The situation of mechanical subcontracting in the industry. Part Two – Consequences

Second article of the four that I am carrying out on the topic of mechanical subcontracting, a topic that has touched me and I have to live closely during my experience in the industry.
In this chapter, I will outline the consequences of the attitudes and policies that I described in the first of the chapters. And I will analyze it from the social point of view, the contracting companies and the subcontractors, as well as the affected workers themselves.

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The situation of mechanical subcontracting in the industry. Part One – Background

This is the first article of the four that I am going to carry out on the topic of mechanical subcontracting, a topic that has touched me and I have to live closely during my experience in the industry. With the collaboration of an expert, I have prepared this series that tries to visualize the problem from all angles, especially that of the supplier and that of the customer. We will go through all the stages of this relationship and we will outline a problem that is little talked about, and from what the little that is said, most is done without knowledge, and that represents a problem for the industry that, far from being resolved, is increasing its severity as the years go by, without anyone appearing to be doing anything relevant. My idea with this series is to wake up the consciousness of the parties involved, to provide solutions and above all, to carry them out.

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The Spanish industry. And now that? Third (and last) part-Management in companies

Third and last block dedicated to the Spanish industry, after the situation analysis and some feasible global solutions. Here I try to give a series of important keys at the local level of the company, of what is in our hands to be able to do, that allow us to get out of this situation, with a long-term vision, and without repeating past mistakes, which continue to burden us in our industrial recovery.

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