Taking Research to Private Sector – Lessons learnt from the ACIAR Veneer project in Vietnam Nov...

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Improving veneer products from plantations in Vietnam and Australia

Presenter Nguyen Thi Minh Thu and Heiko Woerner, GIZ

Topic Taking Research to Private Sector – Lessons learnt from the ACIAR Veneer project in Vietnam Nov 2012 – Mar 2014

Date 27 March 2014

Venue ACIAR

Acknowledgements:Nguyen Thi Minh Thu and Heiko Woerner (2014), Taking Research to Private Sector – Lessons learnt from the ACIAR Veneer project in Vietnam, Nov 2012 – Mar 2014, ACIAR Seminar Series presentation, 27 March 2014, Canberra, Australia.

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Component 5Taking Research to Private Sector – Lessons

learnt from the ACIAR Veneer project in Vietnam

Nov 2012 – Mar 2014Nguyen Thi Minh Thu/Heiko Woerner

Canberra, 27 Mar 2014

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Content

1. Introduction

2. Information management

3. Veneer Training Centre / PPP

4. Trainings

5. Project Impacts

6. Product development

7. Veneer Award

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Introduction

Project Partners

• Research organisations, policy advisory institute, development organisations

• 5 Project Components

• Component on Education and Training lead by GFA Consulting Group in cooperation with GIZ Foresty Programme on promoting sustainable forest management in Vietnam

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- Website are available both in Vietnamese and English: www.veneervalue.com - Companies information- Library/Download- FAQs- ….

http://www.veneervalue.com/

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3 newsletters are issued:

- 1st issue: Jan 2013

- 2nd issue: Oct 2013

- 3rd issue: Mar 2014

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2. Veneer Training Centre (VTC)

• PartnersWoodsland, ACIAR, FSIV, GIZ/GFA

• Goal- A new training centre for use of veneer in furniture production is established and operational. - The competitiveness of Woodsland and other involved companies of ACIAR veneer project are strengthened by the training of skilled workers and middle management in the manufacture, use and quality control of veneer for furniture or structural elements production.

• Public Private Partnership (PPP) Approach Business and development policy have a common interest in structuring political, legal and social framework conditions which promote development. Under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) concept, private-sector companies and public-sector development cooperation work hand in hand. The target-oriented combination of the different strengths of the two partners creates new possibilities for positive development

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2. Veneer Training Centre (VTC)

Result 1: The infrastructure of the centre with equipment and qualified personal is established

Result 2: The legal status of VTC is recognized as a training entity

Result 3: The centre offers a training and development programme according to the needs of the wood processing sector

Result 4: The technology transfer of the VTC improves the quality and quantity of veneer products

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3. Trainings

No Training course Target group Time Duration(day)

participants

Training days

1 3 internal trainings for Woodsland

Supervisors and workers in the veneer department

Mar 2012Jan 2013Mar 2013

111

205

15

205

15

2 Production Management & Increasing Efficiency in Veneer Processing Department

Middle management

Jan 2013 1.5 22 33

3 Corporate and Market Strategies and Promotion of Veneer

CEO and marketing managers

Jan 2013 1 10 10

4 Veneering of Surfaces CEO & middle management

Jul 2013 4 27 108

5 Acoustic testing/ Use of bamboo

Researcher March 2013

0,5 20 10

6 Middle management course – Module 1

Middle management

Feb 2014 2 17 34

Total 9 trainings 136 235

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MMC training: Feb 21+22, Mar 21+22 and Apr 18+19

Module 1

Main characteristics of a production enterprise

Organizational structure and JD

Analysis of input and output of a section

Traceability of raw material in the production process

Production planning & management

Module 2

Methods to calculate and control costs

Productivity, quality and measures for improvement

Chain of Custody

Improvement projects

Module 3

Reflect results of improvement projects

Basic supervisor tool

Improvement

projects

3. Trainings

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4. Project Impact

Bui Gia Company:Set up of a new veneer section after ACIAR training Programme – production of 2500 m2 / month

Woodsland company:Production of veneered indoor furniture for export to EU

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Make samples of veneer matching

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Use Acacia veneer to make the sliding bar


Use LKTS veneer to make shelf and table

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Use of Vacuum Membrane Press: Curved sliding door

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6. Veneer Award

• Organizers- Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of

HCMC (HAWA) - Vietnamese-German Forestry Program- ACIAR Project• Candidates- Any local designers who can present a practical

(three-dimensional) solution which has not been submitted before.

- All products which use veneer as a main material – either for accessories (gifts, lamps, toys, decors…) or furniture (desks, chairs, shelves, wardrobes…)

• Prize01 best product of each group (accessories and furniture) will be selected for a 1-week training to Australia ( RMIT Melbourne)

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6. Veneer Award

Veneer Award promotion to students at Hanoi University of Architecture –

Interior & Exterior Design Department in Jan 2014

Launching ceremony of Veneer Award in HCMC in Nov 2013

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Lessons learnt

• Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project can create Win – Win situation between private sector and development project

• Involved Researchers need to understand the real /daily operations of the enterprises.

• Identification of bottlenecks and feasible solutions through project interventions

• Step wise approach by small impacts to create a relation of confidence with the enterprises

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