SME Consulting Programme
 

The SME Consulting Programme finances business projects mandated by local enterprises, undertaken by SMU students and supervised by SMU faculty or affiliates who run their own consultancy businesses. It is a first-of-its-kind tripartite collaboration where a leading regional bank lends financial commitment, a world-class university makes available student and faculty resources, and successful local businesses provide sponsorship and entrepreneurial experience to nurture and develop the local business community.

Students engaging in these projects are senior students who have had strong academic grounding and interest in the area they are consulting. This is where they pick up hands-on experiences that will equip them for the real world.

Majority of these projects were Market Research projects (~50%), followed by Human Resource projects (~15%) and with the remaining (35%) consisting of Marketing Plan, Business Plan, Branding, Business Feasibility Study and Operation Management projects. Students working on market research projects will have the opportunity to go out collecting primary data for companies. They may also conduct focus groups, if the team and the company deem it necessary.

Local enterprises who would like to be involved with the UOB-SMU Entrepreneurship Alliance Centre by providing opportunities for SMU students to work with them, may apply to do so.

  • If you are an interested local enterprise, please visit our pages for SMEs.
  • If you are an interested student consultant, please visit our pages for students.
  • If you are an interested project advisor, please visit our pages for project advisors.

Eligibility

  • At least 51% local equity
  • Projects must be beneficial to the SMEs
  • Projects must provide students with meaningful experience and exposure to business issues and problems
  • The SME should be in business for at least one year or the entrepreneur(s) have committed at least SGD100,000 in their business

Application Process

  • Complete the online PROJECT REQUEST SHEET.
  • Staff from the Centre will contact applicants to obtain further details
  • Requests will be reviewed by the Centre’s Executive Committee.
  • If approved, a team of student consultants and project advisor will be assigned to the project. Th project advisor will usually be a member of the SMU faculty or an affiliate who run their own consultancy businesses.

Type of Assistance

Student consultant teams will be able to assist in the following areas:

  • Business Planning
  • Market Research
  • Marketing Strategies
  • Brand Audit
  • Brand Strategies
  • Development of Appraisal System
  • Review of Remuneration Structure
  • Job Mapping and Review of HR processes
  • Operational Process Review
  • Evaluation of Business Opportunities / Feasibility Study
  • Organization Climate Analysis
  • International Business Research (Overseas Project)

Cost

  • Projects that are approved will receive a subsidy of 70% to 90% of the cost of the consulting project.
  • Expenses borne by the SME:
    • Honorarium to the project advisor
    • Stipends to the student consultants
    • Out-of-pocket expenses e.g. allowance to focus group participants, stationery and printing, transport claims
  • Each consulting project takes 10-12 weeks and costs S$5,000
    • After subsidy, between S$535 to S$1,605
    • Such projects undertaken by professional consulting firms may cost at least S$20,000

Consulting Projects Managed Under the Centre

  • ACP Computer Training & Consultancy Pte Ltd
  • AGVA Singapore Pte Ltd
  • Alpha Paw Pte Ltd
  • A-Power Engineering Pte Ltd
  • Age Management N Enrichment Pte Ltd
  • Aries Fresh Pte Ltd
  • Astra Services
  • Atea Environmental Technology Pte Ltd
  • Barang Barang Pte Ltd
  • BD CranTech Pte Ltd
  • BGC Group Pte Ltd
  • Biogenic International
  • Big M Pawnshop Pte Ltd
  • BizCompass Pte Ltd
  • Building Blocks Learning Systems Pte Ltd
  • Car Times Automobile Pte Ltd
  • Chiropractic First
  • Cleanique Bags Services Pte Ltd
  • Data Terminator Pte Ltd
  • DFP Media
  • Dominie Press Pte Ltd
  • Dynaforce International Pte Ltd
  • Edupreneur LLP
  • Elixir Technology Pte Ltd
  • Enzer Electronics Pte Ltd
  • Envi.Me Pte Ltd
  • E-vitae Pte Ltd
  • Fin-exis Advisory Pte Ltd
  • Four Star Industries Pte Ltd
  • Grand Banks Yachts Limited
  • Greenpac (S) Pte Ltd
  • GridNode Pte Ltd
  • Hawaii Furnishing Pte Ltd
  • Hitech Heat Treatment Services Pte Ltd
  • Hock Lam Beef by Soon Huan Yuan Group
  • Home-Fix D.I.Y.
  • HSR International Realtors Pte Ltd
  • Inflo Health Sciences Pte Ltd
  • Infoline
  • INIZIO Face & Body Works Pte Ltd
  • Innovate Art and Design
  • Jason Electronics Pte Ltd
  • Jerry Tan Eye Surgery Pte Ltd
  • Julia Gabriel Communications Pte Ltd
  • Kemena Enterprise Pte Ltd
  • Kim Hoe Corporation Pte Ltd
  • KinderWorld Education Group
  • KingsLand Development Pte Ltd
  • Knowledge Director Pte Ltd
  • Knowledge Develop Pte Ltd
  • Koon Holdings Limited
  • Lian Wang Trading Pte Ltd
  • LOIT Design Pte Ltd
  • Magnum Spirits & Wine Pte Ltd
  • MattenPlant Pte Ltd
  • Maxden
  • Mazda Motor (S) Pte Ltd
  • Men'spool Engineering Pte Ltd
  • Mind Edge Pte Ltd
  • MindWave Solutions Pte Ltd
  • Nota Design International Pte Ltd
  • Pan Asia Logistics Singapore Pte Ltd
  • Pinnacle International
  • Playbox Distribution Pte Ltd
  • Premium Pacific Pte Ltd
  • Red House at The Quayside
  • Relex IIIumination Pte Ltd
  • Savco International Pte Ltd
  • Seagift Food Pte Ltd
  • Seng Hong Co Pte Ltd
  • SGN Pte Ltd
  • Singapore Asian Publications (S) Pte Ltd
  • Singapore Furniture Industries Council
  • Simax Materials Solutions Pte Ltd
  • Skin Inc
  • Soil-Build (Pte) Ltd
  • Spinn Private Limited
  • Synergy Group Pte Ltd
  • Synovations® Pte. Ltd
  • Tetraflow Pte Ltd
  • The Tanglin Club
  • Tong Seng Produce Pte Ltd
  • United Engineers (Singapore) Pte Ltd
  • Univals Pte Ltd
  • Winson Press Pte Ltd
  • Winrigo (s) Pte Ltd
  • XMI Pte Ltd

 

 

Last updated on 28 February, 2012 by UOB-SMU Entrepreneurship Alliance Centre.