Chilworth Process

Flexible to apply and complementary to best business practice

Sollerta practitioners have developed particular skills for assisting small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Fruitful links have been formed with many business support organisations including Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), Business Links, Chambers of Commerce etc, and businesses are signposted to these organisations where appropriate.

Sollerta's Chilworth process is complementary to existing business support activities, providing the missing link between commercial enterprises and the knowledge base, with the aim of encouraging and facilitating knowledge, technology or transfer of know-how.

The Chilworth process is applicable to all sizes of companies and specifically to all stages of growth of SMEs, in all markets and all technologies, dealing with people at all levels of seniority and interfacing between the different cultures of the SME and the large knowledge and technology providers.

The Chilworth Process can be used with Sollerta’s 'Preston' modelling tool to forecast return on investment using the company's business plan and best estimates of project timescales and other key drivers.

The Chilworth Process has been used successfully by many SMEs

To gain strong competitive advantage

To achieve step changes in business growth

To raise Gross Added Value (GVA) by between 5 and 7 times

To achieve a direct economic yield on Investment about 3 times

A Technology Transfer Process designed for SMEs

Demand Led – always under control of SMEs

Market Driven – focused on SME’s markets

Knowledge Based – Offering special access to UK science and technology bases

Links to organisations holding exploitable intellectual property – MOD, NHS, Public Sector Research Establishments, Research and Technology Organisations, Universities, Businesses

A proven Business Development Tool offering a fast track to business improvement

Provides a technology audit of the SME and technology capability gaps

Quantifies the potential for innovation and the application of science and technology

Identifies and offers a transfer programme of Knowledge, Innovative ideas, Technology, Science (i.e KITS) drawing on novel and leading edge technology from the UK science and technology base

Defines the business opportunities that can best exploit the insertion of novel technology and know-how

Focuses the limited resources within SMEs on a clear strategic action plan to deliver profitable outcomes

Stimulates demand for investment in innovation;

Satisfies new business opportunities through links with UK academia, government departments and other sources of information and sector-specific laboratories

Works closely with client SMEs to identify appropriate KITS based solutions to assist them to respond to market-led commercial opportunities or other business problems