Annual Report FY 20056

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Annual Report FY 2005/6 Presentation to
Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology
David Phaho Tshumisano Trust 31st October
2006
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• Presentation Outline
• Introduction Who we are
• Mission and Strategic Intent
• Technology Stations What they do
• Programme Performance FY 2005/6
• Consolidated Technology Stations Performance
• Audited Financial Statements FY 2005/6
• New Initiatives
• Challenges for Tshumisano 2006 - 2010

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TSHUMISANO is a Venda word meaning
co-operation or partnership, and in that spirit,
the Technology Stations Programme offers
support for South African Enterprises by
facilitating Technology Transfer and Innovation.
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TSHUMISANO Technology Stations Programme is
an Initiative of DST ,the Department of Science
and Technology to Establish Technology Stations
(Centers) at Universities to Support SMMEs
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• ENVISAGED OUTCOMES
• Within the supported SMMEs
• Improved competitiveness through world class
  products, production technologies or services.
• Increasing capacity for continuing technology
  assimilation and innovation.
• Within the participating Universities
• Improved and enriched RD as well as teaching and
  learning activities leading to
• Better understanding of SMME needs

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TSHUMISANO Mission Statement Tshumisano
Trust acts as an Agency of the Department of
Science and Technology in improving the
Innovative Capacity and Competitiveness of SMMEs
in areas of National Priority.
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• Strategic Intent To be within reach of every
  SMME in all Nine Provinces in South Africa!

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• Tshumisanos Technology Stations

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• TECHNOLOGY STATIONS
• Agri-food Processing at Cape Peninsula
  University of Technology (Cape Town)
• Chemicals at Tshwane University of Technology
  (Ga-Rankuwa)
• Composite Materials at Vaal University of
  Technology (Vanderbylpark)
• Downstream Chemicals at NMMU (Port Elizabeth)
• Chemicals at Mangosuthu Technikon in Umlazi
  (Durban)
• Clothing and Textile Technology at CPUT
  (Bellville)

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• TECHNOLOGY STATIONS
• Automotive Components at NMMU (Port Elizabeth)
• Metals Manufacturing at Central University of
  Technology (Bloemfontein)
• Moulded and Re-enforced Plastics at Durban
  Institute of Technology (Durban)
• Metal Casting and Foundry Technologies at
  University of Johannesburg
• Electronics at Tshwane University of Technology
  

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Consolidated Technology Stations Performance
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SMME Technology Development FY 2003/4 2005/6
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SMME Training and Skills Development FY 2003/4
2005/6
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DST Sponsored Internship Programme FY 2005/6
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Audited Financial Statements FY 2005/2006
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• Key Initiatives for Tshumisano
• FY 2006/7

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• Launch of Institutes for Advanced Tooling
• Why Tooling??

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Centrality of Tooling to Development
                                                 
     
Mining
Plastics
Automotive
Tooling Design And Manufacture
Bottling Industry
Medical Appliances
Packaging
Aerospace
Others
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• But..
• South Africa faces serious skills shortage in
  this critical sectors Designers, IT specialists,
  Project Managers and Toolmakers
• South Africa is a net importer of Tools e.g.
  Local Automotive Industry imports over R3 billion
  worth of tools annually
• Low levels of Investment in Machinery and
  Equipment by SMMEs in Tooling Industry

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• Benefits of a Competitive Tooling Industry
• For every R1 million invested in Tooling
  Equipment and Technology, over R250 million of
  Components can be produced ? Sustained Economic
  Development.
• Ref Department of Trade and Industrys Fund for
  Research into Industrial Development
  Growth and Equity (Fridge) into the Tool, Die and
  Mould Industry, 2006

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  Institutes for Advanced Tooling (IAT)   Centers
of Excellence for Tooling Technology Transfer,
Research and Innovation.  
at    Tshwane University of Technology and
Stellenbosch University
 
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• Objectives of the Institutes of Advanced Tooling
• Integrative Approach to Tooling by looking at the
  whole lifecycle in the Tooling Manufacturing
• From Design ? Production ? Tool Recycling
• Economic Growth through enhanced competitiveness
  of SMMEs in terms of
• Design and formulation of curricula for knowledge
  driven advancement of scares skills (Designers,
  Toolmakers, IT)
• World class products via properly designed tools

 
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• PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY STATIONS
• In AgriFood Processing
• in
• Mpumalanga Limpopo

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• Strategic and Long Term Benefits
• Enhanced Tshumisanos National Footprint
• Agri-food Station as Indespensible Anchor for
  envisaged Provincial Techno-Park in Limpopo
• Provincial Linkages to other Technology based
  Growth Initiatives Chemicals, Toolmaking,
  Manufacturing, Clothing and Textiles
• Provincial Linkage to other resources and
  expertise in Technology Stations across the
  Country
• Long Term Skills Development for Students
  (internships), SMMEs and Rural Communities in
  line with JIPSA.

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Collaborative Agreements IDC Product and/or
process Development projects for Funded SMMEs
in Specific Sectors. SABS Preferential Rates for
Tshumisano linked SMMEs in terms of Testing,
Certification and ISO accreditation. SEDA SMME
Assessments and Sponsorship of Improvement
Projects. NPI Productivity improvement among
SMMEs
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• Challenges for Tshumisano
• 2006 2010

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• Adequate Human Resource Capacity at The Trust and
  Technology Stations
• Requisite Capital Equipment investment to further
  enhance SMME Competitiveness
• Decline in SMME activity in specific sectors
  -e.g. Clothing and Textiles, Tooling, Automotives
  e.t.c.
• Institutional buy-in and academic participation
  in Trusts Initiatives at Universities
• Strategic alignment with other SMME supporting
  Agencies and formations

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Thank You !