Priority for solution to increase labor productivity

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In the context of deeper integration into world economy, increasingly fierce competition, to survive and grow, enterprises has focused on solutions for sustainable development, increasing labor productivity, create products with greater added value.

Concern about the problem, Nguyen Thi Dien, General Director of An Phuoc Garment Embroidery Textile confided: "Before the shortage of labor, we invest equipment and new production technologies instead of using more labor. Specifically in garment sewing operation processing bag, instead of three employees, the company import automatic machines price from $ 10,000 to 15,000 to reduce 2 labors." However, besides renovating equipment and technology solutions organization factors, the production process also contributed to a reasonable increase labor productivity.

An other type is Toyota Ben Thanh - Maintenance Service Center of Toyota in Vietnam. Through application of innovative programs to shorten the time automobile maintenance and concentrate on training workers - technicians who repair cars maturity, the center has eliminated the factors that reduce labor productivity as downtime, the process moves not reasonable ... Instead of waiting car maintenance to 4 hours as before, now takes just one hour customers.

Thus, the increase in labor productivity at Toyota Ben Thanh major breakthrough from a reorganization of the production process more rational, not the cost of funds for the equipment change, technology (this center has to invest $ 10,000 to purchase equipment such as vehicle maintenance, special-use vehicles containing waste oil, providing cooling water kits, etc.).

Admittedly in recent times, many domestic enterprises actively managing innovation, accelerate the application of technology - technology, manufacturing process improvements, training, improve their skills and qualifications technical workers labor productivity should be improved continuously.

However, compared with other countries in the region and the world, labor productivity in Vietnam is much lower. Typically in the garment sector, Vietnamese workers can only stand on a dozen machines, whereas workers from some other advanced countries stand to 30, 40 machines. Similarly, society labor productivity of Vietnam (in real GDP divided by the value of a labor and employment) is also quite low. In particular, agriculture, forestry are the lowest.

The main reason for that labor productivity in agriculture, forestry, small business ... because the number of low proportion of labor but have not used all the time and the application techniques, new technologies , the management is still limited.

Increase the quality of labor

According to economic experts, raising labor productivity determines sustainable economic growth.
In many causes of low Vietnam labor productivity, low quality of labor, lack of skills are the biggest barrier. Labor productivity is low leads to low income and leads to unpredictable consequences of labor market to wrongly develop, fluctuations, high degree shift.

At a recent national workshop, the economists said that the minimum wage in Vietnam is lower than the 40% of the revenue is not enough workers to meet the needs of life.

At the conference report of Vietnam competitiveness 2009-2010 held by Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM), the economic experts warn that comparing elements to measure the competitiveness standard international indicators, most of the Vietnam’s is low.

So, for the next fastest-growing, besdies the investment solutions for infrastructure, capital investment, technology, we must give priority to measures to improve labor productivity in our country.

Minister of Planning - Investment Vo Hong Phuc said: "To narrow the gap with other countries, the next 10 years period will be to accelerate economic objectives associated with quality of growth with increased productivity labor, getting the speed increase labor productivity is the main measure. Yield higher income and then higher labor relations will be improved better.
To improve labor productivity, in addition to the comprehensive efforts of the enterprise (technological innovation, quality of labor, innovation management methodology) needs the support of the Government, according to authorities spirit towards the company, creating favorable conditions for enterprises operating effectively."