Raising of SME Capabilities: the Case of Latvian Printing Companies

The article covers work efficiency problems for small and medium sized enterprises, by stressing the importance
of performance assessment. The article also provides an overall evaluation of the performance in the
manufacturing and printing industries in Latvia. Indicators’ selection and estimation possibilities have been
inspected from the perspective of resource management conception. The authors consider that because of the
increasing number of small enterprises in the national economy, topical are becoming the issues that concern
production cost management and assessment of work performance. Work performance assessment system should
be included in the company’s management system by regarding the characteristic features of the business
process of the respective branch of industry.