High Workforce Turnover in LMIC Manufacturing
Observational StudyClinical Trial
Low-tech manufacturing facilities in developing economies experience persistent annual workforce churn, driving up recruitment costs and destabilizing production efficiency.
Picture this
High turnover in low-tech factories acts like a leaky bucket, where three out of four workers leave every year, forcing managers to continuously expend resources training entry-level replacements.
What the evidence says
Low-tech manufacturing factories in low- and middle-income countries face turnover rates exceeding 75 percent annually.
- Who was studied
- N = 120,000 garment workers across production facilities operated by Shahi Exports in Bangalore, India.
- How
- Enterprise-level observational dataset and baseline evaluation across industrial garment manufacturing lines.
What to do
Implement structured workplace support mechanisms targeting newly hired migrant operators to mitigate high annual attrition in low-tech manufacturing.
From the source
"Factories in the manufacturing sector in low-and middle-income countries typically face high turnover rates with 75 percent or more of their workforce leaving the firm every year."
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