Excess manpower in automotive / Employees of Iran, Khodro and Saipa 5 times more than Koreans and Japanese
According to Tejarat News, one of the ways to reduce overhead costs is to balance the manpower in car companies. What is the per capita situation of Iranian manpower companies, especially Iran Khodro and Saipa?
Quoted from Farhikhtegan NewspaperThe surplus manpower, which accounts for a significant portion of wages, is a major challenge facing the country’s auto industry. But to check the accuracy and accuracy of this issue, we have conducted a comparative statistical study between Iranian carmakers and 26 large international companies. The statistics of this part of the aggregation and consolidation of these companies are obtained from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) and due to the decrease in production during the Corona period, the average production of companies before Corona and during 2017 to 2019 has been calculated. Also, the number of employees of these automotive groups has been obtained from the prestigious statistical institute Statista and the consolidated financial statements of automotive companies. Regarding Iranian carmakers, considering the prevalence of the corona and the imposition of US sanctions, the production and employment status of carmakers before the sanctions and last year has been calculated.
According to statistics, Saipa produced 666 thousand vehicles in 2017 and before the new US sanctions, which, including 43,516 employees per Saipa employee, produced 15 vehicles in that year. But during the last year, the number of vehicles produced by Saipa Group, including light and heavy vehicles, was 420,460, which, including 43,516 employees, produced only 10 vehicles per Saipa employee during the last year. But in Iran Khodro Automotive Group, during 2017, the production number of this automaker, including light and heavy vehicles in all subsidiary companies, was about 713,047 units. In that year, in terms of 55,577 employees, 13 vehicles were produced per employee of this automaker, but during the last year, in terms of production of 505,138 vehicles, this automaker has produced only 9 vehicles per employee.
But a survey of production and employment in the world’s 26 largest automakers shows that Hyundai has the best performance among global automakers by producing 66 vehicles per employee. This number is 58 per employee in the BAIC group, 49 in the Suzuki group, 48 in the Honda group, 45 in the Geely group, 44 in the Nissan group, 42 in the General Motors group, and 40 in the Changan group. 36 units in Chery Group, 34 units in Ford Group, 32 units in Mazda Group, 30 units in Subaru Group and Mahindra Group, 29 units in Toyota Group, 24 units in Fiat Group, 23 units in Renault Group, 21 units in Beamo Group, 21 units in The Peugeot Citroën, Great Valve Motors and Isuzu groups all have 17 units, the Volkswagen Group 16 units and the Mitsubishi Group 15 units.
In Dongfeng group, Tatamotors and Daimler group, this number is 12 and 9 devices, respectively. On this account, the number of employees in Iran, Khodro and Saipa Group, taking into account the per capita car production during the last year, has been five times more than the East Asian car manufacturers and three times higher than the global average; Last year, 47 vehicles were produced in East Asia per employee in the automotive industry, and 30 vehicles were produced worldwide.
According to the figures in the table, East Asian automakers are more agile than Western and American automakers. Employed: 12 units in the Tatamotors group, 12 units in the Dongfeng Group, 14 units in the Psychomotor Group, 15 units in the Mitsubishi Group and 16 units in the Volkswagen Group. The number of vehicles produced by these companies is 2.5 million units per year in Daimler, respectively. There are 933,000 units in the Tata Motors group, 1.4 million units in the Dongfeng Group, 2.9 million units in the Psycho Motor Group, 1.2 million units in the Mitsubishi Group and 10.3 million units in the Volkswagen Group.
In other words, what is clear is that one of the ways to reduce overhead costs is to balance the manpower in these companies and the other way is to increase production so that overhead costs are divided by the amount produced and consequently production costs are reduced; None of this has happened in Iranian carmakers.