The PROBE Network
The PROBE Network is a worldwide alliance of people and organisations who share a commitment to the promotion and support of Business Excellence. They have in common that they are involved in the deployment of the ‘PROBE’ best practice benchmarking tools, and/or the use of data generated through these tools for policy, research and educational purposes.
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Europe
 Enterprise Ireland East Point Business Park Dublin 3 IRELAND | Enterprise Ireland is the Government agency in Ireland responsible for supporting Irish businesses in the manufacturing and internationally traded service sectors. They are the longest serving users of the PROBE tools and were heavily involved in the original development of the PROBE for Manufacturing tool in 1995. Ireland adopted PROBE for Manufacturing as its base benchmarking tool and has subsequently benchmarked hundreds of Irish companies as part of a broader package of support for Irish businesses. The impact of best practice benchmarking on quality, productivity and competitiveness has been substantial. | |
 RealEyes Sustainability Ltd The Priory, John Street West, Dublin 8, IRELAND | RealEyes helps organisations benefit from sustainability. They work with public and private organisations to help them understand the sustainability opportunity, and to create and implement sustainability action plans that add value and competitive advantage. RealEyes are one of the early adoptors of PROBE for Sustainable Business |
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 The Natural Step (International) Sveavägen 98, 5th floor SE-113 50 Stockholm, SWEDEN | The Natural Step is a key partner in the development and delivery of the PROBE for Sustainable Business assessment tool. The Natural Step provides business leaders and managers with a deeper understanding of sustainability as a business opportunity - not a liability. They show how economic, environmental and social systems are interdependent and how to use this understanding to drive business strategies that will lead to a competitive advantage. | |
The Natural Step (France) Route de Villechenève 69770 Chambost-Longessaigne FRANCE | The Natural Step (France) is dedicated to education, advisory work and research in sustainable development. The team are using PROBE as a diagnostic approach for introducing French organisations to the benefits of Sustainability | |
 Ecodigma Roser, 95 08004 Barcelona SPAIN | Formed in 2010 Ecodigma is an eco-innovative consulting company focused on strategic environmental sustainability. Based in Barcelona, Ecodigma are using the PROBE service to highlight the benefits of Sustainability to Businesses across Spain |
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 Territoire et Environnment 1A Rue Perrrin Solliers 13006 Marseille FRANCE | Territoire & Environnement has initiated, along with the consulting company C20, the setting up of the PROBE Network in the South of France. | |
Australasia
 QMI Solutions Ltd 33 McKechnie Drive PO Box 4012 EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD AUSTRALIA 4113 | QMI Solutions Ltd is dedicated to improving the skills, performance, innovation and capability of the Queensland manufacturing industry. They achieve this through the provision of specialist knowledge and expertise to help manufacturers implement workforce development strategies, operational enhancements and innovations, and to link industry with major projects, researchers and technology solutions. QMI Solutions have used PROBE as a key ingredient in their support to Queensland businesses since 2004. They have used PROBE with hundreds of their clients and customers and have partnered with the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation by deploying the PROBE for Small Business tool as part of a State wide project to support the growth of small businesses | |
 Enterprise Connect 10 Binara Street Canberra City ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA | PROBE is playing a key role in the Australian Government’s national Enterprise Connect initiative. This initiative is part of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and its job is to connect small and medium sized businesses to the knowledge, tools and expertise necessary to improve productivity, increase competitiveness and to fully capitalise on their growth potential. Delivered through a network of 12 centres located across Australia, over 100 Enterprise Connect Business Advisors have been trained to use the PROBE tool across a diverse range of businesses, such as manufacturing, clean energy, resources, defence and the creative sector. The Business Advisors use PROBE as part of the extensive Business Review that provides an objective foundation to identify the areas of support that businesses need. | |
 Manufacturing Focus Pty Ltd 392 Goodwood Road Cumberland Park, SA 5041 | Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Manufacturing Focus provide a wide range of business-improvement expertise, catering especially to the manufacturing sector. They help companies who are leaders in their fields, and those that wish to become leaders, by using tried and tested methods tailored to each unique strategy, unique process, unique implementation. The team at Manufacturing Focus has over 300 years combined industry experience from across many different manufacturing processes. |
North America
 Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI) 56 Wellesley Street West, 4th Floor Toronto, ON - M7A 2E7 CANADA | The goal at the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI) is to grow the economy for the benefit of all Ontarians. To accomplish that they encourage and support businesses of all sizes, and help them innovate and compete in today’s fast changing global economy. MEDT are one of the early adopters of the PROBE for Sustainable Business assessment tool. They are now entering their second year of using PROBE to encourage businesses throughout Ontario to encompass sustainable strategies for future growth opportunities |
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 North Carolina IES Campus Box 7902 Raleigh, NC 27695-7902 USA | The Industrial Extension Service of NC State University provides education and technical assistance to business and industries across the state. IES works one-on-one with small and medium sized manufacturers to help them stay competitive and in the process save jobs and increase profits. The IES staff help those companies with improvements, the use of modern practices, and new technology. IES is part of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a nationwide program that is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). With a network of nearly 393 centers located nationwide, the program's purpose is to provide small and medium-sized manufacturers with the tools they need to succeed. Each MEP center works directly with its local area manufacturers to provide expertise and services tailored to their most critical needs, ranging from process improvements and worker training to business practices and applications of information technology. |
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 Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership 12909 SW 68th Parkway, Suite 140 Portland, OR 97223 USA | OMEP is an integral part of Oregon's statewide manufacturing strategy and is a partner with Business Oregon, as well as other economic development organizations across the state. They are strategically affiliated with the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) and also work directly with the workforce development system to meet the needs of local manufacturers. Their vision is to be the principal source of high performance business and technical assistance for Oregon's small to mid-sized manufacturers and the partner of choice for the economic development community. Their emphasis on transforming companies goes beyond the factory floor to create a ripple effect of positive sustainable impact on the business, the workforce, and the community. |
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 Syzygy Global Consultants 207 W. Alameda Ave., Suite 204, Burbank, CA 91502 USA | Syzygy Global Consultants is the West Coast of America Distributor of PROBE, They provide consulting services that transform organizations by aligning people, processes and technology to help an organization optimize its business performance and sustainability. Syzygy is about alignment. People moving together in a strategic direction to create the energy needed to produce powerful, profitable, and lasting results. |
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 Galapagos Advisors 1400 N Mohawk Street Suite A Chicago, IL 60610 - 1114 USA | Galapagos Advisors is a global competitiveness improvement consulting and advisory firm. Based in Chicago, they are a PROBE Network Distributor delivering the full suite of PROBE's Best Practice Benchmarking products in the mid-West territory of the United States. We serve private businesses and the public sector in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin. | |
South America
 IEL Brazil Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 2765 – Itacorubi 88034-001 - FLORIANÓPOLIS- SC BRAZIL | INSTITUTO EUVALDO LODI de SANTA CATARINA have been significant users of PROBE, contributing valuable data and ideas to the development and deployment of best practice benchmarking since 1997. Based in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina on the South East coast of Brazil, IEL’s role is to contribute to the sustainable development of organisations and businesses, promoting innovation and improving the management and interaction between businesses and educational institutions and research across Santa Catarina and Brazil. With this aim IEL have used PROBE as the diagnostic tool by which to engage their clients and customers in this developing relationship with great success. |
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Africa
 South Africa UNIDO SPX c/o Department Trade and Industry 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside P.O.Box 6541 Pretoria 0001 SOUTH AFRICA | PROBE is now available and is being implemented as part of the South African SPX programme. The objective of the programme is to facilitate the localisation of imported products for South African manufacturers. The SPX programme in South Africa is supported by UNIDO (www.unido.org) and is part of a wider initiative throughout Africa |
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 UGANDA Invest Twed Plaza Plot 22B Lumumba Avenue P.O. Box 7418 UGANDA | The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is a semi-autonomous government agency operating in partnership with the private sector and Government of Uganda to drive national economic growth and development. They are using PROBE as part of the UNIDO SPX Programme in Africa |
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 Tanzania Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture 21 Ghana Avenue Dar er Salaam TANZANIA | The Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA) was established in 1988. It was initiated with the support of the Tanzanian Government to strengthen the private sector. The establishment of the TCCIA was an important step in moving on from a centralized, planned economy towards a more open, mixed economy giving full scope to privately owned enterprises and farms. The Tanzania Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture is using PROBE as part of the UNIDO SPX programme in Africa |
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Zambia Development Agency Privatization House Nasser Road P. O. Box 30819, Lusaka, Zambia | Zambia Development Agency was established in 2006. It is responsible for fostering economic growth and development in Zambia through promoting trade and investment and has the challenge to develop an internationally competitive Zambian economy through innovations that promotes high skills, productive investment, and increased trade. The ZDA is using PROBE as part of the UNIDO SPX programme in Africa |
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Cameroon Chamber of Commerce A-1400 Mines and Crafts P.O. Box 4011 Douala | CCIMA is an advisory and representative body for the business community in the areas of trade, industry, mining and crafts. It was created in 1921, with headquarters in Douala, economic capital. The CCIMA is using PROBE as part of the UNIDO SPX programme in Africa |
Asia
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce No 9, Dao Duy Anh Street, Hanoi, Vietnam | Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) is a national organization which assembles and represents business community, employers and business associations of all economic sectors in Vietnam. The purpose of VCCI is to protect and assist business enterprises, to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country and to promote economic, commercial and technological co-operations between Vietnam and the rest of the world. VCCI is using PROBE as part of the UNIDO SPX programme. |
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 The Next Step Asia Ltd Room 201, Jockey Club Environmental Building, 77 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | The Next Step Asia Ltd are the distributor of PROBE across the Asian Continent. | |
UNIDO - Iraq 7 Ibrahim Al Bajori Street Al Swefieh Amman Jordan | The Unido programme in Iraq is aiming to encourage business growth and co -operation within Iraq. |