UNISAME COMMEMORATES WORLD STANDARDS DAY

SMEs urged to improve standards for better competition

KARACHI: The members of the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) commemorating the World Standards Day emphasised on the need for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to maintain international standards and benchmarks for growth and positive change in a challenging global economy.

President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said despite the high cost of production, energy crisis, poor infrastructure and law and order the SMEs have not compromised on quality and need to be complimented for their best business practices.

Pakistani entrepreneurs need the right environment and uninterrupted supply of energy. The government will witness a big increase in production if it ensures law and order and energy to the industrial units and it will reflect on the whole economy, he maintained.

He highlighted the facts it was important to maintain standard in the entire supply chain and it was the responsibility of each member of the chain to maintain the standard as the end consumer expected his money’s worth and was disappointed on any deviation and discards the brand for future buying.

Pakistan can become one of the outstanding exporters in the global market as it is blessed with resources and if standard is maintained from the farm level to the final stage with value addition and inspection it can increase our exports remarkably.

Switzerland does not grow cocoa yet it makes the best chocolates in the world. Likewise there are many countries in the world who do not have the resources and are importing raw materials and making the best products.

Japan makes the best electronic goods and automobiles, Germany the best machinery with imported raw materials.

Pakistan has ample resources but lacks technology and other facilities. There is a technological gap and the institutions like the Engineering Development Board (EDB), the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), the National Productivity Organisation (NPO), the Business, Agriculture and the Competitiveness Support Funds can play an active role.

The chambers of commerce and industry and the trade associations can also play a proactive role. He urged the government to promote entrepreneurship, transfer of technology, finance and give incentives for innovative industries and import substitution industries. ppi

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