Truspire’s operations are also affected by the worldwide spread of the infection.
In Japan, we have been providing consultations on management issues to the management of IT-related companies such as software development companies and food inspection system companies. As people are required to refrain from moving and contacting people, the chances of face-to-face discussions are decreasing, but as mentor, we always try to listen carefully and support the company leaders to proceed with their business decisions with confidence.
Overseas operations are also affected by travel restrictions.
Since May 2019, we have been participating in the “JICA Asia Regional Japan Center Project (business course implementation)” and engaging in human resource development projects. The work is comprised of lectures at the Japan Center (Business Strategy, Business Plan, Consulting leader training, Production Management, SCM, Marketing, Bookkeeping, Financial Management) and management advice to various companies including food manufacturing processors, etc., but since March 2020, all operations have been switched to online.
We have been participating in JICA’s Palestinian Industry Promotion Project throughout the first phase (2017-2020) and the second phase (2020-2022) and making efforts in collaboration with Ministry of National Economy as counterpart to train officials of Chamber of Commerce and Industry in major cities in Palestine and local consultants to become competent consultants who support the industrial promotion of SMEs. For the second phase, we planned to focus on direct visits to companies and advice, but due to limited travel to the site, we are switching to online support from Japan.
We are also engaged in the project “Information Collection and Confirmation Survey on the Promotion of SMEs in Turkey” since February 2021 in the field of Production Control/KAIZEN and Financial/Accounting management. The online open seminars were successfully made to the SMEs in August 2021. We are scheduled to visit three cities in Turkey in November 2021 for conducting seminars and workshops and short-term onsite consultation to the SMEs, depending upon the Covid-19 situation.
“Information Gathering and Confirmation Survey on the Sudanese Export Promotion System” (February – August 2021) was the only project that allowed us to travel to the site, and we were able to carry out our work by visiting more than a dozen local companies in Khartoum and two major local cities to investigate and examine the export potential of products, and reported to the Ambassador of Japan to Sudan, the Director of JICA Sudan, the Undersecretary of Deputy Minister of Trade, the senior official of the Ministry of Industry, and the National Chamber of Commerce of Sudan, and STP (Sudan Trade Point), an executive and counterpart of the company. We have made a proposal, based on which Sudan’s export promotion policy is expected to be formulated in the future.
(September 2021)