The Central Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), and MSME Development and Facilitation Office conducted a vendor development programme in which experts called for greater collaboration between industry and academia.
The event was conducted at Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering in collaboration with the District Industries Centre (DIC) on Thursday and management experts also stressed the imperatives of evolving a customer-centric business model for growth.
The objective of the vendor development programme and exihbition was to create a platform for MSME units to find customers in a move which will be mutually beneficial for both the manufacturers and the customers who are part of the supply chain link.