Papers by Keyword: Medium Enterprises

Abstract: The small scale sector is a symptom of India’s socio-economic development model and has met with the country’s long term expectations in terms of contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), industrial base, employment and exports. This sector forms a major part of Indian industrial base. Small and Medium scale industries contribute about 10% of total GDP. The Small and Medium Scale Industries (SMSI) are supported by the government and financial institutions like Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation (TIIC), State Bank of India (SBI) etc., in terms of technical and financial assistance. Even then Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) are lagging in infrastructure, skilled labour. In order to analyse the various risk factors in SMSI, the survey was conducted in 20 small and medium scale industries who are supplying their product to many Tier 1 companies and leading automobile companies of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in India. This paper brings out most critical supply chain risk factors exist in every business processes inside and outside the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is used to prioritize supply chain risk factors and also the SMSI owners and managers are advised to focus from the highest ranking critical factors to improve their technical and financial performance.

Abstract: Accounting and management cost is the important and difficult problem for small and medium enterprise management, but also it is the soul of ERP manufacturing system. ERP cost management system provides a more flexible cost calculation, accounting, management function, realizes the processing mechanism of business, financial integration. The paper discusses the process reengineering of the business plan based on the background of some small and medium enterprises, and set up the ERP system of enterprise. This system realizes the design of ERP system based on the powerful function of SAP R/3.

Abstract: Financing is always a big problem in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in our country. It’s necessary to develop Internet financial to support the development of real economy and improve SME’s financing situation. In this paper, an analysis of the SME’s financing innovation is described and then an internet financing innovation which is oriented to growth phase SME is proposed, in order to better meet SME’s financing requirement in different growth phases.

Abstract: Multi variety and small batch production mod has brought such challenges to China's small and medium enterprises as more difficult of production planning increased difficulty of material requirement planning, and difficult of clearance after order completion. How to adapt to the developments and changes in the market and respond effectively to "multi variety and small batch" production mode, Chinese SMEs should adopt such strategies as changing employee values, reshaping corporate culture, developing complex human resources, building internal efficiency and information management systems.

Abstract: Enterprise Cluster is an effective way for the development of SMEs. Because the economic conditions and constraints are different in different countries and regions, the developing modes of SMEs’ cluster are also different. Only by identifying the constraints that affect the cluster development of the SMEs in Jilin Province can we select the appropriate developing mode of the SMEs’ cluster in Jilin province. This article made deep analysis on the constraints that affect the cluster development of SMEs in Jilin Province from multiple aspects. At last it put forward some countermeasures and suggestions for the cluster development of the SMEs in Jilin Province

Abstract: This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors to assist SMEs to remain competitive in the future. The paper stresses to find an answer for a question “Is there any relationship between company size, Internet connection facility and virtuality”. The survey data shows SMEs are now technologically capable of performing the virtual collaborative team, but the infrastructure usage is less. SMEs now have the necessary technology to begin the implementation process of collaboration tools to reduce research and development (R&D) time, costs and increase productivity. So, the manager of R&D should take the potentials of virtual teams into account.

Abstract: To cope with high levels of complexity, competition and change requirements, manufacturing enterprises (MEs) need to continuously improve their process and resource system performances. Enterprise Modelling (EM) is considered a prerequisite for enterprise integration and performance improvement because it can be used to capture relatively enduring knowledge about any specific business environment in which production systems will be deployed. With this prerequisite in mind, EM principles were deployed to capture and develop ‘static’ models of an SME. This provided detailed descriptions of enterprise production operations and their precedence relationships. A discrete event simulation tool was then used to develop time dependent ‘dynamic’ models of selected process segments of the specific case Enterprise Model. This allowed the computer execution of alternative production system designs to be assessed under SME specific changing scenarios and enabled suggestions for potential improvements to be made.