehicle waitingtimes at major intersections, which inturn will cut down on driving time andincrease the efficiency of the roadnetwork. The UTC system will also belinked up to the existing urban railnetwork in the administrative districts,which moves around 400,000passengers each day. Following theplanned completion of the UTC systemin August 2008, Siemens engineers willtake on responsibility for systemmaintenance for a period of five years.- Siemens has also set up a trafficmonitoring system for the AberdeenTunnel in the southern part of HongKong that is equipped with sensors andintelligent cameras that automaticallymeasure traffic density and speed, andalso identify and report problems suchas accidents and traffic jams. Inaddition, LED displays are used as aninformation system for car drivers.Siemens and China Railway Signal &Communication Corp. are currentlyequipping the approximately 25-kilometer long underground Metro Line10 with state-of-the-art control,signaling, and safety technology. Thesystem will make it possible to achieveshort intervals between successivetrains and fast adaptability topassenger volumes. Line 10 will gointo operation for the SummerOlympics in 2008 and will link the siteof the games with the center of Beijingand other subway lines. The scope ofequipment being supplied by Siemensincludes a train control system, theoperational center, signal boxes, radiosystems, and onboard components forthe 34 trains that run on Line 10. Thisis the second subway project in Chinathat involves the innovative traincontrol system from Siemens (the firstwas the Guangzhou Metro). Siemenshas also been awarded a contract forhigh-speed trains: Together with itsChinese partner Tangshan Locomotive& Rolling Stock Works, Siemens willbuild 60 trains (top speed: 300 km/h)that will initially be used on the Beijing-Tianjin route beginning in 2008.Tianjin will be one of the sites for theOlympic soccer matches in 2008. Thetrains will be based on the Velaroplatform from Siemens, which housesthe motors, brakes and transformerson the undercarriage. The advantageof this platform is that it enables thetrains to offer 25 percent more spacefor passengers without having toincrease the length of the trains.Infrastructure maintenance costs arealso kept low through the use of theplatform.In 2004 the Shanghai airport’sTransrapid maglev rail link also wentinto commercial operation. This iscapable of a top speed of 430 km/hand covers the 33 kilometers toLongyang Station in less than eightminutes. Siemens likewise supplied thesignaling and telecommunicationstechnology, the overhead power supplyequipment and 96 subway trains fortwo Shanghai Metro lines as well asbeing responsible for projectmanagement910

MOSCOWOne of the new highways in Moscow isthe "Third Circle" interurban beltway, whichwas completed in December 2003.Siemens is currently installing anautomatic traffic control system for the34-kilometer highway that consists of acentral traffic control computer, a videomonitoring center and a meteorologicalwatch center. The system also includesroad traffic and weather condition sensors,variable traffic signs, video cameras andappropriate infrastructure, including a datatransfer system. The entire control systemshould be ready for operation by the endof 2006.Siemens has also been awarded a contractto deliver eight Velaro-type RUS high-speedtrains to Russian Railways (RZD) and alsoassume responsibility for theirmaintenance for a period of 30 years.Contract volume for the trains and servicewill total approximately €600 million.Designed to travel at 250 km/h, these newtrains will be used initially on the Moscow-St. Petersburg route, and later along theroute between Moscow and NishniNovgorod. The Velaro platform offers theadvantage of having all drive equipmentmounted on the undercarriage, whichenables the trains to offer 20 to 25 percentmore space for seating, without havingto increase their length. Maintenance costsare also reduced due to lower axle loads.Domodedovo International Airport is theleader among Moscow's threeinternational airports in terms of passengerand cargo traffic - and Siemens has beenawarded the contract to install a state-ofthe-artparking management system for1,400 parking spaces at Domodedovo.Plans are already in place to expand thesystem in the future to enable drivers topay for parking with their credit cards, forexample. Sheremetyevo Airport has beenbenefiting from a Siemens video-dockingsystem since 2003. The systemautomatically provides pilots withguidance information during the dockingprocess, thereby helping to increase airportcapacity, plane safety and the safety offlight and ground personnel. The systemuses video sensors and an imageprocessing unit that locates and monitorsaircraft approaching the gate. Pilots areguided via an LED display, which is locatednear the gate and is easy to see.BERLINEurope's most modern trafficmanagement center and traffic controlcenter are located at Tempelhof Airportin Berlin, where data from 22 trafficcomputers, 2,000 traffic lights, andhundreds of Siemens Traffic Eye infraredsensors and video cameras fromthroughout the Berlin metropolitan areacomes together. Specialists at the trafficcontrol center use the data to adjust andregulate electronic traffic signs andtraffic lights. The neighboring trafficmanagement center, which is operatedby Siemens and is also being furtherdeveloped by the company, processesdata on public transport systems androad traffic and combines all theinformation into an inter-modal trafficinformation system. This systemcontinually provides users with up-todateinformation, as well as statisticaldata and traffic forecasts, via the Internet,or else by means of dynamic electronicinformation boards posted throughoutthe city.In 2005, Berlin also became the first cityin Germany to introduce a mobileparking fee system from Siemens thatallows motorists to pay parking fees viatheir cell phonesSINGAPOREMobility / transport / trafficSingapore has an excellent publictransport system - and Siemens hassupplied all the trains for the WoodlandsMRT line. Singapore also installed a fullyautomatic road toll system back in theearly 1990s in order to reduce smog andtraffic congestion.NEW YORKSiemens is currently modernizing the 100-year-old New York City subway throughthe installation of a train control andmanagement system that is the mostadvanced of its kind in the U.S. The RailControl Center can monitor in real timethe location and speed of each of the 540trains that run on the subway's 1,100kilometers of track. The information isdisplayed on large-format screens, andtechnicians can also control trains viaLONDONThe London bus network comprises 700routes, which makes it one of the largestand most complex in the world. Each dayit carries some six million passengers.Siemens is currently implementing asatellite-tracking system for the network,which will be able to determine theposition of 8,000 buses in real time. By2009, electronic panels mounted at 2,000bus stops will display important passengerinformation based on this data, includingthe time to arrival of approaching buses.In addition the operations control systemwill calculate the punctuality of busradio, thereby improving the reliabilityand punctuality of the system and makingit possible to utilize a greater number oftrains. Passengers will also benefit from apassenger information system thatautomatically generates the correct noticesand announcements for every subwaystation. Siemens is also in the developmentstage of a telematics project that willimprove the efficiency of New York Citybuses by providing commuters with kiosksthat offer near real-time information onlocations and arrival times.services, thus providing an important basisto determine the quality of serviceprovided by transport operators. Siemensis supplying systems to monitor roads andautomatically identify license plates foruse in conjunction with the road toll nowlevied in the heart of London. Manysuburban, regional and intercity rail linesrun trains supplied, serviced andmaintained by Siemens. Likewise Siemenssupplied, services and maintains the trainsused by the two airport links HeathrowExpress and Heathrow Connect. Last butnot least, many of the traffic lights andother traffic systems in London aresupplied by Siemens.KARACHITRAFFIC LIGHTSKarachi now a bustling Mega City with apopulation of 15 million and growing atthe rate of 2.5 % requires a large andefficient traffic control system. Followingare the highlights of Siemens involvementin this system the backbone of trafficmanagement in the citySiemens Pakistan has been in the trafficsignal business in Karachi since 1960.The road network consists of 5000 km inmetropolitan Karachi with 1.5 millionregistered vehicles (up to 2004). As anaverage every year 10% traffic volume isincreasing in the city. Siemens providesthe services with technical support fromSiemens Germany and Siemens TrafficControls, UK. Siemens provides onewindow operation from designing toinstallation, commissioning andMaintenance. 85% of traffic signals inKarachi are part of this system.Currently Siemens is maintaining all thetraffic signals (120 sites) in Karachi withinthe jurisdiction of City District Government,Karachi.The UTC system project was approved bythe Government of Pakistan in 1991.Tender floated in the same year andcontract was awarded to Siemens Pakistanin Jan, 1992. The contract was plannedto be executed in three phases that were:- Phase I included Supply, Installation,Commissioning of 57 nos. controllers andTraffic signals Equipments for 62 sites atKarachi with Allied Traffic EngineeringWorks and operation and maintenance for04 years.- Phase II included setting up of CentralControl Room and computerization /linking of above mentioned sites and theiroperation and maintenance.- Phase III included the expansion of thePhase I and Phase II of the project forfurther 138 sites. Uptil now around 45new intersections have been added aftercompletion of Phase I.CDGK are nowplanning to go for Phase II of the projectwhich includes setting up of CentralControl Room and computerization /linking of around 120 sites.Due to lack of funds only Phase I wasimplemented.AIRPORTSSiemens has provided runway lightingsystems, power transmission anddistribution and communication systemsand other related equipment and servicesincluding radar to Airports in and aroundKarachi belonging to Civil Aviation andPakistan Air Force.1112

Innovation and Customer Focus 40 MVA Wapda Transformerby: S. M. Imran Qasim, BU TRaround 50% in capacity with eachreplacement without any additionalWe are all faced with greatspace requirement.opportunities brilliantly disguised asThere were many challenges which wereimpossible situations” Charles R.addressed before the final product designSwindoll The population of the urbanwas finalized including the requirementareas in particular in bigcities of Pakistan is growingvery rapidly. This has putpressure on utilities to meetthe growing demands ofelectricity. The land is alsovery costly and not evenavailable in some cases. Theonly option left with utilitiesis to enhance the capacitiesof transformers of existingGrid Stations and utilizingmost of the existingcomponentswithminimum changes.At the inauguration of 40MVA Transformer at WAPDA Grid Station atA number of discussions Faisalabad Agricultural University Mr.Mehdi Hassan of Siemens andwith the customer triggered officials of WAPDA and Siemens.the idea of developing a new rating ofto use Vacuum type On-load tapPower Transformer. The customer waschanger. This new design had to bepressed for space and needed ashort circuit tested at KEMA. With alltransformer which was larger in powerthis in view the whole BU aligned as abut did not exceed the weight or size.team and the process began. Initially aThis was due to the fact that althoughdesign was made and customer gavein the big cities the power need wasthe approval of its suitability to theirincreasing, the space inside these citiesrequirements. Internally somedoesn’t permit to expand the grids. 20/26clarifications were made for new tap-MVA transformers operating in such gridschanger, short circuit requirements etc.were to be replaced by new rating ofIn the process our engineers enhanced31.5/40 MVA. Hence WAPDA would gaintheir knowledge.You may have heardthe story of the womanwho routinely cut theends off each roastbefore placing it in apan. One day herhusband asked why shedid so, and she responded that shedidn't really know, it wassomething her mother had alwaysdone. The husband then asked themother-in-law why she always cutthe ends off a roast prior to placingit in the pan and she answered itwas something she'd alwayswatched her own mother do.Finally, the husband confronted thegrandmother-in-law and againasked the purpose in cutting theends off the roast. "Oh, that,"replied the elderly woman. "Myroast pan was small. I always hadto cut the ends off to make it fit."Many of us routinely do things acertain way because we've alwaysdone it that way or we were taughtto do something in a certain wayand never considered change. Wemight be better served, however, ifmoment by moment we routinelyquestioned our actions,implementing improvements asnecessary and continually forcingourselves to think "outside the box"of how it has always been done.Sometimes we just need to remindourselves that life doesn't come inDuring the design production andtesting stages experts from SiemensGermany were also consulted. It wasthoroughly tested and verified in-housebefore sending to KEMA Labs. Hollandfor short circuit testing.The successful short circuit test tookplace at KEMA Laboratories, Holland on25th of March’06 in presence of WAPDArepresentatives and Siemens AGexperts. Then the testing expert fromKEMA came to our factory to reopenthe Transformer and authenticate theafter test condition.Another land mark associated with thistransformer is that SIEMENS PAKISTANsupplied the first ever 31.5/40MVAtransformer that was energized in aWAPDA grid station. It wascommissioned at Faisalabad AgriculturalUniversity Grid Station and wasenergized on the 03rd of July’ 06.The user friendly design allowed WAPDAto install and commission thetransformer in just less than 24 hourstime. The indigenous developmentcapability of our Engineers have giventhem confidence to work on many newfrontiers and toward solving many newchallenges in the coming days.a box and it doesn't need to be livedthat way either.SIEMENS KI DUNYAMr. Zia Ul Islam ZuberiEditorEditorial BoardMr. Sohail Wajahat H. SiddiquiChairmanMembersMr. Gerhard WilckeMr. Mohammad IlyasMajor A. A. ZuberiPerformance Management ProcessThe HR Department recently conducted a day-longsession on Performance Management Process (PMP),for the Executive Directors, Divisional Directors andGeneral Managers of the company. They were takenthrough the journey of Performance Management,its objectives, its implications on the business andemployees, and the methodology of adoption andimplementation of the PMP. This session was Chairedby Mr. Mansoor Farooqui and facilitated by Ms.Romana Akhtar and was an interactive session.PM ZERT CertificationCongratulations and Well Done to our colleagues who recently acquired the LevelC and Level D PM ZERT Certifications!! A Certificate Distribution Ceremony washeld to honor the qualified candidates, in which Mr. Samiullah Siddiqui, DivisionalDirector PTD and Mr. Nadeem Kazmi, Divisional Director A&D spoke about the PMZERT Certification and how the qualified candidates may add value to the company.Participants’ feedback was also taken in which they shared their views on thecertification and how it will help them in their jobs.MD’s Open HouseAn Open House session was recently organized bythe HR Department,where Mr. Sohail WajahatH. Siddiqui interactedwith our newly hiredemployees, to give theman overview of ourcompany, its vision,mission and objectives.Mr. Wajahat spoke aboutthe remarkable growth of the company over the lastfew years and how our team at Siemens PakistanEngg. Co. Ltd. has worked relentlessly to achieve itsSecretaries TrainingNew Employees OrientationWith the firm belief that a solid integration into the companyis the key to optimum performance, the HR Department recentlyconducted an Orientation Session of all new employees andtrainees who joined in the last quarter. This session was a goodplatform where new entrants received information andknowledge about Siemens AG, as well as Siemens PakistanEngg. Co. Ltd., enabling them to relate to the company throughinteraction with each other and the HR team. This event wasappreciated by the employees and trainees and was a goodstarting point for them to be part of the global Siemens family.Training plays a vital role in theperformance and output of employees.With this forethought, Mr. Babar Baigrecently imparted a series of SecretarialSkills Workshops in Karachi, Lahore andIslamabad. This course was a refresherfor the more senior employees, and wasvery enriching for our junior colleagues.Mr. Babar Baig held very interactive andmilestones.This session was a platform where our new colleaguesshared thoughtsand ideas with theLeadership of ourcompany and inturn receivedvaluable feedbackfrom our MD, whichwill take them along way in theircareers.We welcome our new employees and wish them allthe best at Siemens (Pakistan) Engg. Co. Ltd.informative sessions in all threelocations, which helped in broadeningthe knowledge and skills base of ourvalued colleagues.1314

Silver Jubilee of Mr. Muhammad SaleemSiemens Into The Quarter Finals OfMultinational Cricket TournamentIn the last match of the qualifying round of 20/ 20 Multinational CricketTournament organized by DaniyalSports, Siemens Pakistan poweredtheir way to a 57 run win overAbbott Laboratories. Batting first,Siemens amassed a formidablescore of 184 for six wickets in the allotted 20overs. In reply Abbott Laboratories were bowledout for 127 in 17.3 overs. Mr. Muhammad Javaidof Central Audit scored an unbeaten 56 withtwo sixes and seven fours and was declared Manof the Match.To Delegate or not?BY: Sharjeel Jawaid, BU TDOne often hears praise for a managerwho keeps a clean desk and delegatesall tasks to his subordinates. On theother hand managers with a cluttereddesk and busy working are frownedupon for not delegating adequately. Themyth of delegations needs to beanalyzed in situational perspective forcorrect understanding of managementstyles.When and whom to delegate is the keyquestion. In this context one mustconsider the competence level of thedelegate. Competence versusincompetence, in a situational scenariocarries a different meaning from thenormal understanding of these words.One may be competent to drive a carby virtue of possessing a valid drivinglicense and many years of self drivingexperience, however such attributesdoes not make one competent to drivea 40 ton trailer on the same road androute. Competence is an attribute inrespect of skill and can be developedwith training.In real life, we encounter fresh graduatesand experienced professionals whosecommitment to the job may be high onday one, but their competence for theSilver Jubilee of Mr.Muhammad Saleem Asim (PTD) was celebrated at PTD Lahore. Amongthose who attended included Mr.Ali Sher Naqvi, Mr.Saleem Ahmad and Mr.Mohsin Ali.Speaking on the occasion Mr.Ali Sher Naqvi congratulated Mr.Muhammad Saleem on hissilver jubilee and commended him for his loyalty and dedication to the company. On theoccasion Mr.Muhammad Saleem recounted his 25 years association with Siemens andsaid his long association reflects the friendly and motivating working atmosphere atSiemens.Later a cake was cut to mark the occasion and presents given to Mr.Saleem.Smart Work - A Case Study From JapanOne of the most memorable casestudies on Japanese managementwas the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. Thecompany received a complaint thata consumer had bought a soap boxthat was empty. Immediately theauthorities isolated the problem tothe assembly line, which transportedall the packaged boxes of soap to thedelivery department. For somereason, one soap box went throughthe assembly line empty.Management asked its engineers tosolve the problem. Post-haste, theengineers worked hard to devise anX-ray machine with high-resolutionmonitors manned by two people towatch all the soap boxes that passedthrough the line to make sure theydefined position, low. Delegation insuch a situation is hardly desirable. Theonly communication mode that can beeffective is “direction”. The incumbentparticularly fresh graduates shouldinitially be inducted into work streamby the manager directing him or her toaccomplish small tasks. At this stage,direction builds confidence and helpsthe incumbent to acclimatizehim/herself with work process andenvironment.The next stage is “supervision”. Thismeans the manager (or the traineefather, as the case may be) passes onthe entire assignment to be processedby the subordinate, however keeps aclose eye on the progress. Regularguidance is necessary during thisprocess for developing adequate levelof confidence. Incumbents with positiveattitude gets over this phase fairly fast.Next step to delegation is “coaching”,where the difference from “supervision”is the replacement of constant watchby periodic reviews. With better resultsthe milestone for delegation is reached.It must be understood that delegationis not a permission to act completely onwere not empty.No doubt, they worked hard andthey worked fast but they spent awhoopee amount to do so. But whena rank-and-file employee in a smallcompany was posed with the sameproblem, he did not get intocomplications of X-rays, etc.,but instead came out with anothersolution. He bought a strongindustrial electric fan and pointed itat the assembly line. He switched thefan on, and as each soap box passedthe fan, it simply blew the emptyboxes out of the line.MoralAlways look for simple solutions.Devise the simplest possiblesolution that solves the problems.ones own. Reporting progress at definedintervals and timely reporting exceptionsare absolutely essential for the successof delegation process/concept.Delegation is not abdication. The persondelegating a task remains responsiblefor it notwithstanding the degree ofdelegation he/she may have employedto complete the task.Can all tasksbe delegated?The answer isno; whenconsideringpractical life.Certain taskscannot bedelegated andsome shouldnot bedelegated.Someexamples are,· Policy making· Personnel decisions· Handling crisisOne must also take care that the taskyour immediate superior has asked youto do personally, should never bedelegated.Telenor Team Celebrates At Dream WorldSecond phase of Siemens Telenor Project Manager, agreeing that the views/ideas among the managersTelenor Team Celebrates At Dream WorldProject was achieved ahead ofschedule. Management andadministration wanted theemployees to celebrate thesuccessful completion of the phasein a befitting manner. On 29th April,all employees of Siemens TelenorProject Karachi enjoyed a colorfulevening at Dream World Resort asthe whole organization had realizedthe dreams of higher managementand customers well before theexpected time.Mr. Axel Fischer (CommercialManager) supported the idea of theinformation meeting at Dream Worldwill be source of inspiration for theemployees to undertake the thirdphase of the Project with more vigor,zeal and enthusiasm. The meetingwas addressed by Mr. KnudRasmussen (Project Director), Mr.Talat M. Butt and Mr. Saquib Ahmed.Contribution of all the employeestowards the success of the phasewas termed as SMART by thespeakers.The meeting was not only a sourceof meeting between thedepartments, but also exchange ofwhich proved to be very fruitful.Later on the participants enjoyedhorse riding, waterslides and otherinteresting games of Dream World.The amusement resort Dream World,provided relaxation and broke themonotony of routine working of theemployees. Dinner coupled withmusical show further added to theenjoyment. All in all it was great funfor everyone who attended and agreat inspiration to start off the thirdphase with enthusiasm culminatingin further realization of everyone’sdreams.1516

Latest In High-end Ultrasound ImagingSiemens Medical Solutions announced the latest in high-end ultrasound imaging — the 4.0 release for its Acuson Antaresultrasound system at the 16th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG), held in London fromSeptember 3 - 7, 2006. The premium performance solution features a complete range of obstetrical and gynaecologicalimaging applications and advanced clinical applications including 3D/4D. In addition, Siemens pre-showcased the syngofourSight ViewTool, Version 2.0, for comprehensive 3D/4D offline exam analysis on laptops or PCs.USFilter Integrated Into Siemens Water TechnologiesThe process of integrating USFilter into the Water Technologies division of the Siemens Group Industrial Solutions andServices (I&S) has been completed and USFilter is now officially known in the marketplace as Siemens Water Technologies.The change reflects the complete integration of USFilter into the Siemens organization - completing a transition periodthat began when Siemens purchased USFilter just over two years ago. The new I&S division Water Technologies,headquartered in Warrendale/Pennsylvania, is the world's leading supplier of water treatment and purification systemsfor drinking water, wastewater and process water with a broad portfolio of products and services that is unique amongthe competition. The company has a strong position and growth record in North America, and is moving aggressivelyinto Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America.Florida Utility selects Siemens Water Technologies for $10 Million Wastewater Treatment ExpansionRegional Utilities of Walton County, Florida has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide an approximately $10million turnkey wastewater treatment expansion for the Sandestin Resort and Seacrest communities in the Floridapanhandle, located about 50 miles east of Pensacola. Currently, Regional Utilities uses Siemens technology and systemsat three of its plants in the - Point Washington, Seacrest and the Sandestin Resort facilities.The Utilities' three wastewater treatment facilities are interconnected, enabling Regional Utilities to divertstreams from any one plant to the others during maintenance shutdowns, utility power outages, or peak-flowperiods, which occur during tourist seasons.Cosmetics company selects Siemens Water Technologies to provide water treatmentequipment for Arkansas manufacturing facilityA leading cosmetics company has selected USFilter, a part of Siemens Water Technologies, to provide a new hot-purifiedwaterdistribution loop and associated make-up purification equipment for its one-million-square-foot manufacturingand distribution facility in Arkansas.USFilter is supplying a 10-gallon-per-minute reverse osmosis make-up system and a continuous hot-purified-water loop.The system will provide water to several process stations. Using standard designs, USFilter added select features tocustomize the system to meet the customer's requirements.PTD to Provide Turnkey Solutions to CEM Norte Substation in MacauFrom SiemensPress Worldwide . . . .Supported by the good project performance of Siemens in the existing 66kV/11kV substation at the Venetian Hotel,Companhia Electricidade de Macau (CEM S.A.), the local power utility in Macau, has recently awarded another newturnkey contract for a High Voltage 110/66kV substation named Norte Substation to PTD.The project is a complete turnkey solution to CEM in which Siemens, as the consortium leader, will team up with a localcivil contractor to deliver both the substation building construction and electrical equipment till the substationcommissioning.The contract value is more than HKD 80 million for Phase 1 to be commissioned within one year from June 2006, withan option for Phase 2 amount to HKD 90 million to be commissioned at the end of 2007.The main reasons for CEM to award the contract to Siemens were the proven reliability and technical advantages ofSiemens Gas-Insulated Switchgear, competitive price and commitment to commission Phase 1 of the project within12 months from the commencement of the contract implementation.GLOBAL NETWORK OF INNOVATIONComputers Repair Themselves with an Autoimmune SystemSiemens is developing a computer system that can automatically immunize itself and correcterrors, the research magazine Pictures of the Future reports. This system, which does not interferewith computer users, will make it possible for computers to recognize problems and externalattacks by themselves, and then take corrective measures within seconds. The completeautoimmune system, which will be used for the first time at the end of this year, is beingdeveloped by Siemens Business Services (SBS) and Siemens IT Services consists of four components,three of which are already on the market. The Corporate Error Analysis (CEA) system provides a complete overview of theavailability and security of an IT system. This Microsoft-based software collects information from individual subscribers, andsuggests solutions for eliminating problems. The system works on the principle of the probability of repetition, as chancesare that a disturbance caused by a program or virus has occurred somewhere else, and has already been successfully dealtwith. All such incidents are therefore archived, so if a problem occurs, the Service Engine searches all the databases for asuitable solution and then applies it in the form of updates for example.Integrated Motor for Ironing Clothes with Power SteamSiemens has introduced an iron with an integrated steam generator. The appliance offers all the advantagesof a larger and more expensive steam ironing station with a separate water tank. The innovation in the“slider steam generator,” as the system is known, is a motor inside the water tank that operates a pump.The five-watt motor, which isn't much larger than a postage stamp, moves a small piston up and down toproduce up to 40 grams of steam per minute. Even as the water level goes down, the power steam doesn’ttaper off like it does in most conventional steam irons. A single push of a but-ton on the handle is enoughto re-lease a constant jet of steam from the holes on the sole of the iron. Even up-right steaming of delicatefabrics is possible without their coming into contact with the sole of the iron. The new iron can also beordered with an automatic cut-off feature. If it sits in the tray or on its base for more than eight minutes,the heat auto-matically shuts off. And if a mother leaves the iron on its sole on the ironing board to attendto a crying baby, for instance, it shuts off after 30 seconds.A Motion Detector That Also Has “Eyes”A new motion detector from Siemens can not only sense the body heat of suspicious individuals itcan also see them. The “Eyetec” system is equipped with an infrared detector that’s complementedby an optical sensor capable of recognizing motion patterns up to 15 meters away. Sophisticatedalgorithms are used to evaluate these patterns and determine their relative plausibility. If an alarmis triggered, the detector archives the images so that they can later be used to trace the cause ofan incident. At the International Fire and Security Exhibition and Conference (IFSEC) in Birmingham,Eyetec re-cently was honored with the Security Industry Award. Developed by Siemens BuildingTechnologies, Eyetec is the world’s only dual-principle motion detector that combines infrared andoptical sensor technology. Because of this combination, the system almost eliminates the risk offalse alarms. And while many conventional motion detectors only notice infrared radia-tion, suchas that caused by body heat, the Optical Detection System (ODS) installed in Eyetec employs a CMOS sensor and fuzzy logicto also determine an object’s size, speed and direction of travel. The detector notices if anyone attempts to block or coverthe sensor monitoring the room. Thanks to its anti-blocking function, the detector immediately triggers the alarm if its fieldof vision is blocked in any way.New Traffic Management System can break up traffic jams.A new, flexible traffic-computer sys-tem from Siemens is making it easier for communities to controltraffic and avoid congestion. The system, Sitraf-fic Scala, is making it possible for the first time toimprove traffic management in small towns. Until now, traffic guidance systems were either notdesigned for small road networks or were too expensive, but this new traffic computer system ismodular and can be individually configured to fit any road network. It monitors all traffic signals ina given road network and can provide traffic guidance at any time. It detects traffic jams withintelligent sensors and can help to break them up by activating traffic lights in a targeted manner.The key to this new advance is a detection device called the Traffic Eye Universal, a solar-powered device that is suspendedover a road-way and automatically detects the traffic situation via infrared sensors. Using a GPRS data transfer system, itimmediately sends traffic reports to the central computer, which means the control system is able to react faster. If theTraffic Eye detects that traffic is becoming congested, the central computer immediately adjusts the relevant traffic lights’switching times to the traffic situation and temporarily gives the green light to backed-up traffic.1718

By: Dr. Kamran K Faruqi.Chief Medical OfficerSmoking is not only a sinister threat to ourhealth but it is also very detrimental tonational economy. Take for example theeffects of smoking in a well developednation like US. According to US Govt. datapublished in 2005 smoking cost the nationabout $92 billion in the form of lostproductivity in 1997-2001, up about $10billion from the annual productivity lossesfor the years 1995-1999. The new lostproductivity estimate when combined withsmoking-related health-care costs, whichwas reported at $75.5 billion in 1998,exceeds $167 billion per year in the UnitedStates.The report also finds that during 1997-Overall, smokers live12 years less thannonsmokers and die anearly death as a result oftheir habit. As comparedto those who have neversmoked (or have quitdecades ago)2001 an estimated 438,000 prematuredeaths occurred each year as a result ofsmoking and exposure to secondhandsmoke.The constituents of tobacco smokeTobacco smoke is a complex mixture ofover 4 thousand chemical compounds –some in tiny quantities – that are theproduct of burning the ingredients of thetobacco and paper, many of which arepharmacologically active, toxic, mutagenicand cancer producing. The following majorcomponents of tobacco smoke have beenidentified as most likely to cause disease:• Nicotine• Tar• Carbon monoxide (CO)• Hydrogen cyanide and other toxicagents• Metals:Advice From TheMedical CentreDo not blow yourlife in SmokeThirty metals have been detected intobacco smoke, including nickel, arsenic,cadmium, chromium and lead. Arsenic andsome chromium are causally associatedwith cancer in humans, while nickel andcadmium are probably carcinogenic tohumans.Risks of SmokingSmoking can cause at least 8 – 10 differenttypes of cancers including lung, mouth,food pipe, kidney, pancreas and bladder.It is important to note that it can causecancers of even those parts of body thatare not directly exposed to smoke, likepancreas and bladder.Overall, smokers live 12 years less thannonsmokers and die an early death as aresult of their habit. As compared to thosewho have never smoked (or have quitdecades ago), the average smoker is:• Fourteen times as likely to die of lungcancer• Fourteen times as likely to die of mouthor throat cancer• Four times as likely to die of cancer ofthe esophagus• Twice as likely to die of a heart attack• Twice as like to die of bladder cancerRisks of Second-hand Smoke orPassive SmokingIt has been proven by studies that secondhandsmoke is as bad as smoking andentails the same risks and damages forhealth. This is particularly bad news forinfants and children of smokers who areexposed to such grievous risks early on intheir lives when their body defenses arenot fully developed.Risks of Low-Tar CigarettesLow-tar cigarettes confer little to noadvantages over regular cigarettes. Whileunfiltered cigarettes with the highest tarlevels were linked to a somewhat greaterrisk of lung cancer, neither low- nor ultralow-brands were associated withdecreased cancer incidence.In fact, some studies have found thatsmokers who switch to "light" cigarettesare at higher risk of lung cancer than thosewho smoke regular cigarettes. This isbecause even if they do not smoke morepacks, smokers compensate by inhalingfiltered or lower-tar cigarettes:• More Often and• More Deeply, plus• Wait Longer before Exhaling, in an effortto obtain an adequate amount of smoketo satisfy their nicotine craving.A major drawback of light cigarettes is thereassurance they bring. This can makesmokers less inclined to quit who mightotherwise be more concerned about theconsequences of smoking on their health.Risks of CigarsBeyond merely their larger size (they caneasily contain as much tobacco as an entirepack of cigarettes), cigars produce morecarcinogens than cigarettes. Due to thecuring process, the tobacco in cigarscontains elevated concentrations of andnitrates and nitrites. In addition, its tobaccoleaf wrapper causes a cigar to burn lesscompletely than a cigarette. This resultsin production of larger amounts of carbonmonoxide, tar, and other harmfulchemicals.Research has estimatedthat more than 90% ofsuccessful quitters do sounassisted, and thatthose who quitunassisted are twice aslikely to succeed as thosewho attend a quitprogram.• In spite of increased carcinogen levelsin cigar smoke, lung cancer is not ascommon in cigar smokers as it is in cigarettesmokers, simply because cigar smokers areless likely to inhale deeply.• Notwithstanding, a cigar smoker stillhas a several-fold higher risk of lung cancercompared to a non-smoker. Likewise, cigarsmoking significantly increases the risk ofcancers of the mouth, esophagus, larynx,bladder, and pancreas.Health benefits of quitting smokingSmoking cessation has major andimmediate health benefits for men andwomen of all ages. Benefits apply topersons with and without smoking-relateddisease. Former smokers live longer thancontinuing smokers, and the benefits ofquitting extend to those who quit at olderages. For example, persons who quitsmoking before age 50 have one-half therisk of dying in the next 15 years comparedwith continuing smokers. Smokingcessation decreases the risk of lung cancer,other cancers, heart attack, stroke, andchronic lung disease. Women who stopsmoking before pregnancy or during thefirst 3 to 4 months of pregnancy reducetheir risk of having a low birth-weight babyto that of women who never smoked. Thehealth benefits of smoking cessation farexceed any risks from the average 2.3 kg(5 pound) weight gain or any adversepsychological effects that may followquitting.Smoking CessationQuitting smoking is not easy, but it ispossible; every year thousands of peoplequit successfully.The vast majority of smokers quit withoutexternal assistance. Research has estimatedthat more than 90% of successful quittersdo so unassisted, and that those who quitunassisted are twice as likely to succeed asthose who attend a quit program. Stoppingsmoking completely appears to be a moresuccessful strategy than attempting to quitby reducing consumption gradually orswitching to lower tar cigarettes. Indicatorsfor success with quitting smoking are:• being highly motivated and expectingto succeed,• having a supportive environment, and• having the skills to cope with adaptationand change.Some smokers try several times beforesuccessful quitting. This does not have tobe viewed negatively: they may learn fromrelapse and be successful nexttime.Tips for Smoking CessationThe following are suggestedsteps:• Develop strong personalreasons for quitting.Consider, for example:• Health risks of smoking foryourself as well as your familymembersInconvenience of buying,keeping and then finding proper placefor smoking• Bad smell of cigarette in your mouthand your room• Expense of buying that could go to someother more useful purpose• Expense on sickness arising out ofsmoking like chest and heart diseases.• Make a firm decision to quit.• Set a target date for quitting.• Inform family and friends of the targetdate, and ask for their support.• Every night before going to bed,reinforce your commitment to quitting.• Physically condition oneself for quitting:• Begin an program.• Drink Plenty of Fluids.• Get Plenty of .• Avoid Fatigue.What are some ways to cut back oncigarettes?• Some techniques for tapering off inanticipation of the quit date are:• Switch to a distasteful brand.• Switch to a Low-Nicotine, Low-Tar brandof cigarette. When using this technique,it is important NOT to:l Smoke more cigarettes.l Inhale more often.The Bathtub TestIt doesn't hurt to take a look at yourself from time to time and this should help you getstarted.During a visit to a Mental Asylum a visitor asked the Director what the criteria was whichdefined whether or not a person should be institutionalized?"Well," the Director said, "we fill up a bathtub with water to the top and then hand thepatient a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket and ask them to empty the tub.""Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket instead of theteaspoon or the teacup because it is bigger.""No," said the Director, "a normal person would have pulled the plug out of the tub.""Would you like a bed by the window?""DID YOU PASS-OR DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE?"Make smokinginconvenient by:• Buying cigarettes by the pack,not by the carton• Waiting until the pack is emptybefore buying another• Not carrying cigarettes around• Making access to cigarettesdifficult by hiding them inwardrobes or putting them atplaces difficult to access.l Inhale more deeply.l Place fingertips over the holes in thefilters.• Smoke only half of each cigarette.• Each day, postpone having the firstcigarette.• Smoke only during odd or even hoursof the day.• Set a cigarette limit, at the beginning ofthe day.• Alter eating habits to discouragesmoking, for example:l Instead of smoking acigarette, drink a glass ofjuice or eat a piece of fruit.l Smoke only when oneREALLY wants to. Stopwhen one finds him/herselflighting a cigarette out ofhabit only. To help b eaware of every cigarettesmoked: l Do notempty ashtrays.l Use the opposite hand to smoke.l Put cigarettes in a differentlocation/pocket.l Look in the mirror every time onelights a cigarette.1920