STRATIN C WOOD Lorraine Questionnaire performed on Wood

STRATIN. C. WOOD - Lorraine Questionnaire performed on Wood sector in Region Lorraine - FRANCE

Survey Details n n n 30 small to medium enterprises in Wood 1 academic personnel performed the interviews Average time of interviews 20 to 30 min.

Human Resource for Questionnaire n Local Working Group ¨ CRITT Bois n VAN OOST Hervé n LEMAITRE Marc n DELMOITIEZ Marie ¨ Sélection Vosges n KIENTZ Bernard

Activities n The main activities that have been identified are : ¨ sawmill ¨ wood-working ¨ furnishing n Most of them have a second activitie

Number of employees & Subcontracting n n From 2 to 200 Subcontracting is not the main scope of the enterprises

Exports n Export is considered as very important Europe ¨ International ¨

Company Management Industrial Properties n Few enterprises registred an industrial propertie 1 patent (individual enterprise) ¨ 1 drawing (enterprises grouped in a cluster ) ¨

Company Management indicators n Management indicators are now no formalized into enterprises

Company Management Organization n Administration ¨ n Marketing department ¨ n Considered as necessary and represented by 5% of employees R&D ¨ n Exist in most of the enterprises Is performed by a few of the SMEs Information management & Design – Engineering ¨ Are not included in these enterprises

Company Management Long life training & Employees education n Long life training is performed internally in most of the SMEs for : ¨ 1% budget, 4 days/year/employee ¨ Domains : safety, building, driver n Employees education could not be answered by most of the enterprises

Company Strategy Orientation Very interesting Often mentionned Not considered as of great interest ion ect t e D an u onq c d of est ro Imp new vem rk ma ets f th o ent ual ts q ort Exp ity duc ro ep cts fn nt o e De e pm o l ve u rod wp tion Div e ica rsif tion c Spe za iali

Company Strategy Market Wood sector market in the country is actually in progression

Company Strategy Impulsion – Competitors - Constraints n Impulsion ¨ 1 year ¨ 3 years ¨ 10 years market partnership quantitative n Competitors ¨ Local and national ¨ Competitors well known n Constraints ¨ Technique : qualified personnel ¨ Environment : legislation, regulation (VOC, …)

Information System Electronic Networks & Applications

Information System Press subscriptions n The most of them are subscripted to ¨ Professional & specialized magazines ¨ Scientific & technical publications ¨ Business press, Regional daily press ¨ National daily press ¨ International daily press

Innovation & Watch Fields of survey Not relevance Some relevance Average relevance Great relevance Regulations Markets Technologies Competitors Suppliers Customers Products Process Recruitment Training Financing aids ans subsidies Management

Innovation & Watch Sources of information Not relevance Some relevance Average relevance Employees Great relevance Co-operation, alliances Customers Suppliers Competitors Universities, laboratories Consultancy businesses Professional associations Public/private research institutions Professional publications Exhibitions Internet Local or area institutional National institutional European institutional

Innovation & Watch practice & Outsourcing n In terms of watch, the SMEs questioned don’t have a formalized watch methodology n Which tools of search for information ? ¨ n Which tools of management for information ? ¨ n Meetings, contacts Writing OR speaking Which tools of diffusion for information ? ¨ Writing OR speaking

Networks Motivations n Share competences n Get new markets what you can’t get alone n Diversify the customers n Rationalize the purchases n Develop the outsourcing n Grow quantitative production n Create a lobbying

Networks Partnerships & Institutional