Clusters and Enterprise
Capacity Building
Technical skill on one side, business capability on the other.
Artisan enterprises need both hands trained. The hand at the loom and the hand on the costing sheet.
Skill development
- 01 Advanced craft skills
- 02 Product finishing
- 03 New designs and techniques
- 04 Improved tools
- 05 Production efficiency
- 06 Material utilisation
- 07 Quality control
- 08 Product standardisation
Enterprise development
- 01 Entrepreneurship development
- 02 Business planning
- 03 Costing and pricing
- 04 Production and inventory management
- 05 Order management
- 06 Financial literacy
- 07 Working capital planning
- 08 Digital payments
- 09 Bookkeeping
- 10 Customer management
- 11 Business documentation
Market readiness
- 01 Understanding consumer preferences
- 02 Product presentation and packaging
- 03 Catalogue preparation
- 04 Exhibition and retail readiness
- 05 Buyer interaction
- 06 Business to business selling
- 07 E commerce
- 08 Social media
- 09 Export orientation
The outcome
Artisans who price their own work, quote to a buyer, and read their own books.