Impact of PSEB Initiated Industrial Automation Project on IT & Domestic SME Manufacturing Industry of Pakistan

Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) Guarantee Limited is a semi-government organization working under the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication (MoITT), Government of Pakistan (GoP). PSEB has initiated "Automation of Domestic Manufacturing Industry - Bridge" project in January, 2002 to facilitate the use of Information Technology (IT) for maximizing the output of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) by utilizing the expertise of IT industry. The project [1] holds a two-fold impact. First it will help the domestic manufacturing industry in automating their business processes by increasing not only their efficiency but also their share in national exports. This will help in decreasing the operational pilferage, enhancement in process output and increase efficiency. Secondly, it will assist in up bringing domestic quality software companies that can provide world-class industry solutions and highlight such potential software solution development resources, which can later on be exploited for software export.