The Lack of Qualified Management is the biggest threat to tile and stone industries

TileLetter October 2024 Article – In the recent years all you hear is that the tile and floor covering industry has a shortage of qualified labor suggesting the problem is the installers. The fact is, it isn’t the installers that are the problem, it is the management that is the problem. Tile failures are a symptom of a management problem. It is the lack of management providing supervision and oversight of the installers’ work. If management provided adequate oversight, they would catch deficiencies before they became expensive problems. The problem is that most installation companies don’t provide adequate oversight, which is the way you prevent problems and how you train your installers to perform the work correctly and per industry standards. They think they can’t afford or be competitive in providing adequate oversight and training. The fact is, they can’t afford not to…

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