Smmes Urged To Focus On Productivity And Quality

Small Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) have been urged not to be synonymous with low productivity and poor quality service provision, as this becomes a reflection of doing business in the country, which leads to poor performance in the economic playfield.

A Business Advisory Service Manager with the Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency (CEDA), Tiro Sebina says service excellence and good product quality are a requirement in today's complex business environment.

Sebina made these remarks at a workshop on productivity and efficiency in the daily operations of SMMEs. The workshop, a joint effort between the Botswana National Productivity Centre and CEDA also aimed to institutionalise quality standards and grades as a way of alleviating quality related barriers to market access.

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