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FAQs for Enterprises
 
  1. What are the benefits of engaging a PMC?

    Get assurance of consultant’s quality
    Engaging a PMC provides your company with the assurance that the consultant has the necessary knowledge, skills and experience for projects.  Consultants applying for PMC certification are required to show that they have the experience in handling consulting projects or have been working in the management capacity. They are also required to go through training modules which cover areas like the management of a consulting project and the application procedures for government incentives.

    After training, they are required to achieve a minimum of 70% grade in each of the training modules to earn the PMC designation. In addition, after certification, each PMC has to document sufficient Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours by attending courses, seminars, conducting research, or reading relevant articles. This gives assurance that each PMC will possess the latest knowledge and skills associated with the practice of management consulting.

    2. Revenue for recourse against negligent consultants
    As all PMCs are bound by a strict code of professional conduct, you can have recourse against negligent consultants.  To ensure all PMCs uphold this standard, the PMC certification Board has a formal process that enables legitimate complaints against any PMC to be heard. Where appropriate, a disciplinary action will be taken.

    Access to a reliable source of management consultants
    Currently, some 150 management consultants are certified as PMCs.  They specialise in wide fields, from productivity improvement and finance to market development and export facilitation. To access the list of PMCs, visit:
     http://www.pmccertboard.org.sg/CDI/listofpmcs/listofpmcs.php.

    Get advice on how to choose the right management consultant
    Contact PMC Certification Board at 63721728 or email secretariat@pmccertboard.org.sg to request for more information on the consultants.  We will be glad to offer our help.

  2. Is it more expensive to engage a PMC?

    3. It is unlikely that PMCs will quote a premium for their services as the market for management consultancy is very competitive.

  3. Why is the PMC certification not made mandatory for management consultants? Is there plan to make PMC a requirement to tap on government funding scheme?

    4. The PMC is an industry-led, voluntary certification scheme. Management consultants do not need to be PMC certified to practice their profession. Instead government agencies consider PMC scheme as a mechanism to ensure that consultants tapping on government funding are qualified and credible. For example, SPRING now requires that consultants under the Business Excellence and SMART programme be PMC certified. This would likely be expanded to other programmes and incentives under SPRING and other government agencies as they reviewed to consider making PMC a requirement to tap on government funding scheme.


 
     
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