Kenya, the entry point to the East African market, has also been affected by the recent pandemic’s challenges and disruptions. However, the situation deteriorated this time as external factors contributed to the difficulties. The Ukraine-Russian conflict has heightened concerns about the Kenyan economy.
During these upsurges it is announced that there would be a rise in the country’s minimum wage making it 12%. This immediate measure has been taken to help workers cope with the rise in consumer prices.
There can be possible imbalance resulting from the step taken to increase the minimum wage. Employers and organizational leaders may take this chance to reduce the number of employees for cost benefits. So, there should be a quick fix that can assist in resolving this issue without incurring loss to the organization.
The answer would be to increase labor productivity to offset the impact of rising wage rates and to increase competitiveness in global markets. With the established approaches and technologies, Faber Infinite can help effectively address the problem by increasing manpower productivity by 15% to 20%.
Faber has a track record of successful delivery and significant impacts of its efforts on the clients. To improve manpower productivity, Team Faber employs fundamental tools such as time and motion study. Time and Motion Study is a proven work measurement methodology not only for recording and evaluating a rate of work for the elements (of a project to be performed under routine conditions) but also equipped to uncover inefficiencies and areas of improvement.
Muda elimination, and other efficiency improvement tools are also associated with increasing manpower productivity.
The following three key drivers to improve labour productivity at any organization are:
1 Identify and eliminate all non-value-added steps
The first and most important task is to identify non-value-added efforts. If we successfully identify the non-value adding steps in the organization on time, we complete half of the task. However, this is usually a difficult task, and identifying it takes most of the time. After you’ve identified the wastes or non-value-added activities, you can work on eliminating them. Not all wastes can be eliminated, but such inadequacies (necessary evils) can be curtailed, if not eliminated, with the right tools.
2 Developing and implementing standards
Improving is simple, but maintaining that improvement is difficult. That is where we must step in and implement standardized practices, which can be brought about by visual SOPs, daily work management, and other similar measures. These would aid in the improvement as well as the maintenance of improvements, thereby improving quality and efficiency.
3 Instilling Correctly the First Time, Every Time
The final key is to impart “right the first time, every time,” which refers to maintaining and improving quality each time you produce. Quality should be ingrained from the start. Quality at the source refers to having proper, robust processes in place so that no rework, rejection, or inspection is required. The term “inbuilt quality” refers to maintaining the quality since the first step, which is an accepted standard.
The successful implementation of these approaches has resulted in the addition of new clients to Faber Infinite’s client list. For example, Team Faber has assisted one of the world’s leading engineering companies, in increasing manpower productivity by 33%. There are numerous satisfied clients from various industries who have obtained the best possible results when working with Faber Infinite.
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Written & Compiled by Faber Mayuri & Faber Aleena
