Management There Are Two Things That Concern

Management There are two things that concern the new facility in Walkerton and that need to be addressed. The first relates to the equipment and machines in use within the plant. As we have seen, one third of the equipment is obsolete and up to 50% will have to be renewed. However, clear steps have already been taken in this direction. The company is committed to transferring new product lines into Canada and the local government has a favorable tax treatment on the purchase of equipment.

In this sense, the problem of obsoleteness may be successfully solved. An even more serious problem, however, relates to the employees. As we have seen, and this is perhaps the best description which accounts for the current situation within the plant, the working environment reminds us of high school, only with adults. It is clear that, in order for the plant to become efficient and things to turn out for the best, strong measures should be taken. I have several ideas in this sense.

The first one regards firing some of the troublesome personnel. Indeed, the new equipment is likely to become an excellent substitute for the workers and it is probable that what has been done before with three workers can now be achieved with two. There are two steps that need to be taken in this direction. The first one implies an accurate calculation of the number of workers we will be able to let go.

We don't want to find later on that we have fired too many and that we have nobody to work with now. The fact that there is no organized labor within the plant will make this process easier. The second step regards evaluating which workers we will have to fire. Obviously, these will be chosen from the most troublesome and we will only keep those workers that will be dedicated to their job and not to insignificant bickering.

In this sense, I suggest a month of trial in which everybody can prove whether they deserve to stay within the plant.