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Commercial Craftsman
Volume I, No. 3
January 1980
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This year Commercial Drywall has any other company as the best. And, enjoy the benefits in the plan. begun a project known as Operation more importantly it can provide us During the last three months of 3P—a Positive Productivity Program. with several important items—job 1979, CDI personnel attended Some parts of the program have several seminars, conducted in-depth security in times of slow downs as already gone into effect, but the well in peak times, opportunity to research, even enlisted the aid of biggest part remains ahead. Many of experts in the field of productivity. reach our own personal potential, us know little or nothing about what We found that we can indeed lower advancement, and benefits that pay Operation 3P entails. Because it our labor costs by 10 percent without off in a number of ways—lunches, does affect all of us, this article will working any harder. It's called a bonuses, awards, and more. try to explain Operation 3P—why we To accomplish these goals, CDI 'Work smarter" attitude. need it and what it will do. "Work smarter" is the theme of wants us to increase our productivity Operation 3P is based on a simple by 10 percent. Another way of Operation 3P. Through better com fact. Statistics show that the average putting it is to reduce our labor costs munications, education, and motiva worker in construction today is not tion anyone can find ways to become by that amount. If we succeed, CDI producing to his or her potential. This will continue to compete in a market more productive by working a little is partially the fault of the worker, but that grows tighter each day because smarter. And this means all of us—from management to field we can maintain a competitive sell more, it is the result of a number of ing price, sell more work, and remain people. factors including social trends which In short, Operation 3P is a way ahead of our competitors. emphasize leisure time over work. program to lower our labor cost The catch to all of this is that we And it involves heavily, problems through higher productivity for do not necessarily have to work any within management of all companies everyone's benefit. harder to cut our labor costs and to understand and cope with non productive conditions. Commercial Drywall does not want to be grouped with these companies who experience and accept non productivity. Because these same companies provide little job security when the going gets rough, and are the ones who get what they can out of their workers and offer nothing in return. Rather, we want to be the kind of company who stands behind its employees and one that its employees stand behind. We feel 3P is the answer. Operation 3P actually started last July with the first budget beater lunch. We beat budgets, then were rewarded with a barbeque lunch. Since last July we have received nearly 30 free lunches. But,this is only the beginning. Thus we have the basis for Opera tion 3P. It is an attempt to increase The graph above reflects the decline in productivity in the construction industry in recent years. our productivity (which lowers labor Such non-productivity affects a company's ability to provide job security in tight market costs) so that the company can do conditions. two things—it can stand out from