SME Sustainability Matrix

SRC’s Business Sustainability Matrix employed to the SME’s we interact with

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Dairy Technology

· Carry out Outreach Training to milk business SME’s, their farmers, graders and collectors involved with respective SME businesses

· Train milk business SME’s on dairy farm best practices for optimum production

· Assist milk business SME’s in establishing productive fodder farms and supply chain systems for their fodder needs

· Assist in coaching SME’s on product diversification in the milk value-chain.

· Assist in coaching the SME on milk processing and production using modern factory equipment.

· Assist in advising the SME’s on the appropriate equipment for processing milk for diverse milk products.

· Assist in coaching SME’s on product diversification in the milk value chain.

· Assist SME’s in applying for relevant licenses.

· Assist poultry business SME’s on understanding the poultry value chain, the gaps in their contexts, and how to address these gaps as business opportunities.

· Train the poultry business SME’s on:

  • Establishment of poultry farms including advice on optimum capacities of production based on the available resources.
  • Poultry keeping best practices for profitable production (feeding, pest and disease control, housing etc)
  • Production planning for proper capacity utilization and management of raw materials
  • Poultry processing standards and methods
  • Health and Safety practices and audits in the farms

· Advise poultry business SME’s on the appropriate equipment required for poultry production and processing

· Advise SME’s on record keeping and strategic management of the poultry business

· Coach the SME’s on how to assess the health of hives and treatment procedures in case of infestations

· Train the SME’s on bee keeping best practices such as pollination, hive management, honey harvesting, dividing colonies and queens, replacing combs etc.

· Advise SME’s on post harvesting processes/handling of honey, sales and marketing strategies, and record keeping

· Advise SME’s on appropriate equipment for both the production and processing equipment for honey production

· Assist SME’s in applying for relevant licenses.

· Assist fish production business SME’s to understand the fish value chain, the gaps in their contexts, and how to address these gaps as business opportunities.

· Train the fish production business SME’s on:

  • Establishment of fish farms (ponds, raised beds, and cage fishing) including advice on optimum capacities of production based on the available resources.
  • Fish farming best practices for profitable production (feeding, pest and disease control etc.)
  • Production planning for proper capacity utilization and management of raw materials
  • Management of hatcheries
  • Fish processing standards and methods
  • Health and Safety practices and audits in the farms

· Advise fish production business SME’s on the appropriate equipment required for fish farming/production and processing

· Advise SME’s on record keeping and strategic management of the fish production business

· Provide capacity building to SME’s in financial management to include the development or input into book-keeping systems, internal control systems, financial policies and procedures, budgeting systems, asset management, financial reporting systems and tax reporting.

· Identifykey measures for driving business profitability and create structures for capturing data for monitoring purposes.

· Help in determining appropriate business financing e.g. equity financing, debt financing, working capital, fixed asset financing etc. needed by the business to achieve optimal growth.

· Provide support in day-to-day book keeping functions, regular reporting and budget review functions.

  • Ensure compliance to financial policies and procedures for the business.

· Advisory services regarding tax compliance and other relevant statutory requirements.

  • Cashflow projections and financial modeling.

· Assess the feasibility and acceptance/willingness to adoption of business products by the targeted customers.

· Provide insights of the potential market size that the business enterprise could access in the medium and long term.

· Identify the competitive market forces affecting the enterprises and advise on strategies the businesses can adopt to deal with their competition.

· Advisory services on the design and development of new products as innovative business solutions for target customer needs.

· Ability to independently conceptualize, design, implement and make conclusions on methodologies.

· Ability to manage data collection instruments, collect and input data into an existing design with basic statistical analysis experience.

· Develop a supply chain strategy which will include a sourcing and distribution strategy for SME products.

· Develop supply chain policies in accordance with existing and changing environmental policies, standards and statutory regulations.

· Develop physical supply chain processes including workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, and system flows that will ensure a seamless operation of procurement, logistics warehouse and fleet management.

· Provide support in supply chain planning, business work flows, roles and responsibilities for those involved, procurement and vendor management.

· Support in management of supplier contracts and partnerships. Review of monthly production schedules, consumption reports, and demand forecasts to estimate peak and delivery timings.

  • Ensure proper working, installation and maintenance of equipment.

· Promote and facilitate linkages between individual/group producers and the enterprise and between end market traders/buyers and the enterprise.

· Brand strategy development, identifying marketing strategies and creating marketing plans.

· Creation and execution of retail driven events and promotions, designing and printing of promotional items.

· Website services to enhance online brand awareness.

· Social media marketing. Advertising services e.g. through radio.

· Develop design briefs through research from SME to inform creative development of each SME’s corporate and commercial materials

· Conceptualise, design and produce all SME’s corporate material on soft copy to approved standards

· Ensure that artworks develop to facilitate marketing initiatives are according to the SME’s specs before production

  • Brands, Logos development
  • Social media marketing sites- Website, Fbook etc
  • Product Launches

· Assist the SME in developing or improving existing vision, mission, core values and strategic objectives of the SME in relation to their business plan.

· Review and benchmark the SME/business enterprise to best industry practices.

· Review and input into the SME’s business model touching on problems the business is addressing and its solutions, key activities for measuring, unique value proposition, customer segments, channels/paths to customers, cost structure and revenue streams.

· Perform tax research, planning to ensure that the SME’s organisation's remains compliant with all prevailing statutory and regulatory standards cost effectively.

· Train SME’s on tax planning, compliance, and benefits.

· Provide Quality expertise throughout the design and manufacturing process of food products

· Regularly check and test samples of the products to ensure that products meet quality and safety standards

· Monitor performance and compliance with regards to hygiene of all SME staff including use of recommended protective gears while on the production floor

· Keep records of all the tests carried out, analyse and make recommendations on the findings to improve quality of blends

· Meet with SME production staff to work out the root cause of any quality issues arising and make recommendations on any changes that need to be made on current processes.

· Provide technical advice and monitor corrective actions on non-conforming products

· Issue documentation relating to reject products and ensure that such products are clearly marked and isolated for disposal

· Deliver product varieties and improvement programmes in the production lines through training of SME production staff on product development and quality.

· Carry out risk assessments in respective SME businesses premises and considering how risks could be reduced as relates to the safety of the food products

· Carry out regular site inspections to ensure that policies and procedures are being properly implemented and complied with by SME’s

· Keep records of inspection findings and prepare reports outlining the outcome of inspections as well as proposed recommendations for remediation

· Make changes to working practices to ensure these are safe and comply with legislation

· Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain working knowledge of all Health and Safety legislation and any developments that affect SME respective industry;

P.F.M & Policy development consulting
  • (P.F.M)Public Finance Management & Policy development consulting

· Create social media marketing campaigns and work / coach with the SME team to see them executed.

· Work closely with the branding & Marketing consultant team to create digital tools that enhance shopper experience, product selection and sales conversion.

· Use feedback from the consultant's channels team including Trade Marketing business coach to proactively seek out new target audiences for channels and developing marketing initiatives to capture identified audiences

• Train SME teams in trade marketing and distribution channels to become a point of contact for marketing activation, encouraging local initiative and entrepreneurial spirit within SME brand.

· Develop the market strategy for SME businesses, advise management on key developments in the market and make recommendations to assist in the overall planning strategy

· Participate in formulation of periodic trade marketing and business development strategies that will increase the market share across all customer categories

· Conduct market analysis and work with the consultants' support functions to develop the specific SME organisation’s annual demand plan including sales forecasts for the different products as well as a resource deployment plan to support achievement of forecasts

· Prepare sales volume and profitability budgets for sales considering the credit management, debt control, and discounting policies in place

· Set annual and monthly sales targets for the SME businesses as appropriate in line with the SME organisation’s overall sales targets

· Lead the implementation of business development initiatives as outlined in the functional plan to facilitate the development and maintenance of a strong customer base and to generate new business for SME’s

· Promote SME businesses and their respective product offerings with a view to maximise market penetration by increasing market share, maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction and reputation

· Use sales data from the SME business to support in forecasting future product demands and making inventory recommendations.

· Use sales data from the SME business to support in forecasting future product demands and making inventory recommendations

· Develop the product / service production strategy for SME businesses, advise management on key developments in the market and make recommendations to assist in the overall production planning strategy

· Participate in formulation of periodic trade marketing and business development strategies that will increase the market share across all customer categories

· Conduct market analysis and work with the consultants' support functions to develop the specific SME organisation’s annual demand plan including sales forecasts for the different products as well as a resource deployment plan to support achievement of forecasts

Assist the SME’s to

  • Develop relevant departmental manuals
  • Develop relevant process and procedure manuals indicating process flows
  • Develop optimum organizational structures for their businesses

· Develop job descriptions and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for the roles in their organizational structures.

• Prepare health and safety strategies and developing internal policy to guide operations within relevant SME businesses.
• Carry out risk assessments in respective SME businesses premises and considering how risks could be reduced as relates to the safety of the organisation’s resources including people
• Outline safe operational procedures which identify and take account of all relevant hazards
• Carry out regular site inspections to ensure that policies and procedures are being properly implemented and complied with by SME’s
• Keep records of inspection findings and prepare reports outlining the outcome of inspections as well as proposed recommendations for remediation
• Make changes to working practices to ensure these are safe and comply with legislation
• In liaison with the SME’s' human resource department, oversee in-house training with managers and employees about health and safety issues and risks
• Coach on how to record incidents and accidents and prepare statistics report for management decision making
• Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain working knowledge of all Health and Safety legislation and any developments that affect SME respective industry;
• Advise other functions on different of specialist areas in health and safety including fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases

  • Carry out EIA’s for SME’s

· Advise on implementation of recommendations

· Conduct public meetings (barazas)

  • Interview key informants

· Carry out environmental (Bio-physical) examination of the site

· Capture the Geographical Positioning System (GPS) coordinates for mapping

· Assessment of the socioeconomic factors and amenities of the area

· Printing the EIA study reports and submission for approval at NEMA

  • Provide livestock dietary advise to the SME’s (efficiency, enrichment etc)

Assess the nutritional value of the feeds produced by the SME’s and advise on required corrections

Advise on feed formulation for various types of livestock and fish

Keep SME’s informed on nutritional trends and keep them up to date with regulatory changes

Train and advise SME’s on fortification of processed feed

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