Constitution et gestion efficace d'un consortium dans le cadre de projets "Plan Marschall".

Abstract

Innovation is one of the industry key factor in developed contry such as Belgium. To compete with low cost industry, our companies must be one step further and keep technological competitive advantage. Since 2005, the walloon government established a large economical program, Plan Marshall, whose one axis has on purpose to subsidized collaborative projects between Industry, University and research institutes. Leading this kind of project require special procautions at every step to reach succes. This study is focusing on the company Safran Aero Boosters which is the worldwide leader in low-pressure compressors for aircraft engines. The analysis is based on interviews, personnal experience and a survey fulfilled by employees of Safran AB and partners of former “Plan Marshall” projects. As describe in literature the main aspects are the partenar choice, project manager skills and communication. The partener objectives must be clarified to make sure that everyone assents to the partnership with compliant and complementary goals. The project manager must possess diplomacy, charisma and academia understanding. He also has to create a cohesive group around the projet. Finally a substantive work can be done to improve project stability on the part of Safran AB. Partnership projects would be more efficient with less fluctuation in terms of human ressources and project monitoring.