According to a recent survey, the human resource development problems faced by the fluorine plastic recycling industry in the past five years have become more and more serious. At present, 92% of business executives believe that this has risen to the biggest challenge, which is twice as high as in 2012. In 2012, only 45% considered it a major challenge.

Nevertheless, manyRecycling fluoroplasticsCompanies have not significantly increased their investment in human resource development and training, and there are signs that more companies are responding to the problem by investing directly in automation.

The survey focuses on small and medium-sized fluoroplastics processors, said senior officials who put more emphasis on investment in capacity expansion, automation and continuous improvement than on human resource development.

"I already expected HR development to be high on this list." S. Association of fluoroplastics processors (MAPP) industry benchmark director AshleyTurrellBurleson said.

However, she also pointed out that the interpretation of the Association's members was that the problem was simple to define, but the solution was very complicated.

Calculating the return on investment in employees or training, for example, is not as easy as investing in new equipment, she said.

"There is no one-size-fits-all solution for individual recruitment or training," she said, "I 've talked to a lot of companies that recycle fluoroplastics, and patience and time are key. Recruiting employees and changing perceptions of manufacturing is not a one-time solution."

Even if the company is not sure how to solve this problem, senior officials still "overwhelmingly" put the challenge of human resource development before the second largest problem-new business development and sales growth.

The report said: "When asked about the three biggest challenges, it is no surprise that respondents believe that human resource development challenges are the most severe." And noted that human resources was the top issue for six years.

"There is increasing concern about this," the report said. "In six years, the number of fluoroplastics processors who regard human resource development as the biggest challenge for their companies has more than doubled."

As president of recruitment and mergers and acquisitions advisory firm MoldingBusinessServicesInc.(MBS), TerryMinnick is not surprised. He believes that as business conditions improve, the challenge shifts from finding new orders to finding employees to fill them.

"In 2008 and 2009, no one talked about how difficult it was to find the right employees," he said, "but now it's getting harder to find skilled employees."

"A lot of people say it's too hard to find the right people, so they turn to other solutions," including more automation, Minnick said. "In the fluoroplastics industry, it is now full employment."

Another recruitment company in the fluoroplastics industry believes that this survey reflects that many companies have recognized the need to solve employee problems, but may not have raised this to an important level.

"Managers are saying, 'Human resource development is what I need, but I'm not ready to invest in it, '" GrosExecutiveRecruitersInc. President DennisGros said, "I'm not picky... it's still a question of profitability, it's hard to be profitable."

He said that profit pressure is pulling down wages, although many companies have pointed to the problem of employee recruitment, which will also increase salary expenses. However, the "slight increase" in wages in 2017 also put pressure on companies to recruit employees.

Gros pointed out that the MAPP survey results also reflect the recycling of fluoroplastics enterprises in the experience and resources of more limited. Eighty-three percent of the respondents came from companies with annual sales of $50 million or less than $50 million.

"If you're in the fluoroplastics business, obviously it's a capital-intensive business," he says. "You buy a new machine and put it there, you can see obvious growth and probably impress the next customer. But investing in employees is an intangible investment that neither the bank nor your customers will use as a criterion for judging your company."

At the same time, the survey also reported on the economic situation, the recycling of fluoroplastics business volume and sales are basically holding the expectation of increasing or steady development.

More than 90% of the respondents expect the business volume in the first quarter of this year to be the same as or increase from the previous quarter.

This article comes from:www.tflpfa.com

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