Saving and benefiting the company tens of billions of VND
Graduating with a bachelor's degree in petrochemics from Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry in 2014, in December 2015, Mr. Nguyen Tang Phap was recruited to work at Samsung Electronics HCMC CE Complex Co., Ltd. (SEHC). Gradually striving, Mr. Phap was promoted to Head of Production Quality Improvement Department of SEHC.
One of Mr. Phap's outstanding initiatives is the design of a system to prevent material errors for the LCM (TV screen panel) line. From the inadequacies that occur daily in production, Mr. Phap researched and developed a 100% material code checking system on the TV screen panel line before assembly. This system is built without cost and saves the company an average of about 50,000 USD/year.
Not stopping there, Mr. Phap also continued to research a smart software control system solution for Mainboard TV (PBA Main SW), to help companies and suppliers avoid using the wrong software (due to old or wrong software), to prevent incidents from happening during production. Thereby, saving about 100,000 USD/year.
Mr. Phap also has many other initiatives and technical improvements. In general, Mr. Phap's total initiatives and improvements from 2022 to February 2025 brought the company about 432,456 USD in profit, equivalent to nearly 17 billion VND.
And Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - electromechanical engineer of Intel Products Vietnam Co., Ltd. - also has many initiatives to help businesses save and profit tens of billions of VND. Typically, the initiative to improve efficiency and the ability to detect product defects of machinery has profited the company 8 billion VND. Or the change and improvement of machine design to optimize costs and efficiency also helps the business benefit 5 billion VND; the construction of a real-time tool status monitoring system to support resource and human resource optimization brings a profit of 2.5 billion VND; supporting the prevention of security risks of the company with a profit value of 3 billion VND. In general, Mr. Dung's initiatives and technical improvements have helped the company save and profit 26.5 billion VND.
Similarly, Mr. Huynh Truong Khoa - electrical - electronics engineer, Production Technical Director of Nissei Electric Vietnam Co., Ltd. - also had many initiatives that benefited the company by 6.5 billion VND. Typical initiatives of Mr. Khoa have helped reduce electricity consumption costs from air conditioners and air compressors, helping the company save 2.3 billion VND per year; improving the working environment in the factory to save 1.66 billion VND/year and employees have a better working environment; initiative to increase the cooling efficiency of air conditioner heaters saving the company nearly 1 billion VND per year...
Initiatives from small ideas in daily work
Sharing with Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, Mr. Phap said that initiatives, technical improvements, and bringing technology into factories are not a story of big, distant ideas, but start from very closely observing each production stage, each small operation of workers on the production line to find points that can be improved.
I am always concerned about how to make workers increase absolute accuracy, increase labor productivity, make the work lighter, less tiring and safer in production. These things have always motivated me to find many solutions and automation support tools to replace manual labor to reduce heavy work for workers, increase absolute accuracy and improve labor productivity" - Mr. Phap said.
Ms. Pham Thi Hong Yen - Chairwoman of the Trade Union of Intel Products Vietnam Company - said that in fact, in many foreign enterprises today, young engineers and workers have many outstanding advantages. They have the ability to quickly access new technologies, flexible thinking, high learning spirit and are ready to participate in the modernization and digital transformation process. In the working process, many young workers not only complete their professional tasks well but also proactively propose initiatives to improve processes and apply technology to improve productivity and work efficiency, helping workers have a better working environment, reduce hardship, and increase labor productivity. This shows that innovation does not necessarily have to start from large projects but can originate from small ideas in daily labor activities.
Ms. Yen also suggested that the State should have systematic policies to promote training and create a favorable environment for innovation. First of all, it is necessary to increase investment in digital skills, technology skills and creative thinking training programs for young workers. In addition, the formation of financial support funds for innovation initiatives of workers in enterprises is also an important solution, helping ideas have conditions to be implemented and developed.
The State also needs to continue to improve scholarship programs, support training to improve qualifications and encourage research and development activities for the workforce, helping workers have the opportunity to contribute better to the development of businesses and the country in the new era of the nation" - Ms. Yen said.
