A significant improvement in the
production output of Shared Service Facility (SSF) beneficiaries from Davao del
Norte was noted during a visit conducted by the team from Department of Trade
and Industry on April 26, 2016.
Shared Service Facilities (SSF) is a
program of the Department of Trade and Industry which is designed to eliminate
bottlenecks in the production process of MSMEs by providing necessary equipment
and machineries. This will speed up the production process which in turn enable
them to meet existing market demands.
DTI
Team who visited the SSF beneficiaries in Davao del Norte on April 26, 2016
headed by Assistant Secretary for Regional Operations Blesilda Lantayona (3rd
from left).
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The visit was part of the three-day
DTI Services Caravan dubbed as “DTI Negosyo, Konsyumer at Iba Pa”. The Davao
leg of the caravan was held at SM Lanang, in Davao City on April 25-27, 2016.
The visiting DTI team was headed by DTI Assistant Secretary for Regional
Operations Blesila A. Lantayona and consists of DTI regional directors and
representatives from DTI attached agencies such as the Export Marketing Bureau
(EMB) and Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM).
Four SSF’s were visited including
famed cacao products exporter Chokolate de San Isidro (CSI), banana powder
producer AMS Employees Fresh Fruit Producers Cooperative (AMSEFFPCO) in
Kapalong, the Engineered Bamboo Processing Center in Tagum National Trade
School, and the vermi-composting facility of Rehoboth in Panabo City. These
organizations reported an improvement in their operations due to the shift from
the labor-intensive to machine-enabled production process.
Women
from San Isidro takes pride in the global success of Sikwate! by CSI which in turn
gives them and their husbands a sustainable source of income.
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The cacao processing equipments turned
over by DTI to CSI helped the organization to attain quality standards in their
Sikwate “tableya”, a local name for round flat tablets made from ground cacao
beans. Aside from being used in hot chocolate drinks, their “tableya” has also
become in demand with restaurants and bakeshops around the Philippines as a
main ingredient to chocolate-based pastries and dishes. CSI also exports to
Japan, Europe and Australia.
These MSMEs also disclosed an increase
in gross sales due to the increased production volume. More importantly, they
were able to penetrate new markets and employ more people from their area.
DTI-Davao del Norte Provincial Director evaluates AMSEFFPCO's feed-grade banana powder processed through the granulator provided by DTI under its SSF program. |
“Banana off-grade from the farms of
our members used to just rot in the corner. Now, we are producing an average 10
tons of feed-grade banana powder every month thanks to the granulator provided
by DTI under its Shared Service Facility Program.”, said Rizalie Calma,
AMSEFFPCO’s Project Manager.
They are currently selling their
produce to big feed mill companies in the country. The coop was able to
generate more than one million pesos of income last 2015. “We are now providing
livelihood not just for our members but for the whole community”, she added.
A total of 25 trade associations and
cooperatives from Davao del Norte have already benefited from DTI’s SSF Program
since it was launched last 2013. The agency is set to launch this year its last
batch of Shared Service Facilities. (DTI-DN Info Unit)
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