The following lists some common problems, so that companies can conduct comparative self-examination.

1. Meeting efficiency is not high

Meetings are collective activities for companies to solve problems and issue instructions, but they are also a high-cost business activity. Every minute that passes means the number of minutes of the total number of participants. However, managers in many companies have not mastered the skills of holding meetings. There is a problem of "no preparation before the meeting, no theme during the meeting, no execution after the meeting, unnecessary participation in the meeting, and time "No control, no boundaries for speech" is the phenomenon of "six nothings".

2. Procurement is a waste of time

There was once a company. When working on a new project, the project team’s daily operating cost was 80,000 yuan. However, on the eve of the product launch, the purchase In order to purchase more than 100,000 yuan of packaging, the department actually spent a week. The reason was that it wanted to find a low-price supplier to save procurement costs. The entire marketing team therefore had to wait an extra week to sign up with the customer.

This phenomenon actually exists in many companies. The blind pursuit of reducing the direct cost of procurement ignores the "hidden costs" that coexist. Of course, reducing the direct cost of procurement does not conflict with this article. What we are talking about here is that the procurement department of the enterprise must comprehensively weigh various indicators from the perspective of overall operations in order to truly control the cost of procurement.

3. Poor communication channels

In most companies, you will find that during the communication process between colleagues, there will be serious distortion, or the words will not express what you want. Sometimes the answer is wrong, or hundreds of people have hundreds of answers... This phenomenon, to put it mildly, makes many processes ineffective, or loses many important opportunities. If it is said too seriously, it may bring hidden dangers to the enterprise.

4. Overtime addiction

Many bosses always believe that "overtime" where employees "forget sleep and food" after get off work is a phenomenon of professionalism. As everyone knows, this may involve high costs.

There are three reasons:

First, the reason for working overtime is not necessarily because the work tasks are too heavy, but because the employees' work efficiency is low. Overtime means low efficiency.

Secondly, working overtime consumes more energy and physical strength of employees, seriously overdrafting the health of employees. In the long run, some important employees will not be able to perform their effectiveness for a long time, and there is a hidden danger of bringing a burden to the company. For example, some machinery operators become tired due to long overtime work and cause accidents, for which the company has to pay a heavy price.

Third, employees who work overtime do not necessarily "do their jobs properly". Some employees work overtime after work, using the company's resources to engage in personal matters, and at the same time receive overtime pay from the company. Many employees Important losses and data loss of enterprises all occur during off-duty hours, and overtime has become a blind spot for enterprises to hide dirt.

5. Brain drain

Many companies are very deficient in human resource management. They believe that talents are unlimited and become "iron-clad camps", so employees will naturally He became the "flowing soldier".

It must be said that the departure of an employee is a cost to the company, because the company has to bear the upfront investment such as training fees for this employee, as well as the upfront cost of recruiting new employees for this position, and also You have to bear the risk of whether new employees are suitable for the position, and the resignation of old employees may also cause the loss of important internal data or information due to professionalism. After they leave, they are likely to join their competitors' companies.

Therefore, the loss of employees, especially old employees, will undoubtedly bring expenses to the company several times higher than its income. After many small businesses have been operating for many years, you find that they have always had such a small team, and except for the boss, no employee has stayed from the beginning of the company.

6. Position misplacement

There is a famous saying in human resource management: "Put the right people in the right positions." Unfortunately, there are not many companies that can really do this.

I was once recruiting in a job market and heard conversations among its employees that every job fair required all their staff to move tables and chairs because the gym was rented as a recruitment venue. From professional managers to ordinary employees, everyone has become a "porter." I couldn't help but sigh. This company is engaged in talent recruitment and management. How could it pay such a high salary to hire unprofessional porters.

In fact, this reflects a very clear psychology of the bosses. They believe that these employees are recruited for use. As long as they have the people to do it, they don’t need to spend more money to do it. But we found that the price they paid for this was high.

Employees of this company have been complaining because many of them are female employees and do not have the strength to carry tables and chairs. Senior officials have never experienced such "courtesy" and some have resigned. We will no longer recruit at this job fair because I don’t believe that such a team can provide me with good services.

7. The process is cumbersome

Too much of the chaos in the enterprise is due to the process. This is a common problem in enterprise management. For any enterprise that develops slowly, its process must be chaotic. or unreasonable. They bear a high cost for this, but they have always turned a blind eye.

Process is the industrial chain of enterprise operations. It is like an assembly line. Without a scientific and reasonable process, systematic control of each work will be lost. Many tasks will be abandoned halfway, and there will be many tasks that need to be reworked. It is no surprise that . This will become a tangle that hinders the company's progress.

8. Stagnant resources are not utilized

Stagnant resources can be said to be the most common "hidden costs" in enterprises, such as: idle equipment, backlog of inventory, low utilization Although they may not necessarily continue to consume the company's investment, they are part of the company's assets, and the company will bear hidden costs such as interest. Therefore, in an enterprise, the number of stagnant resources reflects the level of enterprise resource utilization.

9. Corporate culture is messed up

Some people say that corporate culture is like the soul of a company, which will be reflected in the spiritual outlook of each of its members. This kind of culture begins to be established in the early stages of the establishment of the company. It is influenced by the culture, habits, skills, occupation, likes and dislikes of the founder of the company. Therefore, some people say that corporate culture is the boss culture. But many people may not agree that corporate culture will become a cost, but it is true. We will find that employees in some companies are depressed and extremely inefficient. No matter how good employees are, as soon as they enter, they will either leave or become like that. We have to say that this is an "environmental" problem. And this "environment" is the corporate culture of this company.

Business culture is like the life of a company. It will accompany the company throughout its life. It can only be adjusted but cannot be recreated.

10. Credit overdraft

This is a cost involving long-term returns. Operating with integrity is like being an honest person. We found that many companies are used to defaulting on payment to suppliers, defaulting on employee wages, habitual deducting from others, habitual defaulting on bank loans, etc., believing that this can reduce the pressure on corporate liquidity.

But in the long run, this will become a serious hidden cost for business operations. First of all, suppliers will definitely include time costs in their quotations, and such companies will not be able to purchase the lowest price raw materials or services. . Secondly, employees are in arrears with wages, violate labor regulations, and are in danger of being punished. Defaulting on bank loans and defrauding others will greatly reduce their creditworthiness. When the company encounters difficulties one day, it will be besieged on all sides. Undoubtedly, enterprises have to pay a heavy price for this, but in fact they do not gain any benefits from it.