A*Star inks partnerships to boost productivity and tech adoption in SMEs

SMEs to get more support in push for productivity and adoption of technology

Fiona Lam

Published Thu, Apr 16, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

TO improve productivity and encourage more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt technologies, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) is separately partnering Spring Singapore, the Singapore Productivity Centre (SPC), and National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Health.

A*Star announced joint initiatives with Spring and signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the other two organisations during its annual SME Day on Thursday.

The collaboration with Spring will increase the adoption of A*Star's ready-to-go technological solutions among SMEs across multiple sectors to improve productivity. Examples of such solutions are inventory tracking systems and technology to lo…