More than a decade ago, in 2004 a project named “Company diagnosis”
was first introduced to Korean business community by the Small Business
Corporation (SBC). Since then, the terminologies such as “Company
doctor”, “Company hospital” or “Company diagnosis” have come to know by
and been familiar to Korean enterprises. “Company/Corporate Diagnosis”
is a management solution or technology, that has been successfully
applied in Korean enterprises, covering the procedure from diagnosis,
prescription and treatment for “Company’s diseases” just like the
procedure in a hospital. The “Company doctors” with “specific
professions” will diagnose and examine any typical company and then
offer appropriate solutions and linkages to support it depending on its
problems, for example: a favor loans, production/ brand improvement,
market or technology transfer/ innovation/ commercialization...
Consequently, since company diagnosis, professional capacity of CEO and
staff has been improved, especially company revenue has been grown
remarkably from 20 to 30% even higher.
Could the “Company
Diagnosis” model of SBC be successfully applied to Vietnamese
enterprises, especially to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)? This
is a question for which the only focal point of SBC in Vietnam for
company diagnosis projects– The Center for Vietnam Science and
Technology Internationalization Promotion (VISTIP) belonging to the
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has been struggling. For that
reason, on March 28th 2014 at MOST Headquarter and with the witness of
H.E Mr. Tran Van Tung – Deputy Minister and other senior officials of
MOST, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by VISTIP Director
and SBC President. One of the most important terms in the MOU was: “The
Parties will jointly promote the formulation of joint Diagnostic
projects between Vietnamese and Korean SMEs in field of technology
innovation”.
SBC
President and VISTIP CEO signed the MOU on March 28th 2014 witnessed
by MOST Deputy Minister HE Mr. Tran Van Tung- (Photo by VISTIP)To
execute the signed MOU, right in the end of 2014, VISTIP and SBC
jointly developed and implemented a “pilot project on company diagnosis”
applied to 3 selected companies in the North of Vietnam. And to
preliminarily review the result of the project as well as firstly to
introduce “SBC Company diagnosis” model to Vietnam SMEs community, on
November 5th - 6th 2015 at Fortuna hotel, Hanoi, with the permission of
MOST, VISTIP and SBC jointly held an international conference on
“Advanced Management Solutions: SBC Corporate Diagnosis Model”.
The
conference was regarded as a highlighted step in the mutual
relationship between SBC and VISTIP. Through it, the Vietnam business,
especially management agencies can fully understand about the SBC
Company diagnosis model so that they may be able to integrate it with
the current management technologies or to find out a better solution
helping Vietnamese enterprises in a regional and international
playgrounds like WTO, EVFTA, AFTA and TPP… that Vietnam has been and
will be their member.
MOST Deputy Minister HE Mr. Pham Dai Duong delivers the opening speech at the conference- (Pho to by VISTIP)The
conference attracted the interest and registration of a big number of
delegates coming from the big Vietnam Groups like FPT, Viettel Group,
Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Holdings- VINACOMIN, Vietnam
Chemical Group-VINACHEM... Vietnam Electrical Equipment Joint Stock
Corporation- GELEX, VIGRACERA and SMEs... state management agencies from
provincial and central governments like Departments of science and
technology from Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Nam Dinh... CIEM, AED, DSI from
the Ministry of Planning and Investment, IPS from Ministry of Trade
Industry, DoEM from Ministry of Transport,.... especially the conference
was so honor to have the presence of HE Mr. Pham Dai Duong- Deputy
Minister of Science and Technology for opening.
In addition to
the key presentations on Company diagnosis model and case studies made
by SBC speakers, the conference also enjoyed the supporting
presentations by other well-known speakers coming from the Agency for
Enterprise Development (AED) and Central Institute for Economy
Management (CIEM) belonging to Ministry of Planning and Investment,
Vietnam National Productivity Institute (VNPI) belonging to Directorate
for Standards and Quality, VISTIP and especially a case study shared by a
demonstration company from the pilot project- the GPR Co., Ltd.
MOST Deputy Minister HE Mr. Pham Dai Duong with conference attendants (Photo by VISTIP)The
questions and discussions raised by audiences to the speakers during
the conference can say something about the “hot” of “SBC Company
diagnosis model” for Vietnamese enterprises as well as about the “urgent
needs” of Vietnamese enterprises and management agencies for a better
solutions to enhance productivity, quality and competitiveness of
Vietnamese enterprises so that they can survive and develop in both
presence and future.
Fully aware of the needs of business
community and management agencies, VISTIP- with its mission trusted by
Minister of MOST to conduct research and fetch overseas experience,
models for international integration of science and technology of
Vietnam- will be always side by side with Vietnamese business and
management agencies and acts as a bridge in connecting the overseas
scientist/business community to Vietnamese one for technology
transfer/innovation and commercialization. First of all, VISTIP will do
its best to connect SBC with Vietnamese business community vie the
cooperative projects, programs that VISTIP and SBC would jointly develop
and propose to the government of Vietnam and Korea for approval in near
future.
Some key speakers at the conference- (Photo by VISTIP)