Programa brasileiro de qualidade e produtividade: subprograma Desenvolvimento e Difusão de Métodos de Gestão

Abstract

The text presents the Brazilian Quality and Productivity Program (PBQP) as a federal government initiative, mainly coordinated by BNDES, aimed at aligning, structuring, and disseminating financing lines and support instruments to improve the quality, productivity, and competitiveness of Brazilian companies, covering the adoption of modern management methods, automation, and productive reorganization, as well as training and human resource development, with the participation of several institutions—BNDES, FINEP, Banco do Brasil, SCT/PR, CNPq, and SEBRAE—which offer reimbursable and non-reimbursable financing, grants, technical support, and consultancy, serving companies of different sizes and sectors, with special emphasis on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, within a framework of continuous improvement and integration between industrial policy, technology, management, and information.