Small businesses' clearinghouse to be established<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Yayasan Palapa Nusantara (YPN), in cooperation
\nwith five major private companies and four state-owned firms, is
\nto set up a benchmarking clearinghouse in Indonesia next month.<\/p>\n
\"For the first stage, this benchmarking clearinghouse will
\ngroup the nine companies as its core members. Later, we'll
\ninclude medium and small-scale businesses,\" Hidayat, YPN's
\ndirector for small businesses development, said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The five private companies are Astra International, Bank
\nInternasional Indonesia, Indocement, Matahari Putra Prima, Raja
\nGaruda Mas International Corporation, while the four state-owned
\nfirms are Bank Bumi Daya, Pertamina, the state electricity
\ncompany PLN and fertilizer manufacturing company PT Pusri.<\/p>\n
YPN is a foundation set up by a number of conglomerates to
\nhelp foster the development of small and medium-scale
\nenterprises.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the opening ceremony of the benchmarking
\ntraining for the nine companies -- organized by YPN from June 3
\nto June 7 -- Hidayat said that benchmarking is a formal process
\nof identifying, understanding and adapting outstanding practices
\nof other organizations.<\/p>\n
\"For example, one of our members wants to learn Matahari's
\nretailing skills and adapt them in its company. The member can
\nrealize it through a process organized by the clearinghouse,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He noted that the clearinghouse will set up such a learning
\nprocess within a code of conduct. \"This code of conduct will
\nrule, among other things, that the recipient of the important
\ninformation is not allowed to divulge it, for example in the
\nabove case, to the competitors of Matahari,\" he said.<\/p>\n
According to Hidayat, YPN has signed a cooperation agreement
\nwith the Asia Pacific Development Network, an Australian
\nbenchmarking consultancy company, to facilitate the development
\nof the benchmarking system,.<\/p>\n
Sukamdani S. Gitosardjono, a founder of YPN, noted that the
\nbenchmarking training is the first step to expand membership.<\/p>\n
\"In the next three years we will organize benchmarking
\ntrainings. And after three years, we'll have 1,000 companies,
\ncomprising 50 big firms, 250 medium-scale enterprises and 700
\nsmall-scale companies, as members of the benchmarking
\nclearinghouse,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that the main goal of the benchmarking system is to
\nsharpen individual members' competitive edge in the run up to the
\nfree trade practices of the ASEAN Free Trade Area in 2003 and the
\nAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation in 2020.<\/p>\n
Last week, a public accounting firm, Prasetio Utomo & Co, in
\nassociation with the International Benchmarking Clearinghouse of
\nthe United States, established another benchmarking
\nclearinghouse.<\/p>\n
Its initial members include Astra International, the Bakrie
\nGroup, PT Freeport Indonesia, the Hero Group, the Kalbe Group,
\nBank Lippo and the Sewu Group, which are all private companies.<\/p>\n
But a reliable YPN source noted that his foundation and the
\nPrasetio are now trying to unite their clearinghouses so that
\nthere will be only one benchmarking clearinghouse in the country.<\/p>\n
The Prasetio's clearinghouse has set initial targets of
\nconducting five formal studies on customer satisfaction, the
\nsupply chain, new product development, corporate performance
\nmeasures and team-based rewards and recognition. (13)<\/p>",
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