You can develop innovative F&B concepts, products and processes to keep up with consumer tastes and preferences, improve productivity and effectiveness by raising efficiency and service levels, and enhance IT deployment and workflow.
Industry-level Projects
Industry-level projects can be started by a group of companies to jointly improve their competitiveness and innovative capabilities.
Enterprise-level Projects
The F&B CDP also supports individual F&B SMEs to embark on capability development projects.
You can apply for the F&B Capability Development Programme if your company / project meets these criteria :
- at least 30% of your shareholding is local
- your group annual sales turnover is not more than S$100 million or group employment size is not more than 200 employees
- develops new capabilities that significantly improve productivity and/or value-added per worker
- leads to significant contributions to the sector
- has not commenced at the time of application
Funding support is available for companies embarking on eligible projects under the F&B CDP. Eligible costs include :
a) Manpower-related Costs
- Salary of project members (excludes bonuses)
- Airfare (economy) and cost of living allowances
- Training costs
b) Equipment & Materials
- Industrial equipment, materials & consumables
- Hardware and software
c) Professional Services
- Consultancy
- Subcontracting
Examples of projects :
a)
Innovation such as new concept, product and process development
b)
Service Excellence to raise service standards in various sub-sectors of the industry
c)
Certification to internationally recognised standards, such as the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) standard for food safety management.
d)
Process Improvement such as the adoption of global best practices or enhancing IT deployment and workflow