PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT IN A SAWNWOOD MILL USING SALARY INCENTIVE

We studied the effect on productivity resulting in the blanks elaboration from the implementation of a salary incentive model of Improshare type for staff working group in a sawnwood mill company producer remanufacturing moldings and door frames (assistant, operator and operator master), for which two time periods were compared, before (19 months) and after (21 months) of incentive policy implementation. The results show statistically significant differences in the productivity between periods, of more than 10%. The average benefit of the workers compensation was measured, it reached more than 10% and the savings to the company reached 4,6% of defined monetary unit, without affecting the accident rate. This reinforces the point made by different authors that this kind of tool improves the productivity of the process and increases wages. Its implementation as compensation policy in the lumber industry contributes significantly to the challenges that an organization faces to remain competitive and improve workers compensation based on a mutually beneficial relationship with the company.