Reference: COOP-CT-2004
Period underway: 06/10/2004 – 06/12/2005
Type: European projects within the Framework Programme
Amount: 179,741.95 €
Financed by: COMMISSION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Principal Investigator: Ortiz Bas, Ángel
Participants: Alemany Diaz, Mª Mar; Alfaro Saiz, Juan Jose; Franco ., Ruben Dario; Franco Pereyra, Rubén Darío; Lario Esteban, Francisco Cruz; Ortiz Bas, Angel; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Raúl; Vicens Salort, Eduardo
Consortium:
DMR Consulting S.L; CCR Logistics Systmes AG; Cablerías Conductoras, S.L.; Protex, AS; Técnicas de Mobliário, Lda; Perfil Madera, S.A.; SINTEF; Universitat Politècnica de València, CIGIP R&D center; ICON Ges. für Supply Chain-Management

Description:

The goal of the project is to transform GPM into a common practice for SMEs (the so-called GPMSME).

This goal will be achieved by fulfilling three main objectives:

• On a cross-sectorial basis, assess why PM is not working for SMEs.
• Focusing initially on two relevant sectors (Automotive, Consumer Goods), define a general framework for GPM in SMEs, including:
  • A methodology to help SMEs in defining, developing, deploying and operating GPM.
  • An SME-oriented architecture providing reference models and supporting techniques.
  • A toolset, specifically adapted to SMEs, to support them in bridging the gap between concepts and efficient and effective real-world instruments.
• Pave the way for broad dissemination and exploitation of the results on a cross-sectorial basis.

Among other actions and outcomes for this specific objective, we should highlight one we consider especially relevant, the GPM-SME Tutorial.

The project will thereby deliver four main products (Methodology, Architecture, Toolset and Tutorial) which will provide direct and specific answers for each of the six SME PM challenges