Launching 2,000 inactive industrial units by the end of the year
The head of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran announced a new plan to restart 2,000 stagnant industrial units in the country by the end of this year and said: "It was previously planned that 1500 inactive industrial units would return to the production cycle by the end of this year In line with the goals of the production leap and the optimal use of existing capacities in the industrial sector, this number increased.
According to the Iran International Stone Exhibition, Asghar Mosaheb stated that preventing the inactivation of active industrial units is one of the main programs of this organization, adding: "Monitoring of inactive industrial units located in towns and industrial areas at the macro and structural level shows that The main reason for their deactivation can be classified into four groups: "liquidity supply", "raw material supply", "machinery supply" and "lack of market".
He added: "In order to achieve these goals, very extensive measures have been taken in the form of empowerment of industrial units, including services provided in business clinics, strengthening networking in small and medium-sized businesses and links." They work with large industries in the form of business cluster development programs and subcontracting system, Improving the knowledge and skills of employees of industrial units, supporting the presence and admission of SMEs in OTC, supporting the production of content for marketing in the product sales system, market development In the form of attending various exhibitions, etc., he mentioned.
According to a member of the board and head of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran, the results of the implementation of projects to support small and medium industries can be reduced by 5.2 percent in the process of deactivation of production units in towns and industrial areas over the past year, a decrease of 1.7 percent Six months and a 54% increase in the growth rate of re-launched units during the first seven months of this year compared to the first seven months of last year was clearly observed.
The interviewer announced the number of restart units until the end of October this year as 819 industrial units, as a result of which, for 14,458 people with an investment of 26,743 billion rials, equivalent to the per capita employment of 18 people and an investment of 33 billion Rials jobs have been created.
He said that using the services provided in business clinics for accurate and expert diagnosis of industrial units is the best option for industry owners to increase productivity, improve production capacity or restart stagnant businesses.
A member of the board and head of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran also pointed out the effective factors in preventing the inactivation of active industrial units: increasing the experience and skills of employees, gaining more financial resources, breaking marketing costs in wider markets and improving Technology can reduce the fixed costs of production units, increase economies of scale, and grow many industries.
The interviewer continued: "The basic principle in the" economies of scale "index is productivity, technology and expertise, which will be examined in detail in business clinics." Therefore, in addition to leading to the right direction of production, industrial units can benefit from the financial support of these projects up to 80%.
He reminded: At present, 28 business clinics have been set up in the country in ten groups of diagnosis, information technology, infrastructure, supply of raw materials, marketing and trade, product and technology development, development of legal management system and Policy, finance, insurance, and taxation provide services to diagnose complications, improve productivity, reduce costs, and prepare firms for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
In the end, the member of the board and the head of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran expressed his hope that with the institutionalization of the clinical diagnosis process, which will lead to timely change and improvement of the business in order to improve productivity and competitiveness, Significantly prevented the inactivation of industrial units in the country.
The Organization of Small Industries and Industrial Towns of Iran and its provincial subsidiaries now have 501 towns and 322 industrial zones and three special economic zones in operation, 77 towns and specialized industrial zones, 6 technology towns, 37 technology and business service centers. 2 information technology and software services complexes, 87 thousand 863 contracts concluded and operation of 46 thousand 413 industrial units and three thousand 55 workshops, have provided the field of direct employment of 935 thousand 557 people throughout the country.
* ILNA
