Numerous small and medium-sized enterprises give the French industrial and commercial fabric its dynamism and flexibility. The staff in these organizations is mainly made up of workers and industrial technicians, which can vary from a few units to a few dozen. Alsace and Baden W rttemberg are characterized by a very dense network of PME / PMI. But too often the head of this type of company usually a technician or a man / woman from production is very largely taken up by production tasks and cannot devote the necessary and essential time to other missions.