1st Online Database of BDS Consultants

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1st Online Database of BDS Consultants Supp
orted by the Project Strategies and Preparedness
for Trade and Globalisation in India Small
Cottage Industries Sector (Including Handicrafts
and Leather Footwear Sector) Presented by
FISME November 27, 2007
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Purpose of 1st Online database of BDS

• Challenge before businesses is
• Attaining and retaining competitiveness
• Exploiting competitiveness
• Which means.
• Identification and selection of opportunities
• Mobilization of resources (land, labour, capital,
  technology..)
• Management for optimum utilization of these
  resources
• Creating wealth by fulfilling market needs
• Experts guidance needed at all the above stages

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Purpose of 1st Online database of BDS (Contd)

• But availability of experts
• Available, but not near the business
• Available, but do not focus SMEs thinking their
  market pie too small
• Available, but businesses do not know how to find
  them
• May not be available to assist specific issues
• There is an information gap between the SME
  (Buyers of BDS services) and Domain Experts (BDS
  providers)

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What is 1st Online database of BDS

• A First National BDS database
• Initiated under project Strategies and
  Preparedness for Trade and GLobalisation in
  India
• Aims at
• Identification of domain experts or Business
  Development Service Providers (or BDS) with help
  of SME associations and users
• Providing platform to BDS to expand their
  services among SME segment

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Features of 1st Online database of BDS

• For BDS Providers
• Free registration for consultants
• Facility to update information at any time
• Every registration is screened by FISME officers
  and approved only after proper confirmations

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Features of 1st Online database of BDS

• Easy and user friendly search for consultants on
  the basis of
• Types of services offered
• Sectoral Specialisation
• Geographical area of work
• Individual or consultant companies
• Contains information on BDS consultants for a
  huge range of services and sectors
• Search URL http//www.smeindia.net

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Implementation of 1st Online database of BDS

• Phase-I (Completed)
• Online comprehensive data capture of BDS
• Verification mechanism
• Search Facility (Sectoral Specialization
  Geographical area of work Individual or
  consultant companies)
• Site up and running at project website
  http//www.smeindia.net
• Phase-II
• Registration process online and offline (using
  Otechnology)
• Development of database into BDS portal

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Assistance sought from associations

• Inform your members about BDS database
• Please inform BDS in your touch about the
  facility
• Kindly display BDS posters
• Suggest ways to improve the facility

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Thank You