PRUMO: Project of mobile units for technological assistance for micro and small businesses in the wooden furniture making sector in the State of São Paulo

• Grant number: 00/06439-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: September 01, 2004
• End date: November 30, 2006
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Takashi Yojo
• Grantee: Takashi Yojo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas S/A (IPT). Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Company: Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (SEBRAE)
• City: São Paulo

Abstract

With organized and programmed action to support micro and small businesses in their own premises, it is planned - using a battery of tests, analyses and examinations - to detect deficiencies in raw materials, equipment and processes and to indicate the necessary modifications, implementing them, wherever possible, as a didactic tool of maximum viability and efficiency. This dynamic of assistance should result in innovations both in the process and in the formulation of the components of the raw materials and in the properties of the final products. This action is delivered by means of Prumo, which consists of mobile laboratory units (MUs) operated by specialized engineers and technicians. The in loco assistance is intended to last from one to three days. In this project, the focus of the proposal is on the furniture making sector, aiming for an improvement in its production processes and products. A survey will be undertaken to identify problems common to the sector and to detect any organizational, management and operational deficiencies the micro and small businesses. The project is developed by IPT in partnership with SEBRAE-SP and with the support of the furniture making sector. (AU)