UNITE: Igniting the Filipino Pride

through Industrial Engineering Principles

On January 19, 2019, the PIIE-TCU-SC participated in IE Summit at Adamson University Theatre
with the theme of, UNITE: Igniting the Filipino pride through Industrial Engineering principles.
Engineering students gain more knowledge not locally but they expand internationally. Taguig City
University was known in other schools. First speaker, Lawrence Lacsina collaborate the Filipino’s way
which Hope-filled Mind (Life-giving Mindset), Determine Will (Dynamic- determination), and Effective
body (Disciplined-Habits), Passionate Heart (Purpose-driven passion), and the most important is to have
a healthy spirituality puzzle piece of all: Where God is central, and life flaws from the healthy
connection. Next speaker is Mr. Alvin Villegas, General Manager/Founder in Core Enabler Business
Process Solutions, Inc. Promoting the Filipino Industry: Uplifting the Filipino Trademark. “Have a
break….Have a kit Kat”. They promote many products like chocolate, shampoo, chips, coffee, and beauty
products. He discuss about the Filipino Colonial Mentality using Colonial Mentality Scale (CMS) and
Colonial Mentality Implicit Association test (CMIST). They study the feelings of inferiority for being
Filipino, the feelings same embarrassment, resentment, or self-hate about being person of Filipino
heritage, Denigration of a Filipino body (regarding with physical characteristics as more attractive,
advantageous, and desirable than typical Filipino physical traits less-westernized Filipino (e.g.: making
fun of people from the provinces or Indigenous peoples and regarding them as “backward”, and
tolerating or minimizing historical and contemporary oppression of Filipinos, because such oppression is
accepted as the appropriate cost of civilization. Also the Filipino culture is inferior and western culture is
superior and according to a survey conducted by Synovate Philippines. At least 50 percent of Filipino
used skin whitening products. Furthermore research also shows that skin whitening products is common
among Filipinos. Either rich people or lower class people in the Philippines. As Industrial Engineering
should use our skills to help the local industry to Join the Start- up Community and Participate in Nation
Building. Speaker Elissier Pantillo discussed the “ Ang Ating Aking Talino” country sates in terms of
technology and innovation, how can we say that Filipino people are the “Hidden Gems” of industry
especially in science and technology. What are the factors that are hindering our innovators to unleash
the potential of their products? As Industrial Engineer’s, we’re going to make such progress in
innovation by promoting and supporting our innovations? What are the things we are looking forward
to this? The world Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness report Indicators. The Philippine rankings
in Global Competitiveness factors 56th out of 140 countries. A bad system will beat a Good Person every
time by W. Edwards Deming. Dodong Caccuando begin with a “big problem”. Failures and mistakes are
inputs for improvement. Taut versus explicit knowledge, the greatest enemy of good is not evil. It is the
“better” and the “best”. Mr. Jaime Urquijo, Manager at Ayala Corporation, discussed the agriculture of
the Ayala Corporation. They spent a large portion of early childhood on the back of tractors and
combine harvesters outside of the Spain, began to develop a passion for food in University. Established a
small hobby farm in Batangas when he first arrived to the Philippines, he spent six months in 2014
scraping the agricultural industry in Ayala Corporation, he also spent four weeks on a bio intensive farm
in Arizona after completing his MBA. Successful land reform policies is the key and small plot
landowners produce far higher fields than larger farms and have greater economic security. Foreign
reserves can be spent on new technology instead of importing foods. A tenant in prevailing Philippine
conditions would act as an irrational economic man if he tried to apply the land practices that make for
higher production, knowing full well that lion’s share of this would go to the landlord, moneylenders, or
merchants. The current state of agriculture in the Philippines, value chain optimization, many of the
industries within the sector have developed massive in efficiencies leading to wide price fluctuations
and an overreliance on imported products which could be produced locally. The system created
powerful middle men in local monopsony’s. Improvement of Farm Yields: Irrigations, farm equipment
processing technology season extension, better seeds, better inputs all need to be provided to
producers in order to maximize the assets which the Philippines has. Unlocking financing: Sources of
financing exist but are not being “used”. What can you do? Start an Agricultural Engineering Club.
Research project with top agricultural universities in the country. Hub farm built on bio intensive
farming practices that have been perfected in France, U.S and Canada. Focus in technology and
efficiency, detailed planning, year round growing cycle, quality inputs, efficiency tools, post harvesting
processing, active satellite farms with an aim to enter into contract growing terms. In return hub farm
provides. Miss Baynibong, CEO of InvestEd, why is my is in education? Because lack of education is the
most cause problem of our country. 76 percent of Philippine employees are only hiring college degree
holders. Invested creates loans to the students. (e.g: laptop, tuition fee, etc). Low income and scholar
students’ needs an accessible and affordable way to finance education expenses. Affordable education
loans made possible through students centric credit scoring and modernized microfinance models.
invetEd is lead to provide education loans for the students dreamer, InvetEd vision: A world where every
young persons has the opportunity to fulfill their dreams in help others do the same. invetEd mission: To
create a lasting education loan program for developing the world.

Therefore, IE summit helps us how we improve industry. Speakers give us knowledge and
strategy to be a successful industrial engineers someday.
 Lawrence Lacsina

Alvin Velligas
MBA, PIE, MBB / General Manager / Founder
Professor Elisier M. Fantillo
Mr. Ingo Noka, Engr. Armina Bayumbong, Mr. Jaime Urquijo