The global plastics industry is facing a problem that needs to be solved
The global plastics industry is facing a problem that needs to be solved
Enterprise cannot leave the machinery and equipment and operating machinery and equipment for the production of employees, and how to operate these high-tech equipment is a popular skill, the talents as a focus of the industry, some less popular industry is now a worker is hard to find, hire difficult became many industries in China are faced with the problem, for now, as global vigorously promote transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing stage, but frequently face "equipment accessible, mechanic is hard to find" awkward situation.
Enterprise cannot leave the machinery and equipment and operating machinery and equipment for the production of employees, and how to operate these high-tech equipment is a popular skill, the talents as a focus of the industry, some less popular industry is now a worker is hard to find, hire difficult became many industries in China are faced with the problem, for now, as global vigorously promote transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing stage, but frequently face "equipment accessible, mechanic is hard to find" awkward situation.
Modern manufacturing services at home, though our country mechanical industry has made some achievements, but the gap is larger than the manufacturing industry in developed countries, the development level is still in its infancy, there is a small overall size, level is not high, unreasonable structure, system reform and mechanism innovation lag and so on. The development of modern manufacturing services has lagged behind, which has become a weak link restricting our manufacturing industry to accelerate the adjustment of industrial structure and transform economic growth pattern.
At present, the equipment manufacturing industry is facing a shortage stage, more force industry labor costs rising, therefore, a lot of equipment manufacturing enterprises are abandoning traditional scale operation mode, defected to the intelligent development. According to the industry research institute, China's industrial robot production capacity is estimated at RMB 310 billion -688 billion yuan. Expert analysis, the robot industry chain includes the upstream key parts, the middle and the downstream applications. Among them, there is a lack of upstream China, and a large gap with foreign technology. As a result, international robot enterprises are rushing into the Chinese market.
Abroad, the British plastics federation (BPF) has conducted a public opinion survey on the companies involved. The survey results show that the plastic industry in the UK is also facing the dilemma of labor shortage and recruitment. In its latest survey, BPF noted that the current situation in the UK plastics industry is worsening from the second half of last year. More than a third of the companies surveyed said workers were unskilled this year, and skilled technical workers were even more difficult. In the same poll last year, nearly two-thirds of companies were optimistic about hiring, saying it was easy to recruit workers. Today, however, that number has fallen to 44 per cent.
Influenced by recruitment difficult events, the many stakeholders plastic enterprises said that despite the current economic environment and industry trend has begun to recovery, however, to be conservative, they did not intend to massive investment or expansion this year. In addition to human factors, energy issues such as electricity and crude oil are important factors that hinder the UK plastics industry's "big show" this year, according to BPF. Forty-three percent of the companies surveyed said that rampant electricity prices put them under a lot of pressure. Once the management is not good, the company will face the risk of shuffling.
Despite the challenges facing the UK's plastics industry in 2014, BPF chairman PeterDavis remains confident. "Among the more than 400 members of our association, 108 agreed that 2014 was an opportunity for the British plastics industry to seek a breakthrough. Many large manufacturers of plastic machinery, raw materials suppliers, mold manufacturers, and reproducers all express their optimism about the market trend of this year's UK plastics industry. Davis told reporters.
While the plastics industry is developing continuously, the problem is also corresponding, just as the problem of recruitment is difficult nowadays. There are many ways to overcome this problem. It is important to choose the most suitable method, which can be used to alleviate the current predicament by raising the salary of employees, but this is the way to treat the symptoms. In order to solve the problem fundamentally, it is to improve the performance and function of the equipment, and to fully automate production efforts, it is the ultimate goal of production to replace labor with machinery.
