Increased Productivity

Increased Productivity

 

Increased Productivity in Small Wood / Furniture Enterprises, Is It Possible?

 Small businesses are the most voluminous part of the market, about 97% of all establishments fall into micro or small business in our industry. The big problem is then not in volume, but in productivity, which accounts for only about 30% of what a large company produces. That's an extremely low number, especially if compared to some European countries where the small business index reaches 70% of the production of a large company!

But then where does the problem live?

One of the major problems lies in unskilled and unskilled labor, which is often just being replaced and obtaining instructions from the former worker in the same job. This is especially damaging because you can not apply a strategy of good productivity in this scenario. It was the detail that the majority does not receive incentives to be updated in relation to the branch and the new techniques more efficient and of greater quality of production.

We have many outdated workers and entrepreneurs from the current market due to the next problem, which is the search for innovation.

There is a great relationship when it comes to productivity in relation to the quality of industrial processes. A big problem is the lack of knowledge about the sector itself, where many entrepreneurs spend their lives in the famous "Beans with rice" that already came as ready from their predecessors in the sector. They stop attending lectures, workshops and fairs, which are essential for the renewal of knowledge, trends, technologies and all kinds of news and updates in your industry! So keeping abreast of new technologies, trends, and innovations in the industry helps you get away from the "latte" and actually offer a modern and differentiated product with many high productivity techniques to make the process easier.

In the old days, small companies could have a kind of market protection because the branch was sprouting, the competition was not so assiduous and the processes were well standardized. Nowadays, large companies are able to maintain margins to balance in the face of a crisis. Small companies have to run two different paths, or increase the price or improve the efficiency of the production process.

Globalization is a watershed, because with its appearance the public increasingly seeks a product with high added value to itself, This makes companies need strategic planning! In addition to investing heavily in technology and innovation, companies must focus on the good design of their products, creativity and intelligence. The improvement provides an increase in productivity and consequently an improvement in the distribution of the product.

"It is necessary to define a strategy in the company and set goals for the implementation of it, in addition to getting to know the customers, always seeking to update and take advantage of opportunities for improvement" - SEBRAE Consultant

In the current scenario it is actually a hard mission to increase productivity. In view of the market becoming more and more competitive, raising the price to have a higher profit margin is no longer a good solution. It is necessary to bet on the quality of the product and increase productivity without expanding the work group. That is, make room for new technologies and market trends.