Enterprise Survey 2014
Ghana, 2014
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How the innovative process is different from the most similar process (hc7x)
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Please describe in detail how the innovative process is different from the most similar process, if any, that is or was used by this establishment
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| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| A delivery van with a bigger cargo space | |
| At first I used th eplane to shoot and straighten the wood | |
| At first everything was frozen and directly on the market but this one is roasted and spiced before going to the market | |
| Before all our production or manufacturing was done manually and we operated in a very small area or space but now we use machines for work previously | |
| Bottling herbal medicine | |
| Bought more trucks for distribution and delivery | |
| Business transactions were kept in ledger book | |
| Company use to hire vehicle | |
| Customers use to carry their goods to their destination themselves | |
| Customers use to go the shop to pick up their items but with the introduction of the manageress car in dispatching customers items, she receives her m | |
| Customers used to pick their goods by themselves | |
| Customers were paying for their breakfast | |
| Detecting engine faults by observation | |
| First we just filter the water and package it but the apurn filter has made the water to have no particles when it stays in the sun for long | |
| First we were able to sew only clothes which are not heavy but now we are able to sew heavy materials | |
| Formally items purchased were only recorded in a sales book but in 2012, items purchased were keyed into a computer software | |
| Formally social activities were not allowed to be held in the premises | |
| Formally using animal fat oil to prepare meals | |
| Formally women were hired to carry mortar to masons at house tops | |
| Formely everything was hand written but now it is all placed in the computer (files and folders on the computer) | |
| Formely materials were mixed manually by workers | |
| Formerly using wood scaffolds to do construction works but we have changed now to metal scaffolds | |
| Hard woods were used previously in making the beds | |
| I used to pick a taxi for deliveries which was costly | |
| Increase the capacity of the frozen cold store from 500 metric tonnes to 1500 metric tonnes | |
| Initially we go out to the public, but as at now by the use of internet we achieve the result of services very fast | |
| Instead of previously having no idea of putting engines in vehicles now we assemble it ourselves with newly devised methods | |
| Is cheaper. Easy to instore | |
| Is durable unlike the wooden ones we were using | |
| It a new machine which can print 50,000 copies at a time while the old machine could print 25,000 copies at a time | |
| It automated with other features which was not in the old freezers | |
| It has a bigger production output | |
| It has a bigger caacity than the previous one | |
| It has a bigger capacity | |
| It has a bigger capacity (tonnes) than the previous one | |
| It has a bigger capacity than the previous one | |
| It has a bigger output | |
| It has a high prduction level and automated | |
| It has bigger capacity | |
| It identifies any problems or defect on a vehicle through automated processes | |
| It is automated | |
| It makes fabrication faster and more easier as compared to the previous years | |
| It now done by automated means but it was previously done manually | |
| It reduces the price for customers | |
| It used to be done manually | |
| It was cheap board but now I use 3" | |
| It was done manually and transformed into a management information system where all activities are integrated | |
| It was formely man power but now machines are being used and also environmental issues are being put into consideration | |
| It was introduced in 2011 there is no similar process | |
| Just sell the products to the customers | |
| Keeping records manually | |
| Making gel detergents products by using cold water | |
| Modify a cake in the industry | |
| No major labour work | |
| Not using a computer application for sale and management of tickets | |
| Pack it by customers | |
| Polyvinyl have beeen used to manufacture durable long lasting flower pots | |
| Previous one was manual | |
| Previously all records were kept in a ledger books | |
| Previously receipts were kept in ledger books | |
| Previously salesmen were handling it but now a different department has been set up to deal with this | |
| Previously there was no effect used to enhance pictures they just snapp the pictures and print it out | |
| Previously we don’t serve free breakfast when you sleep over | |
| Previously we use to dend the shoes to the markets and sell ourselves | |
| Previously we will start and in the mid way the product needs to be carried to another machine | |
| Processing scraped metal and moulding them into plates | |
| Producing in different sizes | |
| Riped plantain is mashed and mixed with spices and baked, unlike previously when riped plaintain were fried | |
| Selling online attracts more customers and also it is easier and quicker for people to use our products prior to offline operations | |
| Selling wothout computer software | |
| Services were not offered to customers by door to door | |
| Tankers with bigger capacity | |
| That is the method of cooking regarding the bakery where it is mostly baking and a little frying and the catering section where we mostly boil, grill | |
| The band saw cuts more complex pattern and also faster as compared to the other equipment performing similar functions | |
| The blacksmith deals with bending and curving metals which we could not do prevoiusly | |
| The brings out new designs and makes work faster | |
| The company bought vans to deliver the products to the distributors | |
| The copper connection of this sevice-cut-out is of very high quality | |
| The customers must come back for their product | |
| The difference is that formally there were nom machine to design as many furniture as we want | |
| The difference is that it gives sales of production records,pay rolls and is now easier to calculate. At first we use manual calculators.We now use ti | |
| The double sawed cutting machine cuts desired angles where as the single doesn’t, The double sawed is easier, faster and convenient to work with sin | |
| The fuel pumping machine is automated which means you don’t pump the fuel manually and it gives you the exact litre | |
| The influx of more creative ideas as compared with how things were previously done, provides a clear distinction to our previous processes | |
| The introduction of the computer helped the establishment to have easy monitoring of their activities | |
| The klin machine absord moisture from wood at higher and faster rates than the natural sun we were previously drying our wood | |
| The machine has replaced the hand usage which now makes work faster and easier | |
| The making and bakering of our other breads do not corner with any addition of milk and eggs, although magarine is moderately added | |
| The new extruder machine replace the old one which was used manually or which I was supposed to feed with 40kl of material at a time | |
| The new innovative product is milled rather than steamed | |
| The new vans have bigger acpacity | |
| The overhauling made the machine to faster than previously | |
| The previous one takes some time but with the innovative process is instantly | |
| The previous one was manual and now it is automated | |
| The previous process was manual but the new process is digital | |
| The process of procurement has become shorter in terms of time and reduction in cost | |
| The quality and texture of the cloth and designs been used have been improved | |
| The trucks has bigger acpacity than the previous one | |
| The van has a bigger capacity | |
| There is no much difference | |
| There was no car for distribution | |
| There was no sea food added to previous preparations of food | |
| There was no van to deliver goodfs to customers destination | |
| This is partially automated | |
| This machine has a bigger capacity and is automated | |
| This machine is automated and has a bigger production output | |
| This new process is more efficient and reduction of time as compared to the old process | |
| This one has a bigger capacity | |
| This one is 2.0 tonnes which is bigger than the previous one | |
| This printer is fully automated | |
| This van has a bigger capacity | |
| This vehicle has bigger space and capacity | |
| Unlike at first selling and our products and moving our cars to almost an unlimited number within the accra metropolis, now we only deal with selecte | |
| Used metal plates to build or reshape of the body of vehicles | |
| Using anti rust paint to spray vehicles | |
| Using corel draw software for better graphic designing | |
| Using hand to make soap | |
| Using silicate sand (brown sand) to make metal castings/grates | |
| We cut the wood manually | |
| We first used to start work on peoples car without estimates | |
| We use to hire taxi to do delivery but now owned a mini pick up | |
| We were formally operating from a single shop, but we now have several outlets | |
| We were only servicing companies/clients who visited us for our services but we were not going out to look for customers | |
| itb helps keep records of sales and activities | |
| similar to the vehicles used in transportation | |
| the customers come for their products |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.