Singapore Polytechnic, Workforce Singapore and Agilent Technologies launched a new collaborative program called IDEAS to help small and medium enterprises in the food manufacturing industry improve efficiency and productivity in product testing and development. This program aims to shorten product testing time from 24 hours to 4 hours. It will also be introduced to other process industries. The collaboration will provide state-of-the-art instruments and training to help companies produce higher quality products to differentiate themselves in local and overseas markets.