The SHARED SERVICE FACILITIES (SSF) Project is an initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to essentially boost product innovation of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

The project provides machinery, equipment and tools under a shared system to improve the competitiveness of MSMEs.

The facilities are managed by cooperators (people's organization, cooperatives, industry associations, local government units or state universities/colleges) for common use of MSME beneficiaries engaged in the identified industry clusters.

OBJECTIVES

Enable MSMEs to increase their productivity;
Accelerate MSME’s competitiveness by giving them access to better technologies and more sophisticated equipment;
Encourage the graduation of MSMEs to the next level where they could tap a better and wider market share and be integrated in the global supply chain;
Take into account convergence where government resources are pooled and integrated;
Address the gap and bottlenecks in the value chain of priority industry clusters.

DTI's Shared Service Facilities Project

COVID-19 Response

The Department of Trade Industry has established over 2,000 Shared Service Facilities (SSF) nationwide for the last six years in order to address the technological and innovation needs of MSMEs in the country as well as attend to community challenges. True enough, the SSFs project cooperators composed of academe, cooperatives, etc. made a quick response to the health crisis caused by COVID-19.

24 SSF Fabrication Laboratories (FabLabs) funded and supported by the DTI along with privately-run FabLabs are collaborating with experts around the world through FabLab Networks to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).

On 20 March 2020, FabLab Philippines network composed of DTI funded SSF FabLabs, engaged the makerspace community to an online collaboration forum and group chat on design thinking ideation to produce the needed PPEs. Joining the discussion were experts from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, doctors, academe, Fab Networks around the world and Filipino experts.

The exchanges resulted in a common design for face shield, aerosol boxes which were immediately mass produced by the FabLabs with support of DTI and private sector groups donating materials for its production such as acetate film. The group chat is still very much active bringing in new experts as necessary to provide insights into the discussion. At the moment, other medical devices such as ventilators, intubation equipment are being designed to address shortage.

As of 15 April 2020, a total of 45,905 face shields have been produced by 24 FabLabs while 217 aerosol boxes were provided by 8 FabLabs. Two FabLabs have produced 4 mist disinfection stations. Other Fablabs that are privately-run have also committed to producing PPEs.

In response to the shortage of alcohol supply, an SSF with the capability to produce 70% ethyl alcohol also came to the rescue by distributing around 1,000 liters of alcohol in various towns and cities in Ilocos Norte.

On the other hand, SSFs with garment capability were requested to produce cloth face masks for the public in coordination with the DTI Regional/Provincial Offices. Sixty-four (64) SSFs will be able to produce 1,778,560 face masks monthly. END

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WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR?

SSFs Producing Face Mask for the Public

SSF Articles/Malasakit Stories/Photos

Directory of SSFs Producing Face Masks

Fab Labs producing PPEs

Fab Lab Articles / Photos

PPE Tracker

WHERE ARE THE DTI-FABLABS LOCATED?

Check out the action photos in the Gallery Section

Gallery

ELIGIBLE PROJECTS

For a project to be eligible, it has to meet the following criteria:

The proposed SSF Project must address processing and manufacturing gaps or bottlenecks of the industry cluster brought about by any of the following:

Absence of the needed facility
Lack of capacity of an existing facility
Cost of services of an existing facility is not affordable
Lack of inadequate technical and administrative services that will promote and facilitate the growth of MSMEs within the priority industry clusters.

2. The proposed SSF Project will increase the productivity of the industry cluster in terms of:

Product improvement/ Quality enhancement/ Marketability
Price competitiveness
Conformity to standards

3. The proposed SSF Project will support microenterprises within the priority industry clusters.

4. SSF Projects that will improve the products of the One-Town One-Product (OTOP) project.